<p>Riding on their team’s good bowling show, Assam outplayed table-toppers Delhi by five wickets in a low-scoring Group A encounter to notch up their third win of the Ranji Trophy cricket season here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chasing 165 for a win, Assam, who started the fourth and final day on 70 for three, achieved their target in the second session with man-of-the-match Arun Karthik unbeaten on 55. Delhi slumped to their first loss of the season.<br /><br />The victory though was set up by their bowlers, who bundled the visitors for 149 after putting the Gautam Gambhir-led side into bat.<br /><br />New-ball bowlers Krishna Das (4/38) and Arup Das (3/49) shared seven wickets each to rattle the Delhi top-order. The Gokul Sharma-led Assam then took a slender lead after posting 157 in their first innings. Karthik top-scored with a gritty 81. Delhi bowlers Manan Sharma (4/41) and Pradeep Sangwan (3/33) made it count at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.<br /><br />But Delhi’s second batting outing was also a short affair after the Assam bowlers once again made life difficult for the visiting batsmen, who could only muster 172.Even though Unmukt Chand scored a gutsy 44 in the second innings, Gambhir, who managed 4 and 0 in the first and second innings respectively, failed to lead by example.<br /><br />Left-arm spinner Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad and leg-spinner Amit Verma bagged three wickets each, while Krishna and Gokul picked two apiece.<br /><br />The Delhi bowlers once again tried to make a match in the final innings but the fourth-wicket 83-run partnership between Karthik and Rahul Hazarika (59) helped the hosts bag six points. Assam are closing the gap on Delhi (24 points in 7 matches) with 22 points in 6 games with third-placed Vidarbha also having the same number of points but a game more in their bucket.<br /><br />Two more rounds to go and both the teams have put themselves in a strong position to secure a quarterfinal berth from Group A.</p>
<p>Riding on their team’s good bowling show, Assam outplayed table-toppers Delhi by five wickets in a low-scoring Group A encounter to notch up their third win of the Ranji Trophy cricket season here on Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Chasing 165 for a win, Assam, who started the fourth and final day on 70 for three, achieved their target in the second session with man-of-the-match Arun Karthik unbeaten on 55. Delhi slumped to their first loss of the season.<br /><br />The victory though was set up by their bowlers, who bundled the visitors for 149 after putting the Gautam Gambhir-led side into bat.<br /><br />New-ball bowlers Krishna Das (4/38) and Arup Das (3/49) shared seven wickets each to rattle the Delhi top-order. The Gokul Sharma-led Assam then took a slender lead after posting 157 in their first innings. Karthik top-scored with a gritty 81. Delhi bowlers Manan Sharma (4/41) and Pradeep Sangwan (3/33) made it count at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium.<br /><br />But Delhi’s second batting outing was also a short affair after the Assam bowlers once again made life difficult for the visiting batsmen, who could only muster 172.Even though Unmukt Chand scored a gutsy 44 in the second innings, Gambhir, who managed 4 and 0 in the first and second innings respectively, failed to lead by example.<br /><br />Left-arm spinner Jamaluddin Syed Mohammad and leg-spinner Amit Verma bagged three wickets each, while Krishna and Gokul picked two apiece.<br /><br />The Delhi bowlers once again tried to make a match in the final innings but the fourth-wicket 83-run partnership between Karthik and Rahul Hazarika (59) helped the hosts bag six points. Assam are closing the gap on Delhi (24 points in 7 matches) with 22 points in 6 games with third-placed Vidarbha also having the same number of points but a game more in their bucket.<br /><br />Two more rounds to go and both the teams have put themselves in a strong position to secure a quarterfinal berth from Group A.</p>