GUWAHATI, Jan 21 - Assam need 285 with all the wickets intact in the second innings to beat Maharashtra in the Elite Group C Ranji Trophy match.
On the final day of the four-day encounter at the ACA Stadium, Barsapara here today, chasing a target of 296, the hosts were 12 for no loss.
Earlier, Maharashtra declared their second innings at 365 for nine after 113.3 overs of batting. Jay Pandey scored 130 off 272 balls with 13 boundaries. Vishant More added 57.
Assam pacer Ranjit Mali took five wickets giving away 123 runs while Arup Das and Mukhtar Hussain captured two each.
Now it is the turn of Assam batsmen to keep their heads down and play cautiously.
SCORECARD
Maharashtra 1st Innings: 175
Assam 1st Innings: 244
Maharashtra 2nd Innings: SM Gugale b Mukhtar Hussain 38, JS Pande c Saikia b Mali 130, YC Kshirsagar c RK Das b AK Das 6, AR Bawne c RK Das b Mukhtar Hussain 38, NS Shaikh c Saikia b Mali 19, AN Kazi c Saikia b Mali 10, VV More c Hazarika b Mali 57, SS Bachhav not out 51, A Palkar lbw b AK Das 0, MD Ingale c Jain b Mali 9, Mukesh Choudhary not out 0. Extras: (lb 6, w 1) 7. Total: (For 9 decl in 113.3 overs) 356. Fall of wickets:�1-80, 2-88, 3-162, 4-197, 5-211, 6-280, 7-330, 8-332, 9-361. Bowling: Arup Das 23-3-69-2, Ranjit Mali 38.3-8-123-5, Mukhtar Hussain 31-4-94-2, Roshan Alam 10-0-47-0, Riyan Parag 9-0-26-0.
Assam 2nd Innings (target: 297 runs): Shivam Mandal not out 7, Rahul Hazarika not out 1. Extras: (lb 4) 4. Total (For no loss in 6 overs) 12. Bowling: Mukesh Choudhury 3-0-3-0, SS Bachav 1-01-0, A Palkar 2-04-0.
