Choudhary, Tanveer star as Rajasthan beat Bihar by 19 runs

Choudhary scalped three wickets while Tanveer, who was Rajasthan’s leading wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19, dismissed two Bihar batsmen.

While the batsmen did not enjoy a great time in the middle, Rajasthan won what turned out to be a battle of bowlers of two sides to beat Bihar by 19 runs in the Group B Round 7 clash of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019 in Surat on Saturday. (ALSO READ: Jharkhand pip Kerala to qualify for Super league)

Electing to bat, the Mahipal Lomror-led Rajasthan were restricted to 129/8 by Bihar bowlers. While opener Abhijeet Tomar and the middle-order batsmen Lomror and Robin Bist chipped in with some runs, Prashant Singh scalped three wickets to make sure that Rajasthan did not get a big total on board. Singh also found a good support from Vivek Kumar, who scalped two wickets. (ALSO READ: Kartikeya, Hirwani spin Madhya Pradesh to thumping win over Sikkim)

Chasing 130, Bihar’s innings started with a stutter after they were reduced to 15/3 as Piyush K Singh, Babul Kumar and Keshav Kumar perished cheaply scoring 0, 6 and 0 respectively. While Mangal Mahrour scored 33 off 32 balls, he hardly found any support from the other end as Aniket Choudhary and Tanveer Ul-Haq ran through Bihar’s top and middle-order. (ALSO READ: Tiwari fifty guides Chhattisgarh to massive win over Mizoram)

Choudhary scalped three wickets while Tanveer, who was Rajasthan’s leading wicket-taker in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19, dismissed two Bihar batsmen, conceding just 12 runs in his four overs.

Brief scores: Rajasthan 129/8 (Robin Bist 34, Mahipal Lomror 29; Prashant Singh 3/23) beat Bihar 110/8 (Mangal Mahrour 33, Asfan Khan 18; Aniket Choudhary 3/16; Tanveer Ul-Haq 2/12) by 19 runs