Times News NetworkKanpur: After scoring a big total of 540 runs, UP bowlers put Bihar under pressure, reducing the hosts to 44 for two in their first innings on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy match at Rajgir International Stadium on Monday.Resuming at 287 for three, UP added 253 more runs before getting all out after tea. Bihar got 18 overs to bat and lost two wickets for 44 runs. Mangal Mahrour (25) was caught by Abhishek Goswami off Kartik Tyagi, while Ayush Loharuka was caught behind by Aryan Juyal off KS Sharma for a duck. At stumps, Piyush Singh was batting on 18 and Amod Yadav was yet to score.Earlier, overnight centurions Madhav Kaushik and Rinku Singh failed to add significantly to their scores. Rinku managed just three more runs before being dismissed by AK Yadav for 112 off 168 balls. Kaushik added 26 runs to his overnight score. He scored 124 off 326 balls, with his innings featuring just one boundary on Monday.Aaradhya Yadav batted well and scored 84 runs. He added 82 runs with Kaushik and 69 runs with Zeeshan Ansari. He hit seven fours and two sixes but got out before reaching his century. Zeeshan made 58 runs. With debutant Abhinandan Singh (43 off 30 balls), he added 49 runs for the ninth wicket. For Bihar, Amod Yadav took four wickets, Suraj Kashyap took three and Sakibul Gani took two.Brief scores: UP first innings: 540 (Abhishek Goswami 13, Madhav Kaushik 150, Aryan Juyal 13, Karan Sharma 13, Rinku Singh 112, Aaradhya Yadav 84, Zeeshan Ansari 58, Yash Dayal 10, Abhinandan Singh 43, Amod Yadav 4 for 91, Suraj Kashyap 3 for 100, Sakibul Gani 2 for 36, Himanshu Singh 1 for 156); Bihar first innings: 2 for 44 (Mangal Mahrour 25, Piyush Singh batting 16, Kartik Tyagi 1 for 17, Karan Sharma 1 for 2).
