Ranji Trophy: U’khand suffer fourth straight defeat

Dehradun: Uttarakhand suffered its fourth consecutive defeat in the ongoing

Ranji

tournament. Assam defeated Uttarakhand by an innings and 90 runs at the city’s Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

In its first innings, Assam had put up 294 runs. For the team, Riyan Parag pulled off a century.

However, Uttarakhand batsmen couldn’t perform well and got bundled out for just 121 runs. As Uttarakhand had scored significantly fewer runs, the team was called upon to take their second innings. But Uttarakhand batsmen performed even worse in their second innings and got all-out at 83 runs. For Uttarakhand, Unmukt Chand scored the maximum 41 runs.

The star of the match were Assam pacers — Mukhtar Hussain and Ranjit Mali. Hussain clinched six wickets while Mali took four scalps in the second innings.

Uttarakhand’s next match is against Tripura on January 11 at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala.