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Ankur Mallik's 16 wickets helped Sikkim defeat Arunachal Pradesh by 248 runs at Col.C.K Nayudu Trophy

By himalayanreview

Sikkim’s Ankur Mallik's eight-wicket hauls in both the innings helped the Sikkim U-25 team defeat Arunachal Pradesh with 248 runs in the ongoing Col.C.K Nayudu Trophy held at KIIT Cricket Stadium, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. They finished their Plate Group as winners.

Batting first the Sikkim team scored 206 with the help of Jeetendra Sharma’s 86 runs. He shared two partnerships of 64 runs with Ankur Mallik and 47 runs with Robin Limboo. Arunachal Pradesh was all out for 58 runs with Ankur Mallik scalping eight wickets giving away 27 runs in 11.5 overs. Anwesh Karan Sharma took the other two wickets.



Sikkim’s star allrounder Ankur Mallik scored an unbeaten 98 runs to take the score of Sikkim to 210 in their second innings. Chasing the target of 359 set by the Sikkim team, the team of Arunachal Pradesh could only manage 110 runs. Again Ankur Mallik repeated his first innings eight-wicket hauls giving away 36 runs in 17 runs.

In the tournament, Sikkim had managed three wins in four matches and qualified for the Elite Group.  With this victory, Lobzang G. Tenzing, President of SICA congratulated the team and praised the efforts of the boys. He said, this team deserves blue coat as champions, and I'm truly impressed with the tactical guidance of the coaches and supportive support staff.


The standout performances in the tournament were:

1.    Ankur Malik-    4 Match (7 innings) = 570 Runs (No.2 in All India Ranking) &

                                4 Match (8 innings) = 35 Wickets (No.1 in All India Ranking)

2.    Anwesh Karan Sharma - 4 Match (8 innings) = 12 Wickets

3.    Jeetendra Sharma - 4 Match (7 innings) = 175 runs

4.    Saurav Kumar -     3 Match (6 innings) = 149 Runs

5.    Rahul Kumar –     4 Match (7 innings) = 120 Runs
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