Dehradun | Bihar XI’s performance in the 39th All India Uttarakhand Gold Cup has been very disappointing so far, Bihar XI faced defeat in their first two matches against Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association and Life Care Lucknow.
Bihar XI Vs Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association invited Bihar XI to bat first after winning the toss. The entire team of Bihar XI got bundled out for 80 runs in 16.2 overs in front of the fine bowling of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association. Piyush Kumar Singh scored 28 and Sachin Kumar scored 22 runs. For Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association, Saurabh Kumar took 4 wickets by giving 14 runs and Shivam Sharma took 3 wickets by giving 16 runs. Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association achieved the target of 80 runs by losing 2 wickets in just 13.5 overs. Priyam Garg scored 26 not out and Shoaib Siddiqui scored 24 runs. Sachin Kumar and Divyanshu Yadav took 1-1 wickets.
Bihar XI vs Life Care Lucknow
Bihar XI won the toss and invited Life Care Lucknow to bat first, taking advantage of the poor bowling of Bihar XI, Life Care Lucknow scored a mammoth score of 437 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 45 overs. Bharat Sharma played an unbeaten inning of 201 runs for Life Care Lucknow. Faiz Ahmed played a century innings of 102 runs. Suraj Rathore took 2 wickets for 98 runs in 9 overs for Bihar XI.
Chasing a target of 437 runs, Bihar XI could only manage 247 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 45 overs and lost the match by 190 runs. Altamish played a brilliant inning of 111 runs for Bihar XI. Rohit Dangwal took 3 wickets for 39 runs for Life Care.
With losing their first two matches in the league Bihar XI almost out of the tournament. In the last league match Bihar XI will face Sehgal Sports Delhi.