After bizarre incident on Day 1, the team recognised by the Bihar Cricket Association president Rakesh Tiwary was given the nod to play ahead of the team formed by 𓆉suspended BCA secretary Amit Kumar in Patna
Dashing batter Rinku Singh displayed his brilliance in red-ball cricket as well, scoring a smart 92, allowing Uttar Pradesh to finish on 302 in their first innings against Kerala in their Elite Group B match of the Ranji Trophy in Alappuzha on Saturday. (More Cricket News)
Resuming the day on 244 for five, Rinku added 21 runs before falling to Nidheesh, who grabbed three wick𝓡ets for Kerala, as the score read 295 for eight.
In reply, Kerala began on a shaky note, losing three for 32 before Sachin Baby (38) and Vishnu Vinod (74) put on a 99-run partnership for the fo🤪urth wicket.
Kerala finished the day 2 on 220 for six, trailing UP 🍷by 82 runs.
Mumbai Strike Back
In Patna, 41-time𝓀 champions Mumbai were bowled out for 🥀251 by Bihar.
The visitors ♓were already nine wickets down for 235 at stumps on Day 1 before Mohit Ava♔sthi (15) became the final wicket to fall for them on Saturday.
For Bihar, veteran pacer Veer Pratᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚap Singh was the star with the bal🦄l, grabbing a fifer.
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However, the hosts failed to come up with a dominant display with the bat, as the Mumbai bowlers dismissed six of their🐠 batters for 89.
Akash Raj is unbeaten on 26, and Bi𓆏har now trail by 162 runs﷽.
For the visitors, pacer Avasthi has been the most impactfuဣl of all, taking four wickets.
𒈔The game saw a controversy on Friday when two separate Bihar teams arrived at the venue to play.
However, the team recognised by the Bihar Cricket Association presi🌠dent Rakesh Tiwary was given the nod to play aheꦦad of the team formed by suspended BCA secretary Amit Kumar.
Brief scores:
In Alappuzha: Kerala 220/6 (V✅ishnu Vinod 74; Kuldeep Yadav 3/66) vs Uttar Pradesh: 302 (Rinku Singh 92, Dhruv Jurel 63; Nidheesh 3/68).
In Patna: Mumbai: 251 all out (Bhupen Lalwani♐ 65, Suved Parkar 50, Tanush Kotian 50; Veer Pratap Sing꧃h 5/45) vs Bihar: 89/6 (Akash Raj 26 batting; Mohit Avasthi - 4/22).
In Raipur: Assam: 87/4 (Denish Das 29 batting; Ravi Kiran 2/6) vs Chhattisgarh: 327 all out (Ashutosh 58, Amandeep Khare 116, Shashank Singh 82;𝕴 Akash Sengupta 2/45).
In Visak🌊hapatnam: Bengal: 409 all out (Sourav Paul 96, Anustup Majumdar 125, Abishek Porel 70; L Mohan 4/134) vs Andhra: 119/3 (Prasanth Kumar 41; Mohammed Kaif - 1/10).