Assam captain Riyan Parag perpetuated his latest string of excellent scores with one other dazzling century (116) on the ACA Stadium right here on Sunday.
However, regardless of Riyan’s knock, Kerala held the aces within the Ranji Trophy match after lowering the host to 231 for seven at stumps on the third day. Bad mild truncated the day’s proceedings as solely 57 overs had been bowled on the penultimate day.
The begin of the day was delayed for one-and-half hours and Riyan got here to bat within the second over after Basil Thampi had in a single day batter S.C. Ghadigaonkar (4) edging a catch to wicketkeeper Vishnu Vinod.
The skipper began with an imperious straight drive and picked Thampi off his toes for the second boundary within the over to get into his groove shortly. There was nothing frenetic and slapdash in his batting. Riyan was neat and compact and easily punished the unhealthy balls which had been many throughout his keep within the center. A brief arm pull over sq. leg for six off M.D. Nidheesh and a canopy drive for 4 off Thampi stood out for his or her magnificence.
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Opener Rishav Das was very a lot the dour companion through the 91-run four-wicket stand with Riyan. Thampi breached Rishav’s (31) defence and the batter did not capitalise on the life he obtained when he was on 29.
Thampi was relentless and requested looking inquiries to the Assam batters and solely Riyan regarded comfy dealing with him. But Thampi lacked assist from different bowlers as they strayed of their line and had been punished by Riyan.
Gokul Sharma, Assam’s most skilled batter, hung round so as to add 52 runs for the fifth wicket with Riyan. Jalaj Saxena foxed Gokul and had him stumped to go away Assam struggling at 168 for 5. Riyan continued in the identical vein and reached his century with a chic drive for 4 off Nidheesh. Vishweshar Suresh gave Kerala an enormous elevate by trapping Riyan in entrance. However unhealthy mild and dogged batting by Akash Sengupta (11 batting) and Mukhtar Hussain (19 batting) stalled Kerala’s hopes of wrapping up the innings shortly.
The scores
Kerala 1 st innings: 419
Assam 1 st innings: Rishav Das b Thampi 31, Rahul Hazarika b Thampi 9, Siddharth Sarmah lbw Jalaj 0, S.C. Ghadigaoankar c Vishnu b Thampi 4, Riyan Parag lbw Suresh 116, Gokul Sarma st Vishnu b Jalaj 12, Saahil Jain c Anand Krishnan b Thampi 27, Akash Sengupta batting 11, Mukhtar Hussain batting 19
Extras (b-6, lb-5, nb-1): 12
Total (for seven wkts in 62 overs):231
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-14, 3-25, 4-116, 5-168, 6-190, 7-205
Kerala bowling
Thampi 15-0-69-4, Jalaj 17-0-58-2, Shreyas 6-1-17-0, Nidheesh 12-3-41-0, Suresh 11-3-33-1, Akshay 1-0-2-0.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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