Thursday, April 16, 2009

PDCA senior division league: Easy win for Panchsheel; BSEB struggle to beat Adhikari XI

Patna, April 14, 2009
Panchsheel Cricket Club proved too good for Bata in the Patna District Cricket Association (PDCA) senior division league at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Thursday. In a one sided match Pnachseel crushed Bata by 90 runs. Earlier in the first match, Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) beat Adhikari XI by one wicket in a grueling battle.

Batting first, Panchsheel scored 166 runs for the loss of eight wickets with Atish emerging as the top scorer (40), Mani Bhushan claimed three wickets for 20 runs.

In reply, Bata were all out for a paltry 76 on the board off 26 overs. Pintu took four wickets for 13 runs.

The first match of the day saw Adhikari XI making 151 runs off 29.3 overs. Deepak Kumar (44), Sonal Roy (24) and Manish Kumar (27) did the bulk of the scoring. Saurav Singh grabbed four wickets for 25 runs.

In reply, BSEB struggled hard and finally won it in a cliff-hanger by one wicket on the last ball of the innings. Abhinav Verma was the architect of BSEB victory with his unbeaten 79 runs. Amit )3 for 21) and Abhishek Kumar (2 for 22) were the main wicket takers for Adhikari XI.

Brief scores:
Panchsheel CC: 166 for eight wickets in 30 overs (Vijay-13, Pintu-21, Raj Kishan-30, Atish-40, Mani Bhushan-3/20, Raj Kumar-2/26)
Bata: 76 all out in 26 overs (Rajeev-10, Saurav-16, Aditya-10, Raj Kishan-2/10, Pintu-4/13, Pramod-2/9)

Adhikari XI: 151 all out in 29.3 overs (Sonal Roy-24, Deepak Kumar-44, Manish Anand-18, Manish Kumar-27, Bipesh-13, Ravi Anand-11, Saurav Singh-4/25, Ravi Prakash-2/22, Ashish Tiwari-1/28)
BSEB: 152 for nine wickets in 30 overs (Abhinav Verma-79 not out, Ashutosh-21, Vijay-17 not out, Abhishek Kumar-2/22, Amit-3/21, Sonal Roy-1/27, Manish Anand-1/18, Bipesh-1/26)

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