Polly Umrigar (East Zone) Tourney

Asom-Tripura match ends in draw:

Guwahati, Nov 27: The three-day match between Asom and Tripura in the Polly Umrigar (U-15) East Zone Cricket Tournament ended in a draw on the final day at Maligaon Railway Stadium here on Tuesday.

Asom bagged three points from the match by virtue of the first innings lead. Tripura on Tuesday were bowled out for 159 runs in their second innings with Prabal Barkatoky bagging five wickets for 33 runs.

Chasing 150 runs to win, Asom were found to be struggling when the match came to an end with the hosts were on 93 for the loss of six wickets in their second knock.

On the second day on Monday, Assam had taken a slender first innings lead of 10 runs.

In reply to Tripura’s first innings total of 154, Assam were all out for 164. Rahul Hazarika was top scorer with 55.

Ranji Plate Group

Assam vs Vidarbha match drawn:

Nov 18: The Ranji Trophy Plate Group match between Assam and Vidarbha was declared drawn at the end of the fourth and final day at Maligaon Railway Stadium in Guwahati today.

Not a single ball was bowled on the second and third days because of rain and slushy ground conditions and the first day was disrupted by bad weather after only 29 overs had been bowled.

The fourth day today had a full day’s play but the match failed to produce any result. Both sides collected one point each from the drawn match.

Brief Scorecard:
Assam 1st innings: 216 all out in 83.4 overs; Vidarbha 1st innings 126/5 in 38 overs

Both the teams have lost their opening matches. While Assam lost to Gujarat in the away tie, Vidarbha had gone down to Kerala at home tie at Nagpur (Nov 3-6).

Assam now host Kerala from November 23-26.