Bad light thwarts Bihar’s push for victory
The Hindu
Bad light interrupts Bihar's push for victory against Kerala in the Ranji Trophy cricket match.
Bad light stalled Bihar’s push for victory after it wiped out almost the entire last session’s play in the Ranji Trophy cricket match against Kerala at the Moin Ul Haq Stadium here on Sunday.
Fading light forced the umpires to suspend play when only 2.1 overs were bowled after tea. The conditions didn’t improve and the proceedings were called off 15 minutes before the scheduled close.
Bihar was left frustrated as it had Kerala in a spot of bother, reducing the visitor to 62 for two in the second innings and had two tentative batters at the crease when bad light intervened.
Kerala, after conceding a first innings lead of 150, had lost both its openers Rohan Kunnummal (37) and Anand Krishna (12) before the stoppage. Sachin Baby (six batting) and Akshay Chandran (two batting) had a nervous stay in the middle when umpires gave them the offer of bad light and they trooped off in relief.
Cautious start
Kerala’s opening batters Rohan Kunnummal and Anand Krishna started cautiously against Bihar’s medium-pacers Veer Pratap Singh and Vipul Krishna. But Rohan used his supple wrists to drill boundaries whenever they erred in length while Krishna looked solid until an error of misjudgement cost him his wicket to Vipul.
As tea approached, Rohan went into a defensive shell and left-arm spinner Ashutosh breached his defence with a quicker delivery.
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