The Cooch Behar Trophy pre-quarter-final match between Uttar Pradesh
and Bihar is poised for a keen finish. At stumps on the second day of
the match at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Thursday, UP held an
overall lead of 168 runs with one wicket in hand. Bihar were all out
for 138 in reply to UP's first innings total of 163. UP in their
second knock were 143 for nine at close.
Resuming at 70 for five, Bihar fell short of the UP total by 25 runs
despite valuable knocks by T Pratap (34) and MS Dhoni (30). But UP in
their second innings ran into an inspired spell from Satendra Mishra
and were 63 for five. Vinay Sharma (19) and skipper M Tripathi (54)
retreived the situation a bit with a sixth wicket partnership of 44
runs. Tripathi was out to the last ball of the day. He was bowled by
Kumar after batting 103 minutes, facing 88 balls and hitting five
fours and a six. Mishra finished the day with four for 56.