f28941 rt1057	Bihar v Assam
	Ranji Trophy 1971/72 (East Zone)
Venue	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna on 12th, 13th December 1971 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Assam won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Bihar won by an innings and 125 runs
Points	Bihar 9 (Batting 1); Assam 0
Umpires	S Banerjee, B Ganguli
Close of play day 1	Bihar (1) 133/2 (Mukherjee 68*, Tilak Raj 30*)

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Assam first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Hussain	c Daljit Singh b Mitra	4
S Bhattacharjee	c Saxena b Bhattacharjee	2
K Ahmed	c Upadhyaya b Bhattacharjee	12
*A Hazarika	c Mukherjee b A Shukla	24
P Hazarika	c Mukherjee b Bhattacharjee	28
B Bharali	c Mukherjee b RC Shukla	28
A Chowdhury	c Daljit Singh b RC Shukla	8
N Sabhapandit	lbw b RC Shukla	3
SA Safdar	c Upadhyaya b A Shukla	18
A Ghatak	not out	2
+K Deka	c RC Shukla b A Shukla	8
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	144
Fall of wickets:
1-6, 2-13, 3-28, 4-75, 5-77, 6-107, 7-115, 8-128, 9-134, 10-144 (48.1 ov)

Bihar bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitra	9	4	10	1	-	-
Bhattacharjee	15	2	54	3	-	-
A Shukla	16.1	5	52	3	-	-
RC Shukla	8	3	21	3	-	-

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Bihar first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+Daljit Singh	c Chowdhury b Ghatak	27
R Mukherjee	b Ghatak	68
RC Shukla	c Bharali b Sabhapandit	7
G Tilak Raj	not out	104		240	11	-
*RC Saxena	b Ghatak	79
A Shukla	c Deka b Ghatak	7
G Upadhyaya	did not bat
SK Bose	did not bat
A Bhattacharjee	did not bat
A Mitra	did not bat
T Ghosh	did not bat
Extras		9
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 80.1 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-42, 2-67, 3-134, 4-277, 5-301 (80.1 ov)

Assam bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ghatak	33.1	3	113	4	-	-
Bhattacharjee	13	0	43	0	-	-
Sabhapandit	19	1	67	1	-	-
Ahmed	3	0	19	0	-	-
Chowdhury	12	0	50	0	-	-

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Assam second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
K Ahmed	c Daljit Singh b Bhattacharjee	1
*A Hazarika	c Tilak Raj b Bhattacharjee	0
P Hazarika	c Saxena b Mitra	12
B Bharali	c and b Bhattacharjee	1
A Chowdhury	b Bhattacharjee	11
SA Safdar	lbw b Bhattacharjee	0
A Ghatak	c Saxena b Bhattacharjee	0
+K Deka	b Bhattacharjee	0
S Bhattacharjee	not out	0
A Hussain	absent ill
N Sabhapandit	absent ill
Extras		7
Total	(all out, 13.2 overs)	32
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-11, 3-15, 4-19, 5-19, 6-27, 7-27, 8-32 (13.2 ov)

Bihar bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mitra	5	2	15	1	-	-
Bhattacharjee	6.2	3	10	7	-	-
RC Shukla	1	1	0	0	-	-
A Shukla	1	1	0	0	-	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for three days but completed in two.
--> K Deka made his debut in First-Class matches
--> K Deka made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> A Mitra made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> A Mitra made his debut in First-Class matches
--> T Ghosh made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> T Ghosh made his debut in First-Class matches
--> SA Safdar (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in First-Class matches
--> SA Safdar (1) passed his previous highest score of 12 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> A Bhattacharjee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Assam second innings (previous best was 6-26)
--> A Bhattacharjee achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Ranji Trophy matches in the Assam second innings (previous best was 6-26)

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