da brwin： The second day’s play at the Gymkhana ground in Jorhatwitnessed the fall of 17 wickets as Assam collapsed in theirsecond innings after taking a 51-run lead over Sikkim in theirEast Zone Under-14 tournament match on Wednesday
Natarajan Sriram25-Oct-2000The second day’s play at the Gymkhana ground in Jorhatwitnessed the fall of 17 wickets as Assam collapsed in theirsecond innings after taking a 51-run lead over Sikkim in theirEast Zone Under-14 tournament match on Wednesday.Having bundled out Sikkim for 130 in their first innings,Assam began with a hiccup losing opener Arijit Sen Gupta (5)off the third over of the innings. Thereafter Tashi TopdenBhutia (4 for 20) along with Sangay Dorjee Bhutia (3 for 21)took over the proceedings. They ran through the Assam line-upto leave them tottering at 83 for 9 when stumps were drawn.Only three batsmen opener Prakash Bagat (21), Parwez Aziz (14)and Sadek Imran Choudhury (12) reached double figures.Earlier, resuming at 22 for 2, Sikkim lost their way earlywhen they lost two quick wickets. At 34 for 4, Tshering WangdiBhutia (39) and Bimal Singh (27) came togather and added 64runs for the fifth wicket. Bimal was the fifth batsman to bedismissed when he fell leg before to Ibrahim Ali. His falltriggered a collapse and Sikkim’s first innings folded up.Assam on Tuesday had scored 181 in their first innings.