Assam pipped by Kerala for semi-final spot:
Guwahati, Dec 12: Assam failed to take the first-innings lead against Tripura in their Ranji Plate Division Group A league match on the fourth and final day at Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday, which resulted to Kerala pipping them by one point for a semi-final berth.
Resuming on 245 for four, Assam needed 216 runs on the final day to surpass Tripura’s first innings 460, but were all out for 410 with Tushar Saha removing overnight not out batsmen Palashjyoti Das and Sridharan Sharath.
The hosts were kept in the hunt by Sadagopan Ramesh, who made an unbeaten 161-ball 101.
Dhiraj Goswami hung around for 105 balls for his 16, as along with Ramesh he added 91 for the seventh wicket. But, all these were not enough as Assam fell short by 50 runs.
Tripura got three points by virtue of their first innings’ lead but still finished last in the group with 11 points while Assam collected one point from the drawn match to swell their total point to 12 and had to be content with third place.
In Surat, Kerala collected five points by virtue of an outright win against Gujarat, who have already qualified for the semi-final from Group A with 22 points from four matches, by nine wickets to aggregate 13 points and book the second semi-final spot from the group.
A simple first innings lead for Assam against Tripura would have ensured them three points from the match and a berth in the semi-finals.
Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 460 (Nishit Shetty 165; Tushar Saha 73 not out; Rajib Saha 66; Krishna Das 5/140) drew with Assam 410 (Palashjyoti Das 114; Sadagopan Ramesh 101 not out; Sridharan Sharath 71; Tushar Saha 4/114)
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Ranji Plate Group A Match
Mammoth task ahead for Assam against Tripura:
Guwahati, Dec. 10: A career best five-wicket haul by Assam pacer Krishna Das failed to restrain Tripura from setting a big first innings target before the hosts today.
Tripura piled up 460 runs against the hosts on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Plate Group A tie being played at Nehru Stadium here.
In reply, Assam, who need a first innings lead to ensure a semi-final berth, were 68 for one in 30 overs at draw of stumps.
Resuming at an overnight score of 285 for four off 92 overs, the visitors this morning lost Mumbai professional Nishit Shetty off the third ball of a Krishna Das delivery in the very second over of the day.
Shetty could add just one run to his overnight 164 before being bowled out by Das to put an end to a 148-run fifth wicket partnership with Timir Chanda.
Chanda, however, took up the reins of the Tripura innings and shared two more partnerships with wicket-keeper Rajiv Dutta (22) and southpaw Tushar Saha to put up an individual score of 72 runs before being bowled out by paceman Mrigen Talukdar. Chanda’s 236-ball knock comprised seven hits to the fence.
After Chanda’s dismissal, Saha continued to anchor the innings and shared a last wicket partnership of 82 runs with Jayanta Debnath (36, 5x4) to take the Tripura innings beyond lunch.
Tushar Saha remained unbeaten on 73, slamming 11 fours and a huge six over the boundary.
Krishna Das today accounted for the dismissals of Shetty, Abhijit Dey and Debnath to add to yesterday’s two wickets of Bappa Das and Rajiv Saha.
Spinner Arlen Konwar claimed two wickets for 112 runs to join the100 wicket takers’ club in first class cricket. He is the first spinner from Assam to achieve the feat.
Chasing the huge target, Assam started trying with the fifth opener of the season in the form of under-22 all-rounder Gokul Sharma, who replaced injured S Suresh for the match, with Palashjyoti Das at the other end.
Though the openers started cautiously, Sharma was caught in the slips by Rajiv Saha off a Debnath turner for 13 (2x4).
Palashjyoti Das was batting on 35 (5x4) and Tarjinder Singh on 10 (1x4) at the close of the day’s play.
Brief Scorecard:
Assam 68 for 1 (Palashjyoti Das 35 batting; Tarjinder Singh 10 batting) trail Tripura 460 (Nishit Shetty 165; Timir Chanda 72; Tushar Saha 73 not out; Krishna Das 5/140; Dhiraj Goswami 2/76; Arlen Konwar 2/112) by 392 runs
Posted On: The Telegraph
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Guwahati, Dec. 10: A career best five-wicket haul by Assam pacer Krishna Das failed to restrain Tripura from setting a big first innings target before the hosts today.
Tripura piled up 460 runs against the hosts on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Plate Group A tie being played at Nehru Stadium here.
In reply, Assam, who need a first innings lead to ensure a semi-final berth, were 68 for one in 30 overs at draw of stumps.
Resuming at an overnight score of 285 for four off 92 overs, the visitors this morning lost Mumbai professional Nishit Shetty off the third ball of a Krishna Das delivery in the very second over of the day.
Shetty could add just one run to his overnight 164 before being bowled out by Das to put an end to a 148-run fifth wicket partnership with Timir Chanda.
Chanda, however, took up the reins of the Tripura innings and shared two more partnerships with wicket-keeper Rajiv Dutta (22) and southpaw Tushar Saha to put up an individual score of 72 runs before being bowled out by paceman Mrigen Talukdar. Chanda’s 236-ball knock comprised seven hits to the fence.
After Chanda’s dismissal, Saha continued to anchor the innings and shared a last wicket partnership of 82 runs with Jayanta Debnath (36, 5x4) to take the Tripura innings beyond lunch.
