In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played on Thursday, Goa defeated Bihar by 5 wickets. With this defeat, Bihar remains at the bottom in the points table of Group B, although Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in this match. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar, who is playing for Goa.
In this match held at Cricket Association of Bengal Ground (Jadavpur University), Goa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Bihar scored 180 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani and Vaibhav Suryavanshi had made a great start, making a partnership of 59 runs in 5.5 overs for the first wicket. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 184, although he missed his half-century.
Arjun Tendulkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi came face to face
Of course, Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 46 runs, but it is a big thing that he could not hit even a single six in this innings. He hit 4 fours. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar. Arjun had given only 5 runs in the first over, Suryavanshi was able to hit a four off his ball. After this, Suryavanshi hit 3 fours in Arjun’s next over. Arjun Tendulkar gave only 16 runs in the first 2 overs, which can be called good bowling in front of Vaibhav who plays in an explosive style. In the second spell, Arjun took the wicket of Ayush Loharuka and then Suryaj Kashyap. Arjun took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.
Apart from Vaibhav, captain Saqibul Ghani played a brilliant inning of 60 runs. The captain hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in 41 balls. Akash Raj scored 40 runs in 31 balls.
Goa won the match by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining
Bihar vs Goa: This match was very exciting, the result of which came on the fifth ball of the last over. Goa achieved the target in 19.5 overs and won by 5 wickets. However, Goa did not have a good start. Arjun Tendulkar came to open, who could score only 5 runs. After this Abhinav Tejarana was bowled on his first ball. But captain Suyash Prabhudesai played the match-winning innings, scoring 79 runs in 46 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Lalit Yadav played an important inning of 21 runs in 12 balls in the end.
After this match in the Elite ‘B’ group, Goa has come at fourth position in the points table. The team has won 3 out of 5 matches. Goa is at the bottom of the table, having lost in all five matches.
