Ranji Trophy | Denish and Purkayastha give Assam the first-innings lead towards TN

On cloud 9: Denish led from the entrance for Assam with an excellent century.
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Skipper Denish Das scored his maiden First Class century whereas Swarupam Purkayastha missed out on a ton as Assam dominated proceedings on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group-D match towards Tamil Nadu on the Barsapara Cricket Stadium right here on Friday.

Resuming at 176 for 3, the house workforce rode on Denish’s very good 109 (195b, 14×4) and Purkayastha’s 90 (131b, 10×4, 3×6) to make an enormous rating of 445 within the first innings to safe a 107-run lead.

Tamil Nadu ended the day at eight for no loss, trailing by 99 runs.

Denish and southpaw Sibsankar Roy, who made 69 (208b, 9×4) have been concerned in a large 173-run partnership for the fourth wicket, which turned the sport in Assam’s favour. The 2 went concerning the enterprise of gathering runs in a medical method even because the Tamil Nadu bowlers tried their finest however in useless.

Denish fell to off-spinner S. Mohamed Ali towards the run of play simply when he appeared set for a giant rating.

Sibsankar grew to become the primary of Pradosh Ranjan Paul’s three scalps, when he was caught close-in by S. Lokeshwar.

Wicketkeeper-batter Sumit Ghadigaonkar (20), the workforce’s highest run-getter thus far this season, performed fluently however was accomplished in by debutant pacer R.D. Pranav Ragavendra as he nicked one to ’keeper Jagadeesan.

Essential partnership

With the hosts 17 runs behind and Tamil Nadu aiming to wrap up the innings rapidly, Mukthar Hussain (35, 77b, 4×4) stepped up fantastically and his 91-run stand with Purkayastha shut the door on the opposition.

Purkayastha, who was not averse to taking the aerial route, fell 10 in need of a century, however had accomplished sufficient for Assam.

Skipper R. Sai Kishore didn’t bowl at this time for causes not identified. Pradosh picked up three wickets. Mohamed Ali and Pranav took two apiece for the guests.

The scores:

Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: 338.

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 b Mohamed Ali 109, Sibsankar Roy c Lokeshwar b Pradosh 69, Sumit Ghadigaonkar c Jagadeesan b Pranav 20, Swarupam Purkayastha c Shahrukh b Pradosh 90, Mukthar Hussain c Jagadeesan b Pradosh 35, Mrinmoy Dutta b Shahrukh 6, Rahul Singh b Pranav 4, Darshan Rajbangshi (not out) 0; Extras (b-10, lb-7, w-4, nb-3): 24; Whole (in 146.2 overs): 445.

Fall of wickets: 1-49, 2-89, 3-105, 4-278, 5-290, 6-321, 7-412, 8-435, 9-441.

Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 22-7-62-1, Pranav 23.2-0-108-2, Sonu 24-3-76-1, Sai Kishore 8.5-1-18-0, Pradosh 13.1-3-45-3, Mohamed Ali 35-9-79-2, Vijay Shankar 15-7-23-0, Shahrukh 5-1-17-1.

Tamil Nadu — 2nd innings: S. Lokeshwar (batting) 2, N. Jagadeesan (batting) 5; Extras (nb-1): 1; Whole (for no loss in 4 overs): 8.

Assam bowling: Mukhtar 2-1-3-0, Mrinmoy 1-0-4-0, Rahul 1-0-1-0.