Bihar turned the tables on Uttar Pradesh for an exciting one wicket victory to enter the quarterfinal of the Cooch Behar Trophy at the Keenan stadium in Jamshedpur on Friday.

It was a creditable victory for Bihar who had conceded a first innings lead of 25 runs. UP, 143 for nine in their second innings overnight were all out for 152. This set Bihar a victory target of 178 runs. A second wicket stand of 54 runs between S Vig (25) and F Khan (34) put them on the road towards the target but thereafter wickets fell at regular intervals and Bihar were 102 for six. A seventh wicket stand of 46 runs between M Diwakar (43) and MS Dhoni (27) retreived their hopes but both batsmen fell within the space of seven runs. The ninth wicket fell at 169 with Bihar still nine runs short of their target. Amidst a lot of excitement, wicketkeeper V Kumar (20) and A Yadav (1) steered the side to victory with two deliveries to spare.

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