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Sikkim wrap up maiden Ranji Trophy campaign on winning note in Assam

Thrash Arunachal by 10 wickets in Plate Division encounter; to play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 domestic cricket championship next

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GANGTOK , January 11, 2019 10:31 am
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The jubilant Sikkim team after defeating Arunachal Pradesh by 10 wickets in a Plate Division encounter at Golpara in Assam on January 10, 2019

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Sikkim cricket would be more than happy by concluding their maiden Ranji Trophy campaign on a winning note.

Sikkim defeated Arunachal Pradesh by 10 wickets in a Plate Division encounter at Golpara in Assam on Thursday, reports Sikkim Express.

After winning the toss, Sikkim elected field first.

With disciplined bowling attack, Sikkim restricted Arunachal Pradesh to a paltry 169 runs.

Milind Kumar took five wickets, while three wickets were scalped by Ishwar Chaudhary. Bipul Sharma and Lee Yong Lepcha took one wicket each.

Sikkim closed their first innings with 262 on the board taking a lead of 93 runs.

Sikkim all-rounder Lee Yong scored his first first-class half century, 58 runs in 105 balls while Milind Kumar scored his fifth of the season, a blistering 51 runs in just 44 balls. Bibek Diyali, Bipul Sharma, Jahan Uddin and Karma Bhutia and Ashish Thapa also contributed to Sikkim’s first-innings total of 262.

Sikkim displayed another brilliant bowling performance to restrict Arunachal to 109 runs, where Ishwar took seven wickets.

With 16 runs needed for win, Milind smashed four boundaries in the Sikkim innings of nine balls to win the match and the wrap up the season on day-3 of the four-day match.

Ishwar Chaudhary, for his 10-wicket haul in the match, was adjudged Man of the Match.

Notably, Chaudhary, the leading bowler of Sikkim team, took 51 wickets and is at third position of most wickets taken by the bowlers of this season of Ranji Trophy.

He grabbed five 5-wicket hauls and took 10 wickets in a match twice.

The batting department was led by Milind Kumar who is at number two on the all-time list of batsmen with most runs in a Ranji Trophy season.

With 1,331 runs in eight matches this season, he is the top scorer of this season so far. Second-placed Punit Bisht of Meghalaya is 432 runs behind.

Milind scored six centuries and also held a record for most fours in a season.

Sikkim will next play Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a Twenty20 domestic cricket championship.

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