Mahroor, Rathore slam tons in Bihar's win

Patna, January 20, 2011: Bihar crushed Manipur by 230 runs in their last round-robin league match of the BCCI Associated Members U-19 tournament in Raipur on Thursday.

According to information reached here Bihar scored 372 runs for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs with Mangal Mahroor (113) and Shahsheem Rathore (103) hitting centuries. Kumar Rajnish made 93 runs. Bihar then bowled Manipur out for paltry 142 runs off 26.5 overs. Kamalesh Singh took five wickets for 26 runs.

Match was an inconsequential one for Bihar as they have already entered the final of the tournament. Now, Bihar will play Chhattisgarh in the final on January 22.

Brief scores:

BIHAR : 372/5 in 50 overs

Shasheem Rathore 103 77 ball 13x4

Mangal Mahroor 113 121 balls 13x4

Kumar Rajnish 93 78 balls 10x4

Kumar Aditya 18 11 balls 3x4

Rajesh Singh 7 7 balls -

Vikash Ranjan 4 no 6 balls -

Jitendra Thakur 3/70

Manipur : 142 all out in 26.5 overs

Tarun Thogan 29 37 balls 4x4

Tinoy Singh 30 21 balls 5x4

Rajesh Patel 20 20 balls -

Kamlesh Singh 5/26

Satish Roy 3/19

Rajesh Singh 2/47