Aakash Christian scored his maiden Ranji Trophy century as Gujarat defeated Assam by seven wickets in the Elite Group B match at the Nehru Stadium in Guwahati on Tuesday.
Resuming at their overnight score of 302 for three, hosts Assam took everybody by surprise when they declared after adding only 10 runs to their total after Vasant Saravanand completed his second Ranji century.
Saravanand remained not out on 100, which he scored off 163 balls and nine boundaries, while the other batsman at the crease R Satish made 35, which included three fours.
Set a target of 258 runs, the visitors began on an aggressive note with opener Aakash showing no mercy to the Assam bowlers. He went on to score his maiden Ranji Trophy century in 246 minutes off 192 balls.
Christian's knock of 104 included ten boundaries. While attempting another huge shot he was caught by Zakaria Zaffri off a Sukhwinder Singh delivery.
Assam's only successful bowler of the day, Sukhwinder Singh took the first wicket, claiming Luv Pawar, who was caught by substitute Mark Ingti at long-on.
Niraj Patel gave good company to Christian, scoring a solid 55 before being bowled by Sukhwinder with the score reading 182.
Mukund Parmar achieved the victory target by scoring a boundary off the last ball.
Scoreboard
Assam (1st innings): 180 all out
Gujarat (1st innings):
N Modi lbw Gautam Datta 2
A Christian b Sukhwinder Singh 73
Luv Pawar lbw Gautam Datta 8
S Trivedi b Sukhwinder Singh 21
N Patel run out 15
M Parmar lbw Raghuram 47
K Damani c and b Raghuram 1
T Patel not out 41
B Mehta run out 1
H Mazumdar lbw S Singh 3
L Patel c Parag b Raghuram 1
Extras: (nb-7, b-11, lb-2, w-1) 21
Total: (all out, 131 overs) 234
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-29, 3-76, 4-103, 5-142, 6-145, 7-226, 8-229, 9-233
Bowling: Gautam Datta 21-7-36-2, R Satish 2-0-2-0, Parag Das 12-5-30-0, R Raghuram 36-18-45-3, Sukhwinder Singh 26-14-23-3, Arlen Konwar 33-7-83-0, Kiran Pawar 1-0-2-0.
Assam (2nd innings):
Parag Das c Pawar b L Patel 17
Subhajit Saikia c Modi b B Mehta 31
Kiran Pawar c T Patel b B Mehta 108
Vasant Saravanand not out 100
R Satish not out 35
Extras (nb-11, b-3, lb-6 w-1): 21
Total (for 3 wkts in 68 overs decl): 312
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-56, 3-256.
Bowling: Lalit Patel 14-2-55-1, Siddhartha Trivedi 5-0-38-0, Bhawin Mehta 23-2-79-2, Hitesh Majumdar 5-0-25-0, Timil Patel 5-0-38-0, Kirip Damani, 14-2-49-0, Niraj Patel 2-0-19-0.
Gujarat (2nd innings):
Aakash Christian c Z Zafri b Sukhwinder 104
Luv Pawar c Ingti b Sukhwinder 30
Niraj Patel b Sukhwinder 55
Nilesh Modi not out 25
Mukund Parmar not out 39
Extras (lb-6, nb-1): 7
Total (for 3 wkts in 83.3 overs): 260
Fall of wickets: 1-69; 2-182; 3-199.
Bowling: Gautam Datta 2-0-14-0, Parag Das 2-0-8-0, R Satish 2-0-3-0, R Raghuram 23.3-2-73-0, Sukhwinder Singh 28-7-63-3, Arlen Kumar 13-1-54-0, Kiran Pawar 13-2-39-0.
