Patna, February 27, 2010: Dilip Kumar excelled with ball and bat as Patna chalked out an impressive eight-wicket win over Buxar in the Patna Zone Chief Minister Cup cricket tournament at the Moinul Haq Stadium here on Saturday. With this win, Patna emerged zonal champions.
Batting first Buxar could manage to score 91 runs only off 27.4 overs. Dilip bowled exceedingly well to capture four wickets for 8 runs. Vivek took three wickets for eight runs while Anant Prakash got two wickets.
In reply, Kabir Sanyal and skipper Prabhat Kumar began Patna’s run chase. Kabir Sanyal (8) was first to go when he was caught off medium pacer Ajit Mishra (29 for one). Dilip joined Prabhat for the second wicket partnership and the duo took the score to 84 before Prabhat (44, 4x4) fell to the guiles of off spinner Aftab Alam (84 for 2).
Dilip remained unbeaten on 33 runs. He was later adjudged man of the match.
Brief scores: Buxar: 91 all out in 27.4 overs (Shahzad-24, Mahendra-16, Ramakant-13, Manoj Yadav-11, Dilip-4/8, Vivek-3/8, Anant Prakash-2/15, Deepak-1/7).
Patna: 93 for two wickets in 19 overs (Prabhat Kumar-44, Dilip-33 not out, Ajit Mishra-1/21, Aftab Alam-1/6).
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