GUWAHATI, Dec 1 - Forced to follow on, Assam were 269 for five in the second innings in their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Jharkhand at Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh.
On the third day of the four-day match, in reply to Jharkhand�s first innings total of 316, Assam were all out for 126 in the first innings and were forced to follow on today.
Assam batsmen batted confidently in the morning session adding 68 runs for the opening wicket partnership between Pallav Das and Rishav Das. Rishav was in fine form and scored 113. He and Sib Sankar Roy (batting 80) yielded 87 runs for the second wicket. But after the fall of Rishav�s wicket, Assam lost three quick wickets in the form of Amit Verma (10), Kunal Saikia (0) and Amit Sinha (4).
Assam has secured a 79-run lead with five wickets in hand.
SCORECARD
Jharkhand 1st innings 316
Assam 1st innings 126
Assam 2nd innings (following on): Rishav Das st Ishan Kishan b Nadeem 113, Pallav Das run out 39, Sib Sankar Roy not out 80, Amit Verma c Tiwary b Yadav 10, Kunal Saikia c Ishan Kishan b Yadav 0, Amit Sinha run out 4. Extras: (b 14, lb 8, w 1) 23. Total: (5 wickets; 98.2 overs) 269. Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-225, 3-247, 4-247, 5-269. Bowling: AR Yadav 16-3-37-2, R Shukla 19-4-63-0, Ashish Kumar 12.2-3-30-0, Anand Singh 9-6-18-0, Kaushal Singh 15-2-40-0, S Nadeem 18-3-39-1, Pratyush Singh 2-0-8-0, SS Tiwary 7-2-12-0.
