Assam beat Uttarakhand by 7 wickets in Syed Mushtaq Ali Cricket Trophy

Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Assam registered first win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Cricket Trophy this season when they defeated Uttarakhand by 7 wickets at Saurashtra today. The star of the day was captain Mrimoy Dutta who bagged four wickets that included a hat-trick.

Elected to field, Assam put good pressure on the opponent during the early part of the innings and removed both the openers when the score was just 4. But two good knocks from Piyush Joshi (43) and Swapnil Singh (52) helped the side to put fighting total on the board. The duo took the teams total from 56 to 135. However Assam came back strongly at that point and Uttarakhand lost their last four wickets in four consecutive balls in the final overs and they were 144-9 when 20th overs of their innings came to an end. Mrinmoy, bowled last over of the innings, picked up three wickets in his third, fourth and fifth balls to complete his hat-trick. The other batsman got run out on the final ball.

Assam didn't face too much trouble to chase the target, losing just three wickets. Nihar Narah (45, 4X5, 6X1) was the top scorer. Riyan Parag and Rishav Das remained not out on 28 and 22 runs respectively. Two openers Denish Das and Rahul Hazarika contributed 13 and 30 runs respectively.

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