Friday, May 22, 2009

Shasheem slams ton as Bihar boys crush Chhattisgarh by 8 wickets in final one-day match

Patna, may 18, 2009
Bihar under-16 team crushed Chhattisgarh by eight wickets in third and the final one-day match at Bilaspur. With this win Bihar clinched the series 3-0.

According to information reached here, Chhattisgarh scored a modest 203 for the loss of eight wickets off 45 overs. Ranjan made a quick-fire 56. Faisal Gani and Sanjay Kumar bagged three and two wickets respectively.

In reply, Shasheem Rathore slammed a hurricane hundred (136 not out) to guide Bihar to a thumping eight wicket win. Bihar raced to the target off 19.5 overs losing only two wickets on the way.

Brief scores:
Chhattisgarh:
203 for eight wickets in 45 overs (Rajan-56, Gulam Rasool-25, Shikhab-30 not out, Faisal Gani-3/35, Sanjay Kumar-2/33)
Bihar: 207 for two wickets in 19.5 overs (Sanjay Kumar-17, Sidhant Vijay-21, rajiv Kumar-16 not out, Shasheem Rathore-136 not out)

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