da pixbet： Bengal scraped past minnows Sikkim by threewickets on Friday in the Under 22 East Zonetournament played at Rangpo, Sikkim
Santhosh S15-Dec-2000Bengal scraped past minnows Sikkim by threewickets on Friday in the Under 22 East Zonetournament played at Rangpo, Sikkim. Three days ofgood bowling performances by both teams saw 37wickets fall.Electing to bat on winning the toss, Sikkimslumped to 189 all out in 66 overs as K Bajpayeedemolished their batting by picking 6/83. Thenotable performance with the bat came very low inthe order from Viswanath, who played a dashinglittle cameo of 39 in 28 balls, smashing the ballfor three sixes and three fours. After a good showin the field, the Bengal batting looked shaky asthey lost wickets at regular intervals. AvinashRai destroyed the second half of the Bengalbatting picking up the last five wickets to finishwith 5/50. Rai’s brilliance meant that Bengal werebowled out for 177 in the 60th over, concedingSikkim a 12-run first innings lead. Ranbir Nath 38(4 fours, 1 six) top scored for Bengal.Batting for a second time, the Sikkim batting wasripped apart by Dharmedra Singh (6/25) and KBajpayee (2/20) and were bowled out for a paltry94 in 42.1 overs. Requiring 107 to win, Bengalmade heavy weather of the task by losing wicketsat regular intervals. Manoj Shah (38 from 39balls) and S Ganguly (24 off 41 balls) were thebatsmen to make some useful contributions. In theend, Bengal crossed the mark and made 109 losingseven wickets in the process. Bengal took homeeight points to Sikkim’s none.