Assam vs Tripura:
Guwahati, Dec. 7: Host Assam’s morale is running high after registering back-to-back wins against Kerala in Silchar and Services during the last two weeks.
The team will now look for an outright win against Tripura to be invincible in second place in the group tally with 16 points.
Tripura, however, will be no pushovers, after registering a four-wicket win against Kerala in Agartala this week.
The crucial Ranji Trophy Plate Group A four-day league match will be held at Nehru Stadium in Guwahati from Sunday.
Assam has 11 points and Tripura eight from four matches each.
Assam need only three points by virtue of a first innings lead from a drawn encounter to seal their berth in the knockouts.
Gujarat lead the group A tally with 22 points from four matches and meet Kerala -- with eight points -- in Ahmedabad from Sunday.
Orissa eliminated Assam in the semifinals last year at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
Assam have flown in Bangalore professional left arm spinner Anand Katti to replace Tamil Nadu recruit all-rounder S. Suresh in the match. Suresh had injured his finger in the last match against Services. The Assam Cricket Association will name the state squad for the match tomorrow.
Sources said barring Katti replacing Suresh, there would hardly be any change in the winning combination. The playing XI will have Krishna Das and Mrigen Talukdar as medium pacers and Katti and Arlen Konwar as the spinners. Katti’s inclusion will reinforce the spin attack. “Arlen Konwar will now be able to bowl without pressure, with Katti as a back-up,” said team manager Umananda Bora.
With Suresh out of the squad, either Saurav Bhagawati or Souvik Das will make the cut as a top order batsman and the fifth bowler for the team will be either Bichitra Baruah or Dhiraj Goswami. Tripura, on the other hand, have a promising batting line-up comprising Timir Chanda, Kishore Muhuri, Rajib Dutta, Rajesh Banik and Subal Chowdhury, who would definitely look forward to the batting track of the Nehru Stadium wicket with a fast outfield for some handsome scores.
The toss will once again play a vital role even after the Assam team management has, this time, impressed upon the ground committee to prepare a sporty track after surviving a scare on a purely batting track in the earlier match against Services.
Posted on: The Telegraph
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Saturday, December 8, 2007
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Ranji Plate Division Match
Nail-biting victory for Assam over Services:
Guwahati, Dec 4: Assam pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory over Services in their Ranji Plate Division Group A league encounter on the fourth and final day at Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday and kept their door open to move into the knock out stage.
Chasing a victory target of 306 runs in 79 overs, Asam reached the target with 2.2 overs to spare. The heroes of the day were the two outstation batsmen Sadagopan Ramesh and skipper Sridharan Sarath who scored 97 and an unbeaten 94 respectively.
Services, who resumed the day at 83 for one, declared their second innings at 158 for four after adding 75 runs in 10 overs on the final day morning. For Services, Tahir Khan cored 55 and he was well supported by Devendra Israni (44).
For the hosts, Bichitra Baruah bagged two wickets for 58 runs, while left arm spinner Arlen Konwar managed one.
With the 147-run first innings lead by the Services, that meant Assam were set a victory target of 306.
That the decision to declare by Services was a mistake would have become clear from the first-wicket partnership for 116 runs in 31.1 overs between Sadagopan Ramesh and Palashjyoti Das.
Ramesh, who was sent in the middle order this season, today played in his original position and opened the innings with Palashjyoti Das. The decision clicked and the first wicket partnership of 116 runs between the two provided the solid foundation needed for the victory.
Ramesh played a classic knock of 97 runs which came off 159 balls. He hit 11 boundaries and one six. The remaining job was done by captain Sarath who remained not out at 94. His innings comprised nine boundaries. The two batsmen were well supported by Palashjyoti Das (35), Mrigen Talukdar (32) and Rajdeep Das (19 not out).
With this win Assam collected five points and rose to second position in Group A with 11 points behind group leaders Gujarat.
In the last Group A match to be played at Guwahati, Assam will face Tripura.
Scorecard:
Services 1st innings: 406 all out
Assam 1st innings: 259 all out
Services 2nd innings (overnight 83 for 1):
Soumik Chatterjee c Nishanta Bordoloi b Bichitra Baruah 19; Tahir Khan c & b Arlen Konwar 55; Devender Israni r/o 44; Yashpal Singh c Somasetty Suresh b Bichitra Baruah 14; Mumtaj Quadir not out 4; Jasvir Singh not out 13;
Total (158 for 4 in 35 overs declared).
Fall of wickets: 1/37 2/ 21 3/141 4/146
Bowling: Krishna Das 6-3-11-0; Dhiraj Goswami 4-1-15-0; Bichitra Baruah 11-58-2; Arlen Konwar 11-1-50-1; Somasetty Suresh 3-1-15-0
Assam 2nd Innings:
Palash Jyoti Das st Devender b AK Mohanti 35; Sadagopan Ramesh c Yaspal b Arun Sharma 97; Nishanta Bordoloi r/o 1; Shridharan Sarath not out 94; Mrigen Talukdar c Tahir b Arun Sharma 32; Rajdeep Das not out 19
Total (307 for 4 in 76.4 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1/116 2/123 3/193 4/260
Bowling: Rakesh Kumar 9-0-32-0; Hari Prashad 5-0-10-0; Arun Sharma 25-2-92-2; AK Mohonti 24-3-86-1; SS Patwal 6-1-24-0; Soumik Chatterjee 2-0-9-0; Yaspal Singh 5.4-0-34-0
Guwahati, Dec 4: Assam pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory over Services in their Ranji Plate Division Group A league encounter on the fourth and final day at Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday and kept their door open to move into the knock out stage.
