Patna, March 29, 2009
Love to see former Bihar Ranji Trophy team skipper Sunil Kumar in action again. This time he was representing Biihar in the East Zone veterans’ cricket championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here. Sunil Kumar began his career in Bihar Rajin Trophy team as a wicket-keeper cum batsman and rose to captaincy for his significant contribution for Bihar. In the later part of his career Sunil turned an all-rounder with his medium pace mixed with fast off spinners.
Love to see former Bihar Ranji Trophy team skipper Sunil Kumar in action again. This time he was representing Biihar in the East Zone veterans’ cricket championships at the Moinul Haq Stadium here. Sunil Kumar began his career in Bihar Rajin Trophy team as a wicket-keeper cum batsman and rose to captaincy for his significant contribution for Bihar. In the later part of his career Sunil turned an all-rounder with his medium pace mixed with fast off spinners.
Sunil was in his full steam in the opening match of the East Zone championships against Orissa leading the side by example, he first scored an attacking 40 runs with five nicely executed shots to the fence and one mighty heave over it and then captured four wickets for 21 runs off 6.3 overs. Sunil Kumar’s heroics enabled Bihar beat Orisaa by an huge margin of 100 runs and enter the final of the four-team event. Sunil was also brilliant on the field taking two good catches. He was later rightly declared man of the match.
Earlier, Orissa skipper, Bikram Mohanty won the toss and asked Bihar to bat first. Bihar made 245 runs for the loss of eight wickets off 40 overs. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy opening batsman Nikhilesh Ranjan opened the innings with Pratyay Amrit. Nikhilesh Ranjan was first to making 40 runs with two boundaries and three sixes. Tarun Kumar joined Pratay and they carried the score to 73 before Tarun (10) was caught by A Mohanty off PC Rout (73 for 2).
Pratyay and skipper Sunil Kumar added 29 runs for the third wickets. At this stage Pratyay (16, 1x4) was caught by S Choudhary off BK Das (103 for 3). In the later part of the Bihar innings Rajeev Prasad made a stroke-filled 52 with six boundaries. Sanjay Sinha was unbeaten with 24 (1x4, 2x6) runs.
For Orissa, BK Das claimed two wickets for 51 runs in his eight overs spell. A Mohanty, SA Jawaid and Saroj Barik all took one wicket each for 44, 19 and 42 runs respectively.
In reply, Orissa were all out for 145 runs in 34.3 overs. Soumitra Choudhary (48, 2x4), Prashant Mahapatra (17, 2x4) and Saroj Barik (32, 3x4, 2x6) were the main contributors. Vishnu Shankar and Nikhilesh Ranjan both bagged two wickets each for 17 and 21 runs, respectively.
Earlier, Orissa skipper, Bikram Mohanty won the toss and asked Bihar to bat first. Bihar made 245 runs for the loss of eight wickets off 40 overs. Former Bihar Ranji Trophy opening batsman Nikhilesh Ranjan opened the innings with Pratyay Amrit. Nikhilesh Ranjan was first to making 40 runs with two boundaries and three sixes. Tarun Kumar joined Pratay and they carried the score to 73 before Tarun (10) was caught by A Mohanty off PC Rout (73 for 2).
Pratyay and skipper Sunil Kumar added 29 runs for the third wickets. At this stage Pratyay (16, 1x4) was caught by S Choudhary off BK Das (103 for 3). In the later part of the Bihar innings Rajeev Prasad made a stroke-filled 52 with six boundaries. Sanjay Sinha was unbeaten with 24 (1x4, 2x6) runs.
For Orissa, BK Das claimed two wickets for 51 runs in his eight overs spell. A Mohanty, SA Jawaid and Saroj Barik all took one wicket each for 44, 19 and 42 runs respectively.
In reply, Orissa were all out for 145 runs in 34.3 overs. Soumitra Choudhary (48, 2x4), Prashant Mahapatra (17, 2x4) and Saroj Barik (32, 3x4, 2x6) were the main contributors. Vishnu Shankar and Nikhilesh Ranjan both bagged two wickets each for 17 and 21 runs, respectively.
Earlier, Additional Director General of Police, Abhyanand inaugurated the tournament in a simple function. Asha Singh, principal, Arvind Mahila College was the special guest at the opening ceremony. Bihar Cricket Association secretary Ajay Narain Sharma and officials of the different sports associations of Bihar were present at the inaugural function.
Brief scores:
Bihar: 245 for eight wickets in 40 overs (Nikhilesh Ranjan-40, Pratyay Amrit-16, Tarun Kumar-10, Sunil Kumar-40, Rajeev Prasad-52, Sanjay Sinha-36 not out, Vishnu Shankar-10, BK Das-2/51, SA Jawaid-1/19, A Mohanty-1/44, PC Rout-1/49, Saroj Barik-1/42)
Orissa: 145 all out in 34.3 overs(Soumitra Choudhary-48, Prashan-17, Saroj-Barik-32, Sunil Kumar-4/21, Vishnu Shankar-2/17, Nikhilesh Ranjan-2/21).
Photo caption: Additional Director General of Police Abhayanand being introduced to the players at the opening of the 11th East Zone veterans' cricket championships in Patna on March 29, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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