Bihar thrash Manipur in Hazare

Nadiad:Bihar thrashed Manipur by eight wickets to record their sixth win and inch closer to the quarterfinal berth in the Vijay Hazare Trophy domestic one-dayers here on Thursday. Chasing a paltry 173, Bihar cruised to the target in 29.1 overs with Babul Kumar (100 not out from 95 balls; 15x4, 1x6) and MD Rahmatullah (50 not out from 48 balls; 8x4) steering their innings in a plate group fixture. Back from cricket exile after nearly 18 years, Bihar now have 26 points from seven matches, with one being abandoned, as they face Mizoram in their final plate group league fixture at Vadodara on October 8. — PTI Brief scores: Group ‘B’: Delhi 284/8 in 50 overs (Unmukt Chand 41, Gambhir 41, Shorey 61, Nitish Rana 107, Mihir 4/49) bt Madhya Pradesh 209 in 42.4 overs (Venkatesh 53, Saransh

47, Lalit 5/25). Odisha 197 in 49.2 overs (Biplab 62, Jaydev 3/39) bt Saurashtra 145 in 38.4 overs (Sheldon 40, Govinda 3/33). Kerala 228 in 50 overs (Vasudevan 82, Salman 43, Saurabh 3/31) bt Uttar Pradesh 227 in 29.5 overs (Samrath 42, Raina 66). Plate: Meghalaya 315/5 in 50 overs (Punit Bisht 149, Jason Lamare 55, Yogesh Nagar 44) bt Sikkim 166/9 in 50 overs (Gurinder Singh 4/20). Manipur 172/8 in 50 overs (Yashpal Singh 134*, Rehan Khan 3/39) lost to Bihar 176/2 in 29.1 overs (Babul Kumar 100*, Rahamatullah 50*). Arunachal Pradesh 95 in 34.1 overs (Akshay Jain 5/13, Fabid Ahmed 4/8) lost to Puducherry 100/3 in 18.2 overs (Abhishek Nayar 65*).