Tushar Saha remained unbeaten on 73, slamming 11 fours and a huge six over the boundary.
Krishna Das today accounted for the dismissals of Shetty, Abhijit Dey and Debnath to add to yesterday’s two wickets of Bappa Das and Rajiv Saha.
Spinner Arlen Konwar claimed two wickets for 112 runs to join the100 wicket takers’ club in first class cricket. He is the first spinner from Assam to achieve the feat.
Chasing the huge target, Assam started trying with the fifth opener of the season in the form of under-22 all-rounder Gokul Sharma, who replaced injured S Suresh for the match, with Palashjyoti Das at the other end.
Though the openers started cautiously, Sharma was caught in the slips by Rajiv Saha off a Debnath turner for 13 (2x4).
Palashjyoti Das was batting on 35 (5x4) and Tarjinder Singh on 10 (1x4) at the close of the day’s play.
Brief Scorecard:
Assam 68 for 1 (Palashjyoti Das 35 batting; Tarjinder Singh 10 batting) trail Tripura 460 (Nishit Shetty 165; Timir Chanda 72; Tushar Saha 73 not out; Krishna Das 5/140; Dhiraj Goswami 2/76; Arlen Konwar 2/112) by 392 runs
Posted On: The Telegraph
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Sunday, December 9, 2007
Ranji Plate Group A Match
Tripura 285/4 on Day One against Assam:
Guwahati, Dec 9: Nishit Shetty smashed a career-best 164 not out to propel Tripura to a healthy 285 for 4 against Assam on the first day of four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division Group A match at Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Tripura were in touch of bother at 32 for 3 before Shetty added 106 runs for the fourth wicket with Rajib Saha, who made his highest first-class score of 66, and a further 147 for the unbroken fifth wicket with Timir Chanda (36 not out).
Shetty struck 26 boundaries in his 232-ball knock as Tripura headed towards a big first-innings total.
For Assam, Krishna Das and Dhiraj Goswami took two wickets apiece, conceding 73 and 54 runs respectively.
Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 1st innings: 285 for 4 (Shetty 164 batting; Rajib saha 66; Timir Chanda batting 36; Krshna Das 2/73; Dhiraj Goswami 2/54)
Guwahati, Dec 9: Nishit Shetty smashed a career-best 164 not out to propel Tripura to a healthy 285 for 4 against Assam on the first day of four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division Group A match at Nehru Stadium here on Sunday.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Tripura were in touch of bother at 32 for 3 before Shetty added 106 runs for the fourth wicket with Rajib Saha, who made his highest first-class score of 66, and a further 147 for the unbroken fifth wicket with Timir Chanda (36 not out).
Shetty struck 26 boundaries in his 232-ball knock as Tripura headed towards a big first-innings total.
For Assam, Krishna Das and Dhiraj Goswami took two wickets apiece, conceding 73 and 54 runs respectively.
Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 1st innings: 285 for 4 (Shetty 164 batting; Rajib saha 66; Timir Chanda batting 36; Krshna Das 2/73; Dhiraj Goswami 2/54)
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Ranji Trophy Plate Group A Match
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
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
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
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Ranji Trophy Plate League: Group A
Asom crawl back after batting slump:
Nov 23: Asom fought back strongly after being bowled out by Kerala for 198 runs in their first innings on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group tie which got under way at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Silchar today.
Kerala were tottering at 23 for five when the stumps were drawn for the day.
The way the wicket was behaving, as 15 wickets had gone down on the first day of the match, a result is expected. Whoever lakes a lead in the first innings should be in the driver’s seat.
Asom, which won the toss this morning, elected to bat first. But the start was not good for the home side as Souvik Das walked back to the pavilion before Asom was yet to open its account.
The damage was somewhat repaired by S Suresh and Palash Das by adding 70 runs for the second wicket. But once the partnership was broken, wickets started falling like a pack of cards.
Suresh was the top scorer for the side with 57 runs. The other notable contributors were Palashjyoti Das (23), Sadagopan Ramesh (27) and Rajdeep Das (30).
Tinu Yohannan and S Nair bagged three wickets each for Kerala.
It was Dhiraj Goswami who led Asom’s fight-back bagging three wickets for just five runs.
Source: The Sentinel
Nov 23: Asom fought back strongly after being bowled out by Kerala for 198 runs in their first innings on the first day of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group tie which got under way at the Satindra Mohan Dev Stadium in Silchar today.
Kerala were tottering at 23 for five when the stumps were drawn for the day.
The way the wicket was behaving, as 15 wickets had gone down on the first day of the match, a result is expected. Whoever lakes a lead in the first innings should be in the driver’s seat.
Asom, which won the toss this morning, elected to bat first. But the start was not good for the home side as Souvik Das walked back to the pavilion before Asom was yet to open its account.
The damage was somewhat repaired by S Suresh and Palash Das by adding 70 runs for the second wicket. But once the partnership was broken, wickets started falling like a pack of cards.
Suresh was the top scorer for the side with 57 runs. The other notable contributors were Palashjyoti Das (23), Sadagopan Ramesh (27) and Rajdeep Das (30).
Tinu Yohannan and S Nair bagged three wickets each for Kerala.
It was Dhiraj Goswami who led Asom’s fight-back bagging three wickets for just five runs.
Source: The Sentinel
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