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Sikkim gets third Ranji Trophy win against Mizoram

By himalayanreview

Sikkim won their Ranji Trophy match against Mizoram today at Jorhat DSA Stadium, Jorhat, Assam. With this win, Sikkim has won three matches so far in the tournament and leading the team in the third position in the point(s) table with 19 points (s).

The match started on 14th December when Mizoram won the toss and was elected to field first. In the first innings, Sikkim scored 332 runs in 89.5 overs. Milind Kumar top-scored for Sikkim with 139 runs, Bipul Sharma with 50 runs, Ashish Thapa with 42 runs and Jahan Uddin with 35 runs, to total. It was a decent total scored by Sikkim in the first innings. Not only the batsman but even the bowlers took the crucial role, they restricted the opponent for just 161 runs, in which Ishwar Chaudhary took 5 wickets, Bipul Sharma and Milind Kumar 2 wickets each and Dinesh Rai 1 wicket.  

In Second Innings Sikkim decided to take the lead and scored 170 runs which put the side on a lead of 341 runs. Which top scorer was Bipul Sharma with 65 runs, Ashish Thapa with 45 runs and Nilesh Lamichaney with 28 runs? Again in the Second Innings, Sikkim bowlers bowled brilliantly with Ishwar taking 6 wickets, Milind 2 wickets and Bipul 1 wicket.

“It was good teams work altogether where players gave their best in all aspects of the match. Especially Milind, Ishwar, Ashish and Bipul were exceptional, which helped Sikkim to win the match comfortably by 105 runs. We are looking forward to the remaining two matches of the tournament and will be giving our best on and off the field and want to end the Ranji Season by being on number two or three of the League point(s) table. – says Coach Sanjeev Sharma.”

So far in the Ranji Trophy Season 2018-19, Sikkim’s Batsman Milind Kumar is on the top of the most runs table with 1017 runs and bowler Ishwar Chaudhary being in number two with the most wickets with 40 wickets taken.   
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