Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Gp B League

Innings defeat stares on Sikkim:

Rajkot, Dec 6: An innings’ defeat stared on Sikkim as they were 29 for two in their second essay after following on at the end of second day’s play of the three-day Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Group B League match against Goa at the Railway Ground here on Thursday.

The north-eastern team were all out for 135 in their first innings in reply to Goa’s 418 all out.

They were still trailing by 254 runs with eight second innings wickets in hand when stumps were drawn on the second day.

Goa would press for a win on the last day tomorrow.

Brief Scorecard:
Goa 418 all out in 106.5 overs: Reagan Pinto 82; Atul Phadte 39; R Lohar 3/44; P Sharma 3/57; D Rai 2/116
Fall of wickets: 1/8 2/45 3/93 4/219 5/282 6/364 7/364 8/ 374 9/381 10/418

Sikkim 135 all out in 56 overs: Nilesh 36; Jay Prakash 24; S Singh 21; Reagan Pinto 5/45; R Vashist 3/26
Fall of wickets: 1/29 2/74 3/80 4/105 5/109 6/119 7/121 8/121 9/134 10/135

Sikkim 2nd innings (following on): 29/2 in 16 overs
Nilesh 4; Leeyong Lepcha 8; V K Singh batting 14; Jay Prakash batting 0
V Castelino 1/8; R Vashist 1/6

Sikkim trail by 254 runs with 8 wickets remaining

Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Gp B League

Goa comfortably placed against Sikkim:

Rajkot, Dec 5: Goa were comfortably placed at 364 for five against Sikkim at the end of first day's play of the Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-17) Plate Group B League match at the Railway Ground here on Wednesday.

Sikkim captain Leeyong Lepcha won the toss and elected to field.

Brief Scorecard:
Goa 364 / 5 in 90 overs (368 Min.)
Vaibhav Naik 148 (205 balls; 26X4); Kinnan Vaz 47; Reagan Pinto barring on 82; Rohit Naik batting on 29; Extras: 30
D Rai 2/116; R Lohar 1/32; P Sharma 1/34
Fall of Wickets: 1/8 2/45 3/93 4/219 5/282