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Sikkim gets its first win at Vijay Hazare Trophy ; defeats Manipur by 8 wickets

The Senior Men’s Team of Sikkim is currently playing Vijay Hazare Trophy at Chennai and in their third match today at IC- Gurunanak College Ground; they trashed Manipur by 8 wickets and registered their first win in the tournament.

Manipur won the toss and elected to bat first. In the first innings, they were all-out for 162 runs in 40.1 overs. Anureet Singh and Md Saptula took 3 wickets each, Anwesh Karan Sharma took 2 wickets and Varun Sood took 1 wicket. Md Saptula built the pressure on the opponent from the beginning by breaking the opening partnership and sending both the opening pairs back to the pavilion.

In the second innings, Sikkim had a good start. Ashish Thapa scored 43 runs, Robin Bist 85 not-out, Nilesh Lamichaney 14 runs and Varun Sood remained not-out at 5 runs. Sikkim won the match in 36.1 overs by 8 wickets and gained 4 point(s) for the win.

Sikkim will be playing a total of 5 matches in the tournament and they will be playing against Assam on 27th February in the same venue and positively looking forward to it.

 

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