Ranji Trophy Plate Division Match

Asom facing defeat against Gujarat:

Nov 5: Chasing a formidable victory target of 407 runs, Asom were struggling at 15 for the loss of two wickets against Gujarat at stumps on the third day of four-day Plate Group Ranji Trophy match at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium at Motera Ahmedabad.

Both the openers Sauvik Das (1) and Sourav Bhagawati (4) returned to the pavilion cheaply. When stumps were drawn for the day, Nishant Bordoloi (7) and Rajdeep Das (0) were at the crease.

Earlier, Gujarat declared their second innings at 367 for the loss of four wickets. Nilesh Modi (151 not out) and Niraj Patel (124) were the top scorers while captain Parthiv Patel contributed 62 runs for the hosts.

Overnight batsman Parthiv was caught by Rajdeep off the bowling of Suresh on team total of 118 and individual score of 62. Parthiv had four hits to the rope and faced 132 balls for his 62 runs.

Next batsman Niraj carried on the good work with the other overnight batsman Nilesh and the two shared a mammoth third-wicket partnership of 215 runs.

With the Gujarat total reading 333, Niraj made his exit after Tarjinder Singh caught him off the bowling of Goswami for a personal contribution of 124 runs. Niraj faced 237 balls and had as many as 15 boundaries and two sixes.

As soon as Nilesh crossed 150 runs, which was studded with 16 hits to the rope, Gujarat captain Parthiv called his boys back to the pavilion with the score reading 367 runs for the loss of four wickets.

Brief Scorecard:
Gujarat 228 and 367/4 declared (Nilesh Modi not out 151, Niraj Patel 124, Parthiv Patel 62; DS Goswami 3/80, S Suresh 1/59)
Assam 189 and 37/2 (Nishant Bordoloi 22 not out; SK Trivedi 1/14, N Raval 1/4)

Assam require another 370 runs with eight wickets in hand in their second essay for a victory.

Gujarat 1st innings: Nilesh Modi c Tarjinder b K Das 17, HR Joshipura lbw b Suresh 14, Parthiv Patel c Tarjinder b Goswami 49, Niraj Patel c Rajdeep Das b K Das 31, BD Thaker c Rajdeep Das b K Das 15, DM Popat c Tarjinder Singh b K Das 63, TK Patel c Rajdeep Das b Suresh 2, N Raval b Suresh 0, MB Parmar b Konwar 5, AM Makda lbw b Suresh 1, SK Trivedi not out 22
Extras (lb 6, nb 3) 9;
Total: (all out; 66.3 overs; 265 mins) 228 (3.42 runs per over)
Fall of wickets:1-23 (Joshipura, 12.2 ov), 2-61 (Modi, 21.5 ov), 3-88 (PA Patel, 28.4 ov), 4-120 (Thaker, 40.6 ov), 5-134 (NK Patel, 44.3 ov), 6-145 (TK Patel, 52.1 ov), 7-145 (Raval, 52.4 ov), 8-152 (Parmar, 53.4 ov), 9-155 (Makda, 54.3 ov), 10-228 (Popat, 66.3 ov)
Bowling: K Das 19.3-4-73-4; DS Goswami 10-3-30-1; S Suresh 16-3-46-4; A Konwar
20-5-66-1; Tarjinder Singh 1-0-7-0

Assam 1st innings: S Bhagawati c Parthiv Patel b Trivedi 1, S Das c Niraj Patel b Makda 0, Nishant Bordoloi lbw b Makda 13, Tarjinder Singh c Parthiv Patel b TK Patel 19, S Ramesh run out 43, S Sharath b Parmar 18, S Suresh lbw b TK Patel 25, Rajdeep Das not out 14, DS Goswami c Modi b TK Patel 0, A Konwar b Makda 22, K Das c Popat b TK Patel 20
Extras (b 6, lb 2, nb 6) 14
Total: (all out; 72.5 overs; 321 mins) 189 (2.59 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Bhagawati, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (S Das, 1.5 ov), 3-29 (Bordoloi, 9.5 ov), 4-56 (Tarjinder Singh, 21.6 ov), 5-91 (Sharath, 42.3 ov), 6-126 (Ramesh, 56.1 ov), 7-142 (Suresh, 64.4 ov), 8-142 (Goswami, 64.6 ov), 9-167 (Konwar, 70.5 ov), 10-189 (K Das, 72.5 ov)
Bowling: SK Trivedi 23-7-52-1; AM Makda 21-9-47-3; N Raval 9-4-19-0; MB Parmar
8- - 25-1; TK Patel 11.5-1-38-4

Gujarat 2nd innings: HR Joshipura c Rajdeep Das b Goswami 1, Nilesh Modi not out 151, Parthiv Patel c Rajdeep Das b Suresh 62, Niraj Patel c Tarjinder b Goswami 124, DM Popat b Goswami 5, BD Thaker not out 10
Extras: (b 8, lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 14
Total: (4 wickets declared; 112 overs; 471 mins) 367 (3.27 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Joshipura, 3.3 ov), 2-118 (PA Patel, 51.5 ov), 3-333 (NK Patel, 108.6 ov), 4-341 (Popat, 110.4 ov)
Bowling: K Das 23-5-86-0; DS Goswami 24-4-80-3; S Suresh 19-4-59-1; A Konwar 32-7 -78-0; S Bhagawati 1-0-1-0; Tarjinder Singh 9-2-32-0; S Das 4-0-20-0

Assam 2nd innings (target: 407 runs)
S Bhagawati c Joshipura b Trivedi 4, S Das lbw b Raval 1, Nishant Bordoloi not out 22,
Rajdeep Das not out 7
Extras: (b 1, lb 1, nb 1) 3
Total: (2 wickets; 23 overs) 37 (1.60 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bhagawati, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (S Das, 13.6 ov)
Bowling: SK Trivedi 8-1-14-1; AM Makda 8-4-12-0; TK Patel 4-1-5-0; N Raval 2-1-4-1; MB Parmar 1-1-0-0