GUWAHATI, Nov 26 � Assam is in a comfortable position against Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy Super League match.
On the third day of the four-day encounter at Mumbai today, Assam piled a commendable total of 298 and sent three opponent batsmen to the pavilion at team�s total of 91.
For Assam, opener Dhiraj Jadhav (79), Tarjinder Singh (74) and Abu Neschim Ahmed (39) were the notable contributors. Jadhav and Tarjinder added 128 runs for the fourth wicket partnership which laid a solid foundation to the Assam innings.
Offie Ramesh Power took three wickets while Kulkarni, Nayar and Abdulla shared two each.
Dhiraj Goswami removed two Mumbai scalps as Ranjit Mali took one. At close, Kukreja and Nayar are batting with 38 and 18 respectively.
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Assam 1st innings: DS Jadhav lbw b Iqbal Abdulla 79, SA Roy b Agarkar 18, S Sriram c & b Nayar 17, AA Muzumdar b Nayar 1, Tarjinder Singh b Iqbal Abdulla 74, G Sharma c Kukreja b Powar 0, KN Saikia c Gurav b Kulkarni 4, DS Goswami st Gurav b Powar 10, AN Ahmed c Powar b Kulkarni 39, A Konwar c Kulkarni b Powar 13, RL Mali not out 1. Extras: (b 12, lb 8, w 6, nb 16) 42. Total: (all out; 102.1 overs) 298. Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-60, 3-70, 4-198, 5-203, 6-215, 7-234, 8-259, 9-277 (Konwar, 99.2 ov), 10-298. Bowling: Agarkar 20-5-57-1, Kulkarni 22.1-8-48-2, RR Powar 27-4-92-3, AM Nayar 12-2-26-2, Iqbal Abdulla 20-5-48-2, PT Naik 1-0-7-0.
Mumbai 1st innings: SO Kukreja not out 38, OD Gurav b Goswami 2, AM Rahane b Goswami 22, W Jaffer lbw b Mali 4, AM Nayar not out 18. Extras: (b 4, nb 3) 7. Total: (3 wickets; 31 overs) 91. Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-41, 3-47. Bowling: AN Ahmed 6-0-23-0, RL Mali 12-5-22-1, DS Goswami 9-1-28-2, A Konwar 4-0-14-0.
