Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 17: All-rounder Samiullah Beigh plotted collapse of the Assam team by bagging all 4 wickets within 39 runs to bundle-out the rivals for paltry 195 runs to guide Jammu and Kashmir script a 9-wicket win and emerge table-topper in Ranji trophy Group-C at GGM Science College, here today.
Beigh grabbed remaining 4-wickets in an impressive bowling spell on the fourth and final morning in style. He ended with innings figures of 6 for 42, his first five-wicket haul in this Ranji season. He has also been instrumental with the bat throughout the season so far, having a few half-centuries in his kitty.
Riding on Beigh’s early onslaught, J&K skittled Assam out for 195 before the home side batsmen chased down the target of 32 runs by losing one wicket of consistent opener Adil Reshi, to give them their fourth win in six games.
Earlier, Assam began the fourth and final day on a slippery 156 for 6 and they would have hoped to find a way to salvage a draw. Instead, Beigh struck between the 46th and 54th overs to bundle the visiting side out.
Assam’s second innings lasted just 10.4 overs today and they added 39 runs at the expense of four wickets.
In reply, J&K achieved the target in 6.2 overs by losing one wicket, thus wasting their chance of claiming the extra bonus point.
Jammu and Kashmir collected six points from their outright win, while Assam got none. Now, J&K stands at the top of Group-C Table with 24 points in 6 matches, while Himachal Pradesh have equal number of points in 7 matches and Maharashtra and Kerala have 22 and 19 points at number-3 and number-4 slots respectively. Jammu and Kashmir has two games at hand against Hyderabad and Tripura.
Meanwhile, the secret behind J&K’s success is that the team is showing coordination, cohesiveness and above all team spirit, under the leadership of skipper Parvez Rasool and the coaching of Abdul Qayoom, once a poster boy in J&K cricket and Mohd Ashraf and Naveen Sharma, manager and joint manager respectively.
Brief Scores:
Jammu & Kashmir: 427 (Ian Dev Singh 170) and 32 for 1 beat Assam 263 and 195 (Abu Nechim Ahmed 50; Samiullah Beigh 6/42) by 9 wickets.
Points: Jammu & Kashmir 6, Assam 0.
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