da bwin： Bengal and Assam carried their battle in the Ranji Trophy East Zoneleague match played at the North-East Frontier Railway Stadium,Guwahati, on Tuesday
Santhosh S28-Nov-2000Bengal and Assam carried their battle in the Ranji Trophy East Zoneleague match played at the North-East Frontier Railway Stadium,Guwahati, on Tuesday. Rohan Gavaskar stole the show with a brilliantcentury as Bengal were bowled out for 383 in 151.2 overs after tea onthe third day.Gavaskar hit nine boundaries in his innings of 114 that lasted212 balls. Rohan was at the crease for eight minutes short of sixhours. His was a well disciplined innings. Rohan and Srikant Kalyaniadded 169 runs for the sixth wicket in 53.1 overs, which wasinstrumental in helping Bengal gain a first innings lead of 92.Kalyani made a patient 75 that included nine boundaries. India discardSaba Karim again came good with the bat scoring 44. Rohan had put 69in 27 overs with Karim before he was dismissed by Sunil Subramaniam.The left arm spinner who had started his career with Tamil Nadu provedto be the nemesis of the Bengal tail as he returned to the pavilionwith the figures of 23.2-1-59-5.Assam saw through the difficult 11 overs bowled at them by Bengalbowlers to finish at 22 without losing any wickets.