SPINNERS Sahil Sheikh and Himanshu Kawale combined well to dismiss Assam for 210 in their second innings and ensure an innings win for Vidarbha in the U-23 CK Nayudu Trophy on Sunday. Assam, who needed 158 runs more to make Vidarbha bat again, resumed on 57-1. Pradyun Saikia (62) and Parvez Musaraf (66) added 105 runs for the second wicket to raise hopes of Assam’s fight back. But once Sahil dismissed Parvez and Pradyun was run out, Assam collapsed, leaving Vidarbha winners by an innings and five runs. Sahil, who had claimed four wickets in the first innings, finished with match figures of 8-99.

 

Himanshu claimed 3 wickets for 54 runs. Brief scores: Assam 1st innings 157 all out in 63 overs (Hrishikesh Borah 37; Sahil Sheikh 4-29, Pratham Maheshwari 2-15). Vidarbha 1st innings 372 all out in 88.4 overs (Prabal Choukhande 38, Abhishek Agrawal 74, Mohd Faiz 65, Danish Malewar 85, Pratham Maheshwari 60; Hrishikesh Borah 5-76, Sumit Kashyap 4-63). Assam 2nd innings 210 all out in 87.2 overs (Pradyun Saikia 62, Parvez Musaraf 66; Sahil Sheikh 4-70, Himanshu Kawale 3-54). Result: Vid won by an innings and 5 runs.