Bowlers rule the roost at Jorhat

The second day's play at the Gymkhana ground in Jorhat witnessed the fall of 17 wickets as Assam collapsed in their second innings after taking a 51-run lead over Sikkim in their East Zone Under-14 tournament match on Wednesday.

Having bundled out Sikkim for 130 in their first innings, Assam began with a hiccup losing opener Arijit Sen Gupta (5) off the third over of the innings. Thereafter Tashi Topden Bhutia (4 for 20) along with Sangay Dorjee Bhutia (3 for 21) took over the proceedings. They ran through the Assam line-up to leave them tottering at 83 for 9 when stumps were drawn. Only three batsmen opener Prakash Bagat (21), Parwez Aziz (14) and Sadek Imran Choudhury (12) reached double figures.

Earlier, resuming at 22 for 2, Sikkim lost their way early when they lost two quick wickets. At 34 for 4, Tshering Wangdi Bhutia (39) and Bimal Singh (27) came togather and added 64 runs for the fifth wicket. Bimal was the fifth batsman to be dismissed when he fell leg before to Ibrahim Ali. His fall triggered a collapse and Sikkim's first innings folded up. Assam on Tuesday had scored 181 in their first innings.