Chhattisgarh registered easy win over Assam in the BCCI Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy played in Assam. The century made by RK Ahmed from Assam also could not save them from defeat. Chhattisgarh in the match scored 190 and team Assam chasing the score was bundled at 163 runs. Resuming its overnight score of 136 for eight, Assam could add 27 runs in the third day of the match.
Chhattisgarh after winning the toss decided to bat first and the team could stand only 42.4 overs at 141. Anuj Tiwari was highest scorer in the first inning who made 49 runs in 51 balls. Shahbaz Hussain 40 runs out of 89-ball helped Chhattisgarh to score 141 runs. Chhattisgarh batsmen seemed helpless against Assam’s RK Ahmed who picked up six wickets. MK Dutta and Abir Chakravorthy also got two wickets each for Assam.
Chhattisgarh’s bowlers performed quite well and the first inning and team Assam was all-out for 88 runs. Akash Saxena claimed four wickets for Chhattisgarh followed by Shubham Singh two and Sourabh Mehta one. Chhattisgarh managed to take 53 first inning lead.
In the second inning by 57 runs off 146 balls scored by Anuj Tiwari Chhattisgarh scored 137. Mrinoy Dutta and RK Ahmed took four and three wickets respectively for Assam in the second inning.
With the help of 53 first inning lead, Chhattisgarh set a target of 190 to win. In second inning Ahmed played well and made 102 for Assam. However the rest team could contribute only 61 runs. Chhattisgarh will play its last match against Rajasthan in Jaipur from December 12 to 15 under the Trophy.