Our Sports Reporter
GUWAHATI: A terrific knock from Arjun Kumar guided Star Sporting Club of Nagaon to register huge victory over TrinayanGosthi in the Assam Premier Club Championship Cricket tournament held at Nagaon today.
Arjun smashed a double century in the game. It was also his second consecutive hundred in the meet.
Star Sporting Club today decided to bat first in the semi final after they won the toss in the morning. Arjun immediately came into action as he opened the innings. The rest of the contest between ball and bat during Star Sporting Club's innings was totally a one sided affair. Arjunplayed just 116 balls to score 251 runs and there were 13 boundaries and exactly double number of sixes in his innings. Rode on his knock Star Sporting Club bowled out 347 in 39.2 overs. Later they bowled out TrinayanGosthi 155.
Brief scores of different matches held on Friday:
Venue: Nagaon- Star Sporting Club 347 (39.2 overs), Arjun Kumar 251, NilotpalHazarika 3-32, TrinayanGosthi 155 (28.3 overs), WashimUllah Khan 94, BhaskarJyotiKonwar 3-47. Result: Star Sporting Club won by 192 runs.
Venue: Tinsukia (Final): Saptarshi 170 (35.2 overs),NiharNarah 36, Samir Sharma 3-27, Tinsukia Town Club 164 (39.3 overs), Shivam Mittal 71, RitupanPhatowali 3-36. Result: Saptarshi won by 6 runs in the final
Venue: Lakhimpur (Semi Final)-
Rangmon 318/9 (40 overs), TrinathRao 113, DimpalChoudhary 4-63, Dhalpur USC 224/5 (38 overs), DimpalChoudhary 81, Deep Nath 2-18. Result: Rangmon won by 94 runs.
Venue: Bokakhta-Bhulaguri 240 ALL (31.1 overs), DigantaSaikia 105, Binay Kumar 5-28, Behora royal Club 217 (30.5 overs), Mridul Tanti 54,Vishal Sahu 3-33. Result: Bhulaguri won by 23 runs.