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 wickets 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 th🎶e fourth wicket.
Kerala finish🌸ed the day 2 on 220 for six, trailing UP 🔯by 82 runs.
Mumbai Strike Back
I🐈n Patna, 41-time champions Mumbai were bowled out for 251 byဣ Bihar.
The visitors were alℱready nine wickets down for 235 at stumps on Day 1 before Mohit Avasthi (15ℱ) became the final wicket to fall for them on Saturday.
For Bihar, veteran pacer Veer Pratap Singh was the star with 💫the ball, grabbing a fifer.
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However, the hosts failed to come up with a dominant display w✃ith the 🌳bat, as the Mumbai bowlers dismissed six of their batters for 89.
Akash Raj is unbeaten on 26, and Bihar now 𒁃trail by 162 runs.
For the visitors, 🌺pacer Avasthi has been the most impactful of all, taki♍ng four wickets.
The game saw a controversy on Friday when twܫo separate Bihar teams arrived at the venue to play.
However, the team recognised by the Bihar Cricket Association presid♏ent Rakesh Tiwary was given the nod to play ahead of the team formed by suspended BCA secretary Amit Kumar.
Brief scores:
In Alappuzha: Kerala 220/6 (Vishnu Vinod 74; Kuldeep Yada⭕v 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; Veeꦡr Pratap Singh 5/45) vs Bihar: 89/6 (Akash Raj 26 batting; Mohit Avasthi - 4/22).
In R𓃲aipur: Assam: 87/4 (Denish Das 29 batting; Ravi Kiran 2/6) vs Chhattisgarh: 327 all out (Ashutosh 58, Amandeep Khare 116, Shashank Singh 82; Akash Sengupta 2/45).
In Visakhapatnam: Bengal: 409 all out (Sourav Paul 96, A🍸nustup Majumdar 125, Abishek Porel 70; L Mohan 4/134) vs Andhra: 119/3 (Prasanth Kumar 41; Mohammed Kaif - 1/10).
