Snehal Kauthankar made 178 as Goa posted 397, then bowled Bihar out for 107 and 113 to win by an innings and 177 runs at Panjim Gymkhana. Lalit Yadav took 5 for 23 in the second innings and Yash Kasvankar finished with six wickets in the match.
Panaji, India: Goa won the toss, batted first and never looked back. By Wednesday, the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match was over with a day to spare, and Goa had answered the 68-run defeat to Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur with a crushing win.
Kauthankar anchors a big total
Goa were bowled out for 397 in 119.4 overs. Kauthankar made 178 off 282 balls, the foundation of the innings, and Abhinav Tejrana added 73 off 110. Suraj Kashyap took 5 for 90 from 32.4 overs for Bihar, and Vasudev Prasad Singh took 2 for 69.
Bihar collapse twice
Bihar’s first innings lasted 26.1 overs. Vasuki Koushik took 3 for 12 from seven overs and Kasvankar took 3 for 46 from eight, and Bihar were all out for 107. Mangal Mahrour made 25 and Prithvi Raj 23. Trailing by 290, Bihar had to follow on.
The second innings was no better. Lalit Yadav took 5 for 23 from 14 overs and Kasvankar added 3 for 29 from 12.3, taking his match haul to six. Ayush Loharuka’s 47 off 63 balls was the only substantial score as Bihar were dismissed for 113 in 45.3 overs. It was another heavy defeat for a side that had earlier lost to Baroda by 10 wickets in Vadodara.
Result, Ranji Trophy Elite Group A, Panaji: Goa 397 (Snehal Kauthankar 178, Abhinav Tejrana 73; Suraj Kashyap 5-90) beat Bihar 107 (Vasuki Koushik 3-12, Yash Kasvankar 3-46) and 113 (Lalit Yadav 5-23, Yash Kasvankar 3-29) by an innings and 177 runs.