Chasing a victory target of 306 runs in 79 overs, Asam reached the target with 2.2 overs to spare. The heroes of the day were the two outstation batsmen Sadagopan Ramesh and skipper Sridharan Sarath who scored 97 and an unbeaten 94 respectively.
Services, who resumed the day at 83 for one, declared their second innings at 158 for four after adding 75 runs in 10 overs on the final day morning. For Services, Tahir Khan cored 55 and he was well supported by Devendra Israni (44).
For the hosts, Bichitra Baruah bagged two wickets for 58 runs, while left arm spinner Arlen Konwar managed one.
With the 147-run first innings lead by the Services, that meant Assam were set a victory target of 306.
That the decision to declare by Services was a mistake would have become clear from the first-wicket partnership for 116 runs in 31.1 overs between Sadagopan Ramesh and Palashjyoti Das.
Ramesh, who was sent in the middle order this season, today played in his original position and opened the innings with Palashjyoti Das. The decision clicked and the first wicket partnership of 116 runs between the two provided the solid foundation needed for the victory.
Ramesh played a classic knock of 97 runs which came off 159 balls. He hit 11 boundaries and one six. The remaining job was done by captain Sarath who remained not out at 94. His innings comprised nine boundaries. The two batsmen were well supported by Palashjyoti Das (35), Mrigen Talukdar (32) and Rajdeep Das (19 not out).
With this win Assam collected five points and rose to second position in Group A with 11 points behind group leaders Gujarat.
In the last Group A match to be played at Guwahati, Assam will face Tripura.
Scorecard:
Services 1st innings: 406 all out
Assam 1st innings: 259 all out
Services 2nd innings (overnight 83 for 1):
Soumik Chatterjee c Nishanta Bordoloi b Bichitra Baruah 19; Tahir Khan c & b Arlen Konwar 55; Devender Israni r/o 44; Yashpal Singh c Somasetty Suresh b Bichitra Baruah 14; Mumtaj Quadir not out 4; Jasvir Singh not out 13;
Total (158 for 4 in 35 overs declared).
Fall of wickets: 1/37 2/ 21 3/141 4/146
Bowling: Krishna Das 6-3-11-0; Dhiraj Goswami 4-1-15-0; Bichitra Baruah 11-58-2; Arlen Konwar 11-1-50-1; Somasetty Suresh 3-1-15-0
Assam 2nd Innings:
Palash Jyoti Das st Devender b AK Mohanti 35; Sadagopan Ramesh c Yaspal b Arun Sharma 97; Nishanta Bordoloi r/o 1; Shridharan Sarath not out 94; Mrigen Talukdar c Tahir b Arun Sharma 32; Rajdeep Das not out 19
Total (307 for 4 in 76.4 overs)
Fall of wickets: 1/116 2/123 3/193 4/260
Bowling: Rakesh Kumar 9-0-32-0; Hari Prashad 5-0-10-0; Arun Sharma 25-2-92-2; AK Mohonti 24-3-86-1; SS Patwal 6-1-24-0; Soumik Chatterjee 2-0-9-0; Yaspal Singh 5.4-0-34-0
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Ranji Trophy Plate Division League
Assam post 32-run win over Kerala:
Silchar, Nov 26: Some fine bowling by the spinner Bichitra Baruah enabled Assam to post a 32-run victory against Kerala in their Ranji Trophy Plate Division match here today.
On the final day of the four-day match at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium here, the Assam bowlers snapped off the Kerala tail within 12 overs as they were all out for 233. Bichitra picked up three wickets while Sauvik Das bagged one.
The visitors were in a tight situation yesterday losing six wickets for 200 after chasing a winning target of 266. P Prasanth, with an unbeaten knock of 80 yesterday, was their lone hope. But his dismissal at 83, Kerala’s hopes ended in smoke as they lost the remaining three wickets for 29 runs. NG Nair (12), S Anish (4) and P Chandran (6) were the other Kerala batsmen out today while T Yohanan remained unbeaten on 7. With today’s three wickets Bichitra’s match-haul became four for 13 in his 18-over spell. With this victory Assam gathered five points.
Brief scores: Assam 1st innings: 98; Kerala 1st innings: 85; Assam 2nd innings: 152; Kerela 2nd innings: 233
Source: The Assam Tribune
Silchar, Nov 26: Some fine bowling by the spinner Bichitra Baruah enabled Assam to post a 32-run victory against Kerala in their Ranji Trophy Plate Division match here today.
On the final day of the four-day match at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium here, the Assam bowlers snapped off the Kerala tail within 12 overs as they were all out for 233. Bichitra picked up three wickets while Sauvik Das bagged one.
The visitors were in a tight situation yesterday losing six wickets for 200 after chasing a winning target of 266. P Prasanth, with an unbeaten knock of 80 yesterday, was their lone hope. But his dismissal at 83, Kerala’s hopes ended in smoke as they lost the remaining three wickets for 29 runs. NG Nair (12), S Anish (4) and P Chandran (6) were the other Kerala batsmen out today while T Yohanan remained unbeaten on 7. With today’s three wickets Bichitra’s match-haul became four for 13 in his 18-over spell. With this victory Assam gathered five points.
Brief scores: Assam 1st innings: 98; Kerala 1st innings: 85; Assam 2nd innings: 152; Kerela 2nd innings: 233
Source: The Assam Tribune
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