A captain’s knock by Dheeraj Jadhav (73 not out) saved Assam’s blushes on the opening day of the Group ‘C’ Ranji Trophy match against Kerala at the Thalassery Cricket Stadium here on Friday.
Assam, which won the toss, ended the day at 197 for four. It was his unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 56 with Tarjinder Singh (24 not out) that ensured that the first day did not belong entirely to the host.
The scores:
Assam — 1st innings: Kunal Saikia c Raiphi b Rohan 38, Dheeraj Jadhav (batting) 73, Pallavkumar Das c Nikhilesh b Raiphi 19, Gokul Sharma c Sachin b Monish 14, Sibsankar Roy c Nikhilesh b Verma 17, Tarjinder Singh (batting) 24; Extras (b-2, lb-5, nb-5): 12; Total (for four wkts. in 90 overs): 197.
Fall of wickets: 1-23, 2-45, 3-99, 4-141.
Kerala bowling: Basil Thampi 12-5-20-0, P.U. Anthaf 15-4-33-0, S. Monish 21-6-48-1, Raiphi Vincent Gomez 13-5-27-1, Amit Verma 18-4-39-1, Rohan Prem 11-5-23-1.
Toss: Assam.
