Day 1: Madhya Pradesh bowlers dominate Vijay Merchant Trophy

Bowlers from Madhya Pradesh ruled the roost on the first day of BCCI U-16 Central Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy being played at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium on Friday. The match would conclude on December 8.

Abhishek Tomar and Sagar Sharma of Madhya Pradesh kept the batsman of the host Chhattisgarh guessing about the balls. On the end of first day Chhattisgarh scored 112 runs in 61 overs after losing all wickets. Tomar and Sharma took 3 wickets each.

Earlier, Chhattisgarh won the toss and decided to bat first which eventually went wrong. Sanidhya Hurkat was the highest scorer from Chhattisgarh who made 30 runs in 61 balls. Further Sangeet Soni added 20 out of 83 balls to the teams score. All the other batsmen of home team were seen struggling even for singles and wicket kept on falling at regular intervals.

In reply players from Madhya Pradesh displayed some steady shots and by the end of day scored 162 runs after losing 2 wickets in 29 overs. Ashutosh Sharma from Madhya Pradesh scored a half century for the team. Sharma scored quick 60 runs out of 54 balls. Harsh Sharma is still on the crease with 55 runs out of 65 balls.