Vishal Bhatnagar/Meerut: The Ranji Trophy match between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar was to be held from January 19 to 22 at the Bhamashah Cricket Ground in Meerut. But due to bad weather the first day’s play had to be canceled on Friday. On Saturday, the match started at 12.40 pm, about 3 hours late from the scheduled time. UP team captain Nitish Rana won the toss and decided to bowl first.
The Uttar Pradesh team won the toss and invited the Bihar team to bat first. After this, openers Baljeet and Sharman Nigrodh started the innings for Bihar team. Ankit Rajput and Vineet Pawar troubled the openers a lot in the initial stages with their strong bowling. Bihar’s first wicket fell in the form of Baljeet at the score of 23. Vineet Panwar got the wicket of Baljeet. Baljeet faced 24 balls but could not score any runs. Bihar had just added 25 runs when it got two blows in 3 balls at the score of 48. Saurabh Kumar took both the wickets.
Bihar recovered due to Sharman’s innings
In front of the bowlers of Uttar Pradesh, the Bihar team had to struggle a lot to score runs. While Bihar performed better, opener Sharman Nigrodh scored 72 runs on 136 balls with the help of 9 fours and Saqibul Ghani remained unbeaten on 35 runs on 90 balls. However, Baljeet Bihari was out on 24 balls and Babul was out on two balls also without opening the account. Basukinath was out after scoring 15 runs in 36 balls. In this way, at the loss of three wickets in 48 overs, Bihar team could score only 126 runs till the end of the first day’s play.
Young players were honored
Let us tell you that a lot of passion was seen towards Ranji matches in Meerut during the decades also. Spectators had arrived since morning to watch the match. But due to bad weather in the morning, the match could not start at 12:40. During this, BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla was also present on the field to encourage the players. Young players including sixer king Rinku Sharma, cricketer Sameer Rizvi, Saurabh Kumar and other players were also honored by the organizing committee.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 20, 2024, 23:00 IST