The Chhattisgarh Under-19 team lost to Madhya Pradesh despite a good first inning lead of 69 runs in the four-day match played in Indore from November 8 to 11 under the BCCI U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy.
With its score of 121 runs for the loss of eight wickets in the second inning, Chhattisgarh could have easily added only 26 runs by taking the team’s lead to 216 including the first inning lead of 69 runs.
However, Madhya Pradesh won the match. Amandeep Khare’s brilliant 116 runs in the first inning of Chhattisgarh went in vain as the team failed to utilise the first inning lead. Khare was the only batsman to score a century in the match.
Put into bat, Chhattisgarh Under-19 team scored 288 score against Madhya Pradesh in the first inning. Madhya Pradesh on the other hand was out for 219 runs in 100. Akash Saxena and Shubham Thakur took three wickets each while Shubham Singh and Ajay Mandal claimed two each for Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh will play its second match against Hyderabad in Raipur from November 15 to 18.