Thrilling one wicket victory for Bihar
Bihar turned the tables on Uttar Pradesh for an exciting one wicket victory to enter the quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Friday
Partab Ramchand
03-Dec-1999
Bihar turned the tables on Uttar Pradesh for an exciting one wicket
victory to enter the quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the
Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Friday.
It was a creditable victory for Bihar who had conceded a first innings
lead of 25 runs. UP, 143 for nine in their second innings overnight
were all out for 152. This set Bihar a victory target of 178 runs. A
second wicket stand of 54 runs between S Vig (25) and F Khan (34) put
them on the road towards the target but thereafter wickets fell at
regular intervals and Bihar were 102 for six. A seventh wicket stand
of 46 runs between M Diwakar (43) and MS Dhoni (27) retreived their
hopes but both batsmen fell within the space of seven runs. The ninth
wicket fell at 169 with Bihar still nine runs short of their
target. Amidst a lot of excitement, wicketkeeper V Kumar (20) and A
Yadav (1) steered the side to victory with two deliveries to spare.