Assam earn crucial 3 points from drawn match in Ranji Trophy

Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: Assam drew their second Ranji Trophy game of the season against Delhi at the ACA Stadium here today. The hosts collected three crucial points from the game by virtue of the first innings lead and are placed at fifth place in the points table with 4 points.

Interestingly three top teams of domestic cricket- Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Hyderabad are behind Assam in points table at the end of the second round.

It was almost final after the third day's play that the game was heading for a draw. The lone interest in the game remained was to see which team earned the first innings lead. Two overnight batsmen of Assam Sidharth Sarma and Mukthar Hussain easily took the host beyond Delhi's first innings total in the morning.

Assam started the day's proceeding from their overnight total 435-8. The hosts batted just 1.3 overs in the morning before declaring their first innings 443-9 when Mukhtar Hussain (48) lost his wicket. Sidharth remained not out on 16. The duo on the 8th wicket contributed 65 runs which played a crucial role on getting the first innings lead. Harshit Rana (4-94) was the most successful bowler for Delhi.

Later, Delhi scored 292-1 in their second innings when the game came to an end after the tea interval. Dhruv Shorey, the Delhi opener, scored another century in the match and this time he remained not out on 150 (4X18, 2X6).In the first innings the batter scored double ton and also carried his bat. It is the rarest occasion in the history of ACA Stadium that a batter scored a double ton and a ton in the same match.

Dhruv's opening partner Anuj Rawat, also scored century today, put 109 (4X10, 6X4) on the board before getting out on the bowling of Swarupam Purkayastha.

In their next game, an away match, Assam will face Hyderabad which will begin on December 27.

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