Notwithstanding a fine 142 by Amit Verma, Assam took the first innings lead against Kerala in the Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy match at the Thalassery Cricket Stadium here on Sunday.
In reply to Assam’s 344, Kerala, which resumed at 52 for four, could make only 266. Batting a second time, Assam was 26 without loss at stumps on the third day.
The scores:
Assam – 1st innings: 344.
Kerala – 1st innings: Nikhilesh Surendran c Saikia b Arup 21, Robert Fernandes lbw b Pritam 0, Sanju Samson c Syed b Pritam 17, Amit Verma c Pallavkumar b Syed 142, S. Monish c Saikia b Pritam 0, Sachin Baby run out 32, Rohan Prem c Tarjinder b Purkayastha 8, Salman Nizar c & b Syed 12, Raiphi Vincet Gomez b Syed 4, P.U. Anthaf b Pritam 1, Basil Thampi (not out) 8; Extras: (b-6, lb-3, nb-11, w-1) 21; Total (all out in 97.1 overs) 266.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-41, 3-41, 4-46, 5-135, 154, 7-181, 8-205, 9-218.
Assam bowling: Arup Das 22-10-47-1, Pritam Das 24-5-74-4, Pallavkumar Das 2-0-9-0, Swarupam Purkayastha 29-11-60-1, Sibsankar Roy 3-2-6-0, Syed Mohammed 15.1-3-56-3, Gokul Sharma 2-1-5-0.
Assam – 2nd innings: Pallavkumar Das (batting) 15, Kunal Saikia (batting) 11; Extras 0; Total (for no loss in 10 overs): 26.
Kerala bowling: P.U. Anthaf 3-1-11-0, Basil Thampi 4-1-6-0, Raiphi Vincent Gomez 2-0-8-0, S. Monish 1-0-1-0.
