da imperador bet： The Bengal-Assam Cooch Behar Trophy Under 19 encounter ended on thesecond day itself after Bengal thrashed minnows Assam by an inningsand 140 runs
Anand Vasu04-Nov-2000The Bengal-Assam Cooch Behar Trophy Under 19 encounter ended on thesecond day itself after Bengal thrashed minnows Assam by an inningsand 140 runs. On winning the toss at the world famous Eden Gardenscricket ground at Calcutta, Assam put Bengal into bat. Apart fromlosing the toss, Bengal could do nothing wrong.Opener Arindam Das with a solid 133 (209 balls, 10 fours) gave Bengalexactly the kind of start they needed. Although his partner andskipper AP Chakraborty managed just 29, Arindam Das found an ablepartner in Subhamoy Das. Coming in at the fall of the first wicket,Subhamoy Das helped himself to 103 (141 balls, 10 fours, 1 six) andshared a partnership of 240 runs for the second wicket. Goodcontributions following the demise of the centurions saw Bengal reach336/4 in just 73 overs. Having declared at this stage, Bengal ruinedAssam’s chances by reducing them to 21/5. The first three batsmenfailed to score for Assam.On the second day, the misery continued for Assam as they slipped to42/8. A quick 35 from B Baruah at number nine enabled Assam to reach92 before being all out. Sabir Ali, who opened the bowling for Bengalreturned figures of 5/28 from his 12 overs. Having failed to make thecut, Assam were asked to follow on.In their second stint at the crease, the visiting side did onlymarginally better. They were shot out for 104, with all batsmenfailing once more. On this occasion it was Gourav Sharma who rippedthrough the batsmen, picking up 6/36 off 17 overs. What Sharma failedto do, Tanweer Hyder Khan finished, claiming the remaining wickets andbagging 4/22. In the end, Bengal had immense reason to celebrate,having registered a thumping win by an innings and 140 runs.