Railways spoil Bihar's party

Railways gave Bihar a taste of their own medicine by knocking them over for 105 on the second day of their Super League match at Ranchi's MECON Sail Stadium today. Railways fought their way to 111-4 by stumps with their first innings nemesis Mihir Diwakar returning to haunt them by taking all four wickets.

Opening bowler Zakir Hussain (5-36) and off spinner Kulamani Parida (4-29) were the chief wreckers as eight Bihar batsmen failed to cross single digits. Manish Kumar top scored with 31 (74 balls, 5 fours).

In Railways' second knock opener Vishal Sharma led off with 54 (112 balls, 7 fours) and captain Yere Goud, coming off a big hundred in the last match against Baroda, was getting into his stride with an unbeaten 38. Diwakar took his match haul to 11 with a bag of 4-29. The Railways lead was worth 136 at the end of the day.