Published: Dec 03, 2015, 08:30 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:32 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s coverage of Day Three of the Round 8 Group A match of Ranji Trophy 2015-16 between Assam and Bengal at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Bengal are currently placed third in the table with 25 points from seven games, along with a couple of wins and five draws as they look to win this tie and seal their quarter-final spot. While Assam, on the other hand, are justr a place above Bengal in the second spot, with the same points from the same number of games, along with the same results. Thus, with the clash expected to be a close encounter, both the teams would fight it out to win a spot in the quarters. COMPLETE COVERAGE: Ranji Trophy 2015-16
Live Cricket Score: Assam 72/2 | Overs 36 | BATTING: Pallav Kumar Das 28(102), Gokul Sharma 8(30): At stumps of Day 3, Assam trail Bengal by 229 runs. Meanwhile, Bengal need 8 wickets to thrash their opponents by an innings which will earn them crucial 7 points. OUT! Amit Verma c Sudip Chatterjee b Aamir Gani 19(57)
Live Cricket Score: Assam 30/1 | Overs 12 | BATTING: Pallav Kumar Das 12(34), Amit Verma 2(9): After conceding follow-on, Assam once again had a poor start to their innings. Aamir Gani dismissed Assam opener Rahul Hazarika on the 1st delivery of the 10th over. From here, Bengal lead Assam by 271 runs. OUT! Rahul Hazarika LBW Aamir Gani 16(27)
Live Cricket Score: Assam 12/0 | Overs 3 | BATTING: Pallav Kumar Das 1(7), Rahul Hazarika 11(11): Bengal earned a first innings lead of 301 runs before they enforced follow-on on their opponents. The Assam wickets were shared between Ashok Dinda, Mukesh Kumar and Pragyan Ohja. While Dina bagged four of those, the other two claimed three wickets each.
Bengal enforce the follow-on!
Live Cricket Score: Assam 143 | Overs 54.4 | BATTING: Krishna Das 3(1): Mukesh Kumar finishes job for Bengal, dismisses the last batsman Amit Sinha thereby giving Bengal a solid firts inning lead of 301 runs with more than a day left in the match. Sinha scored a fighting 10 from 48 balls before becoming Mukesh’s 3rd victim for the innings. OUT! Amit Sinha c Laxmi Shukla b Mukesh Kumar 10(48)
Live Cricket Score: Assam 143/9 | Overs 54.3 | BATTING: Amit Sinha 10(47), Krishna Das 3(1): Bengal finally strikes, breaks the 8th wicket partnership by removing Tarjinder Singh on the 4th selivery of the 54th over. He became the Pragyan Ohja’s 3rd wicket for the innings, leaving Assam at 139 for 8. The following over, Mukesh Kumar dismissed Wasiqur Rahman who lasted just 3 deliveries. From here, Assam trail the visitors by 301 runs. OUT! Tarjinder Singh c A R Eswaran b Pragyan Ojha 50(128) OUT! Wasiqur Rahman LBW Mukesh Kumar 0(3)
Live Cricket Score: Assam 124/7 | Overs 42 | BATTING: Tarjinder Singh 43(92), Amit Sinha 1(12): This excellent recovery from th hosts after the disastrous start which had left them at 1 for 4. Tarjinder Singh has managed to hold nerves and now he is well on his way to a half-century. If he bats till the end, Assam might turn tables around here.
Live Cricket Score: Assam 109/7 | Overs 38.5 | BATTING: Tarjinder Singh 31(85): Pragyan Ohja stries once again, a second wicket for him, leaving Assam 7-down as they trail Bengal by 335 runs. He had earlier removed Amit Verma, who was the first dismissal of Day 3. Arun Karthick who was the only hope left for Assam with the bat did not last more than 43 balls, getting out in the 21st over. OUT! Amit Verma c A R Eswaran b Pragyan Ojha 9(48) OUT! Arun Karthick b Mukesh Kumar 30(43) OUT! Syed Mohammed b Pragyan Ojha 31(47)
Live Cricket Score: Assam 18/4 | Overs 11 | BATTING: Amit Verma 3(34), Arun Karthick 12(21): Assam had a horrid end to Day 2 as they had lost four wickets with one run on the board after Bengal declared at 444 in their first innings. Ashok Dinda who had bagged all those four wickets has not struck today so far. Assam will want Karthick to stick around, however getting a first innings lead for the hosts is highly unlikely.
Senior speedster Ashok Dinda wreaked havoc against Assam with a devastating two-over spell taking four wickets without conceding a run as Bengal took complete control of their final Ranji Trophy group league encounter on Wednesday. After putting up a commendable first innings score of 444 for six, riding on Shreevats Goswami’s (112) maiden first-class ton and Pankaj Shaw’s well-compiled 99, Bengal send Assam reeling at 1/4 in four overs with another 290 runs required to avoid follow-on. Dinda’s astonishing figures read 2-2-0-4. The 31-year-old veteran also completed a personal milestone of 300 first-class wickets today — only second pace bowler from the state after current bowling coach Ranadeb Bose (317) to accomplish the feat. This is his 85th first-class match.
Teams:
Assam: Gokul Sharma (c), Amit Sinha, KB Arun Karthick, Amit Verma, Arup Das , Krishna Das, Pallav Kumar Das, Syed Mohammed, Tarjinder Singh, Rahul Hazarika, Wasiqur Rahman (wk).
Bengal: Aamir Gani, A R Eswaran, Sudip Chatterjee, Manoj Tiwary (c), Laxmi Shukla, Ashoke Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Mukesh Kumar, Pankaj Kumar Shaw.
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