GUWAHATI, March 14 � Assam went down to Delhi by 35 runs in the T20 quarterfinal of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in Indore today. Batting first, the Delhi team rode on a fine 79 by A Julka to amass a total of 170 for 5 in their 20 overs. Assam bowler DS Goswami was the most successful with figures of 4/27 in 4 overs.
In reply, Assam were all out for 135 in 17.4 overs. Apart from Parvez Aziz (57) and AS Sinha (28), no other Assam batsman could put up a fight. For Delhi, Farman Ahmed tore through the Assam batting line-up with figures of 4/25 in 4 overs.
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Delhi: Chand c Tarafdar b Goswami 5, Farman b Das 13, Mohit Sharma c Saikia b Goswami 8, A Julka not out 79, P Bisht c Deepak Sharma b Aziz 23, P Mehra c Rajdeep Das b Tarafdar 35, K Rawat not out 0. Extras: (lb 3, w 4) 7. Total: (5 wickets; 20 overs) 170. Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-30, 3-32, 4-79, 5-161. Bowling: Tarafdar 4-0-32-1, AK Das 4-0-34-1, DS Goswami 4-1-27-2, Bahutule 4-0-30-0, Jadhav 1-0-12-0, Deepak Sharma 2-0-23-0, P Aziz 1-0-9-1.
Assam: PK Debnath lbw b Awana 1, P Aziz b Farman Ahmed 57, Jadhav b Rawat 0, AS Sinha c Rawat b Farman Ahmed 28, Deepak Sharma c Bisht b Farman Ahmed 10, Rajdeep Das c Milind Kumar b Mehra 4, KN Saikia c Mehra b Farman Ahmed 8, Bahutule c Mehra b Awana 9, DS Goswami b Awana 7, Tarafdar not out 8, AK Das c Bisht b Veer 0. Extras: (w 2, nb 1) 3. Total: (all out; 17.4 overs) 135. Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-3, 3-77, 4-92, 5-99, 6-107, 7-109, 8-126, 9-128, 10-135. Bowling: P Awana 3-0-20-3, K Rawat 3-0-19-1, B Veer 3.4-0-34-1, C Nanda 2-0-25-0, Farman Ahmed 4-0-25-4, P Mehra 2-0-12-1.
