Sachin Child stood tall once more and the previous Kerala captain’s twelfth First Class hundred (109 not out) denied host Bihar a win within the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match on the Moin Ul Haq stadium right here on Monday.
A delayed begin curtailed the primary session to only one hour, and it was eventful as Bihar dropped the match after giving a life to each in a single day batters, Child and Akshay Chandran.
Resuming at 62 for 2, the customer rode on crisis-man Child’s knock to succeed in 220 for 4 when the captains agreed for a draw quickly after tea.
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Bihar, as its captain Ashutosh Aman stated later, was happy with the three factors it received for the first-innings lead whereas Kerala, with one other underwhelming present, received a degree, leaving its qualification probabilities in jeopardy.
Child punished Bihar for its largesse as he overcame the early nerves to carve out a high quality century. Chandran (38) gave strong help to Child because the duo added 85 runs for the third wicket and extra importantly consumed time to stall Bihar’s victory bid.
Bihar wanted early wickets and left-arm medium-pacer Vipul Krishna almost gave his facet the breakthrough when he induced an edge from Chandran, when the batter was on eight, however Babul Kumar dropped a easy likelihood at first slip.
Child, on 38, had a second of fortune when his mistimed loft off Ashutosh Aman sailed over Sakibul Gani at mid on.
Simply after lunch, Child, on 50, loved one other slice of luck when he sq. drove medium-pacer Raghuvendra Pratap on the up and noticed Piyush Kumar spill a catch at level.
Child then introduced out the complete repertoire of his strokes, and the lack of Chandran and Vishnu Vinod in fast succession didn’t appear to trouble him. He struck consecutive boundaries off leg-spinner Himanshu. He tucked the bowler in the direction of lengthy on and ran onerous to finish his hundred.