Sachin Baby stood tall once more and the previous Kerala captain’s twelfth First Class hundred (109 not out) denied host Bihar a win within the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match on the Moin Ul Haq stadium right here on Monday.
A delayed begin curtailed the primary session to only one hour, and it was eventful as Bihar dropped the match after giving a life to each in a single day batters, Baby and Akshay Chandran.
Resuming at 62 for 2, the customer rode on crisis-man Baby’s knock to succeed in 220 for 4 when the captains agreed for a draw quickly after tea.
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Bihar, as its captain Ashutosh Aman stated later, was glad with the three factors it bought for the first-innings lead whereas Kerala, with one other underwhelming present, bought a degree, leaving its qualification possibilities in jeopardy.
Baby punished Bihar for its largesse as he overcame the early nerves to carve out a high-quality century. Chandran (38) gave strong assist to Baby because the duo added 85 runs for the third wicket and extra importantly consumed time to stall Bihar’s victory bid.
Bihar wanted early wickets and left-arm medium-pacer Vipul Krishna almost gave his aspect the breakthrough when he induced an edge from Chandran, when the batter was on eight, however Babul Kumar dropped a easy probability at first slip.
Baby, on 38, had a second of fortune when his mistimed loft off Ashutosh Aman sailed over Sakibul Gani at mid on.
Just after lunch, Baby, on 50, loved one other slice of luck when he sq. drove medium-pacer Raghuvendra Pratap on the up and noticed Piyush Kumar spill a catch at level.
Baby then introduced out the complete repertoire of his strokes, and the lack of Chandran and Vishnu Vinod in fast succession didn’t appear to hassle him. He struck consecutive boundaries off leg-spinner Himanshu. He tucked the bowler in the direction of lengthy on and ran exhausting to finish his hundred.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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