Bihar scored a crushing innings and 88 run win over Assam on thesecond day of their East Zone Under-14 Tournament match at the KeenanGround in Jamshedpur on Wednesday
Natarajan Sriram02-Nov-2000Bihar scored a crushing innings and 88 run win over Assam on thesecond day of their East Zone Under-14 Tournament match at the KeenanGround in Jamshedpur on Wednesday. Bihar with this outright win earnedeight points.Having taken a handsome 148 run lead in the first innings, Biharbundled out Sikkim for just 60 runs in 27.2 overs. Only two ofSikkim’s batsmen, Bimal Singh (11) and S Rai (12) managed to reachdouble figures. While Santosh Kumar (2 for 10) rattled the Sikkim toporder, S Nadeem (3 for 13) and Madan Kumar (3 for 13) ripped throughthe middle and lower order.Earlier, on the opening day, opting to bat Sikkim were all out for apaltry 79 with only three batsmen, opener HD Bhutia (19), Bimal Singh(16) and D Chettri (12) getting into double figures. Opening bowlerSantosh Kumar (4 for 22) and Madan Kumar (4 for 11) ran through theSikkim batting order. In reply, Bihar put up 227 on the board withuseful contributions from Sukhbinder Singh (48), Arvind Jha (29) andJeetender Kumar (21).