GUWAHATI, Nov 16 - Assam managed to snatch one point from the Odisha match in the Group B Ranji Trophy.
On the final day of the four-day encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad today, Assam finished the day with 164 for the loss of four wickets. Odisha got three points from this match.
Odisha declared their first innings at the overnight total of 459 for seven and tried to put pressure on the Assam batsmen in the morning session. However, the openers Rishav Das and Rahul Hazarika handled the opponent pacers and added 41 runs for the opening wicket partnership. That helped Assam in building confidence and later the other batsmen, baring Amit Verma (1) contributed satisfactorily. Rishav remained the top scorer with 68 facing 222 deliveries. Sib Sankar Roy (39) and Rahul (23) were the other useful run scorers.
In the next match Assam will play against Maharashtra at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai from November 21 to 24.
After this match Assam gathered 8 points from six matches.
SCORECARD
Assam 1st innings: 301
Odisha 1st innings: 459/7 decl.
Assam 2nd innings: Rishav Das lbw b Poddar 68, Rahul Hazarika c Rawat b Mohanty 23, Sib Sankar Roy lbw b Dhiraj Singh 39, Amit Verma c Pattnaik b Dhiraj Singh 1, Kunal Saikia not out 6, KB Arun Karthik not out 10; Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 2, nb 6) 17; Total (4 wickets; 75 overs) 164. Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-112, 3-142, 4-152. Bowling: B Mohanty 16-4-32-1, SB Pradhan 11-3-35-0, DR Behera 9-2-25-0, Dhiraj Singh 20-9-27-2, BB Samantray 3-1-2-0, GB Poddar 14-7-33-1, SA Rawat 2-0-1-0.
