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Santipur make it to final

By Sports reporter

GUWAHATI, March 24 � Santipur Athletic Club cruised through to the final of the Santipur Challenge Cricket Tournament for the Arun Das and Raismodi Nunisa Trophy defeating Gauhati Town Club by a big margin of 120 runs in the first semifinal at Judges� Field here today.

In the 35-over-a-side encounter, host Santipur AC smacked 242 for seven with Rajib Kalita being the top scorer with 68. Washiqur Rahman also hammered a decent 50 in Santipur�s innings while Manoj Malo (36) and Roshan Basfor (29) were the other notable contributors.

Chasing the big total, Gauhati Town Club batsmen were in trouble from the initial stage and finally were bundled out for a meagre 122 in 33.1 overs.

Pritam Das, Robin Das and Tauhid Ali Talukdar were in fine form and shared the Town wickets with fine bowling.

Brief scores: Santipur AC 242/7 (Rajib Kalita 68, Washiqur Rahman 50, Manoj Malo 36, Roshan Basfor 29, Ram Kripal Gupta 4/32, Sekharjyoti Barman 2/41).

Town 122 (Ram Kripal Gupta 35, Mrigen Talukdar 20, Pritam Das 4/27, Robin Das 3/15, Tauhid Ali Talukdar 2/18).

Today�s match (Semifinal): Nabajyoti Club vs Bud CC.

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