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.

India-Pak Guwahati ODI

Organisers’ faux pas: tricolour forgotten for a while

Nov 5: As the tradition goes, the national flags of the countries whose teams play against each other in any international sports events are hoisted before the start of the game. But this tradition was broken in Guwahati where Team India registered a five wicket victory over their arch rivals Pakistan in front of 22,000 capacity crowd at Nehru Stadium.

There were as many as three posts for hoisting the flags at the Nehru Stadium today, and as such only the flags of Pakistan, the BCCI and the Assam Cricket Association (ACA) were hoisted till the completion of the fourth over of the match.

It was at the fifth over that the matter was brought to the notice of the organisers who then replaced the BCCI flag with the national tricolour. The man who was seen replacing the BCCI flag with the tricolour was Pulak Goswami, who is a member of a broadcasting company.

Source: The Sentinel

Ganguly to visit Kamakhya Temple:

Former Indian cricket team skipper Sourav Ganguly, along with a few other cricketers, would pay a visit to the Kamakya temple on Nov 6 morning between 6.30 am and 7.30 am.

From the temple, they would directly move towards the Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Airport to catch their flight for Mohali, where the second match of the Indian Oil Cup is scheduled.

Source: The Assam Tribune

GMC notice to ACA:

Nov 4: Guwahati Municipal Corporation has served a notice to Assam Cricket Association (ACA) for breaching prescribed guidelines under the GMC Act pertaining to the installation of hoardings in and around the RG Baruah Sports Complex in view of the India-Pakistan ODI.

The ACA is likely to be slapped a fine to the tune of several thousand rupees under Section 173 and Sec 174 of GMC Act. Besides, it will also have to pay the tax for putting up hoardings both inside and outside the Nehru Stadium.

Already, the ACA is facing serious criticism for allegedly indulging in anomalies regarding the distribution of tickets through UCO Bank and also for its request made to the proscribed United Liberation Front of Asom, especially when there was no visible perception from the outlawed outfit.

The Corporation, on Nov 3, served a notice to ACA asking the latter to show cause for violation of prescribed rules and regulations.

Source: The Assam Tribune