Our Sports Reporter
GUWAHATI: Assam registered huge 238 runs victory over Manipur in the U-23 Limited Overmatch held at Cuttack today. Rode on a ton from opener Biplab Saikia (158) and Rameez Rabbani (80) Assam piled up 353-7 in 50 overs. Later they restricted Manipur 115.
Biplab faced the first ball of the innings, played a solid knock which came from 131 balls. There were 16 boundaries and five over boundaries in his innings. He got good support from Rameez Rabbani. The duo on the fourth wickets partnership added 146 runs. Rameez, who scored a half-century in the innings, got out on 80. There were nine boundaries and three sixes in his 56-ball innings.
In reply, Manipur struggled from the very beginning of their innings and finally bowled out 115 runs in 30.2 overs. Sunil Lachit, Siddhartha Sarma and Kunal Sarma bagged two wickets each.