Surguja defeated Bilaspur by an innings and 79 runs in the Under-16 Plate Group cricket competition

Surguja team played exceptionally in Chhattisgarh Cricket Association (Cricket news) organized Under-16 Plate Group cricket tournament and outplayed Bilaspur by an innings and 79 runs. The match was played on a two-day format at Bilaspur's Railway Ground, where Surguja retained its superiority in all departments and made it one-sided.

The match began with the bowing of Surguja. Bilaspur team, having won the toss (Cricket news), and having batted first, were unable to resist the bowlers of Surguja. The whole team went back to the pavilion as only 74 runs were made in 25.5 overs. The fast bowler of Sarguja, Naimulla Chisti, bowled deadly and sent back the first three key batsmen of Bilaspur.

He troubled the batsmen completely with his line and length. At the same time, young bowler Lakshya Sahu also contributed to wrapping up Bilaspur's innings early (Cricket news) by taking two wickets in his first spell. Captain Nirmal Rai and Rudra Pratap also took two and one wickets respectively. In response, Sarguja's team displayed tremendous batting in the first innings.

The team scored 260 runs after losing all the wickets and took a huge lead of 186 runs over Bilaspur. Sarguja opener Trimbakeshwar Pratap Singh played a brilliant (Cricket news) innings of 70 runs in 90 balls. In this, he played many attractive strokes. Middle order batsman Manas Singh remained unbeaten by scoring 93 runs in a patient and classic style and gave a strong base to the team's innings.

Bilaspur's team, which came out to bridge the huge gap of 186 runs, could not stand against the bowlers of Sarguja in the second innings as well. The entire team was reduced to just 112 runs and Sarguja won this match by a margin of one inning and 79 runs (Cricket news).

In this innings, once again, Naimulla Chisti bowled brilliantly and took four wickets. At the same time, Yug Goyal also destroyed the innings of Bilaspur by taking 3 wickets.

Sarguja Cricket Association President Adityaeshwar Sharan Singh Dev and Secretary Vineet Vishal Jaiswal congratulated the team and the coach for this victory. Team coach Alankar Tiwari (Cricket news) said that there is no dearth of talent in the young players of Sarguja. The manager of this team is Arun Singh.