Monday, May 17, 2010

Bhojpur clinch Shyamal Sinha U-16 cricket trophy

Patna, May 6, 2010: Bhojpur chalked out an imposing five-wicket win over Siwan to clinch Shyamal Sinha memorial inter-district U-16 cricket tournament title at the Sanjay Gandhi Stadium here on Thursday.

Batting first Siwan scored a paltry 106 runs off 29.5 overs. Onlythree batsmen Nadim, Saddam and Satish could reach the double figures in an otherwise dismal batting performance by Siwan.

Sonu wrecked Siwan innings capturing 4 wickets for 16 runs. Arvind took 3 wickets for 29 runs while Rajnish baggd three wickets for 10 runs.

In reply, Bhojpur hit up the required runs in 26.5 overs losing 5 wickets. Shashi (26), Mithilesh (21) and Saurav (19) were the main contributors. Saddam got two wickets for 19 runs while Satish and Vishal earned onewicket each.


Arun Kumar Sinha, joint secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, who was the chief guest at the closing function, gave away the prizes. Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) secretary Ajay Narayn Sharma, vice-president Sada Nand Prasad, treasurer Ravi Shankar Prasad and BCCI panel umpire Ravi Shankar were present on the occasion.

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