Assam take honours on second day
Riding on the allround abilities of Sukhbinder Singh, Assam took a massive 271-run first innings lead over Tripura on the second day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala on Friday
Natarajan Sriram
15-Dec-2000
Riding on the allround abilities of Sukhbinder
Singh, Assam took a massive 271-run first innings
lead over Tripura on the second day of their East
Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Maharaja Bir
Bikram College Stadium in Agartala on Friday.
Resuming at the overnight score of 79 for 1,
skipper SZ Zuffri (50) and opener SB Saikia (38)
took the score on to 123 when the captain departed
for a catch to GH Banik off S Das Gupta.
Thereafter, two more wickets fell to leave Assam
in a spot of bother at 143 for 4. But Ganesh Kumar
(47) and R Borah (77) added 122 runs for the fifth
wicket. Ganesh Kumar, during his 106-minute stay
at the crease, faced 87 balls and hit two fours
and a six. Borah was at the crease for a minute
over two hours and faced just 95 balls for his 77.
In all he found the boundary ropes eight times and
cleared it thrice.
After the departure of Ganesh Kumar, Sukhwindar
Singh with the help of the lower order batsmen
took the score to 387 for 8 when Assam declared.
Sukhwinder who remained unbeaten on 68, was
involved in a unfinished 66-run eighth wicket
stand with S Subramaniam (13). In reply, Tripura
were 18 for no loss in the 11 overs they received
towards the end of the day.