Denish leads Assam’s fightback against Tamil Nadu
The HinduSkipper Denish Das hit an unbeaten half-century as he led Assam’s strong riposte to Tamil Nadu’s first innings total, the host ending the second day at 176 for three in a Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D match at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium here on Thursday. The scores: Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: S. Lokeshwar c Subham b Rajbangshi 8, N. Jagadeesan c Ghadigaonkar b Mukhtar 5, Vijay Shankar b Purkayastha 76, Pradosh Ranjan Paul lbw b Rajbangshi 27, C. Andre Siddarth lbw b Purkayastha 94, M. Shahrukh Khan c Denish b Rahul 28, S. Mohamed Ali 49, R. Sai Kishore c Ghadigaonkar b Rahul 3, R. Sonu Yadav c Sibsankar b Mrinmoy 29. Assam — 1st innings: Parvej Musaraf lbw b Sonu 18, Rishav Das c Andre b Gurjapneet 54, Subham Mandal c Jagadeesan b Mohamed Ali 16, Denish Das 54, Sibsankar Roy 23; Extras : 11; Total : 176. Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 13-6-32-1, Pranav 11-0-38-0, Sonu 12-2-27-1, Sai Kishore 8.5-1-18-0, Pradosh 1.1-0-5-0, Mohamed Ali 11-3-22-1, Vijay Shankar 8-4-17-0, Shahrukh 3-0-11-0.