Ranji Trophy 2019-20 | Elite Group C - Haryana, Assam fighting back, Jharkhand reeling against Maharashtra

Assam, on the other hand, bowled out Chhattisgarh for 318, before putting a stern resistance themselves. Though they lost their opener Rahul Hazarika early, Rishav Das’ 99 and skipper Gokul Sharma’s unbeaten 50 meant that Assam reached 209 for three at the end of play. Riyan Parag — unbeaten on 24 — gave the skipper good company and will look to build towards a lead on the penultimate day.

After conceding a mammoth 434 in the first innings against Maharashtra — with twin centurions Azim Kazi and Vishant More being the chief destroyers — Jharkhand lost two wickets in the sole over of their innings. It was Mukesh Choudhary who removed opener Kumar Deobrat (0) and nightwatchman Utkarsh Singh (2), who had picked up by a five-fer while bowling. 

Day two in Agartala saw a flurry of early Uttarakhand wickets fall, as they were bowled out for 90. Manisankar Murasingh and Ajoy Sarkar both picked up four-fer’s for Tripura as only two batsmen — Unmukt Chand and Mayank Mishra — made it to double digits. The away side struck back in the very first over, with Pradeep Chamoli removing Bikramkumar Das, but cameos from No.’s two to five helped the hosts Tripura erase the deficit and take a 12-run lead by stumps. Das’ fellow opener Samrat Singha was forced to retire hurt on 29.