Sivasagar, Hailakandi schools enter next round

By our Sports Reporter
GUWAHATI, March 25: Sivasagar Government HS and MP School and Sishu Sadan High School won their respective matches in the Dilip Sharma All Assam Inter-School Cricket tournament held in two different venues in the city today. Sivasagar School defeated Srimanta Shankar Academy of Guwahati at NFRSA Stadium, Maligaon, by 73 runs while in the other match at the Nehru Stadium, Sishu Sadan School beat SPEM School, Dhubri, by five wickets.

Brief scores: Nehru Stadium: SPEM School 79-9 (20.2 overs), Raj Kumar Raut 21, Rahul Chakraborty 5-18, Rimon Das 3-19; Sishu Sadan High School 82-5 (18.4 overs), Alaman Majumder 24, Sandip Gala 3-16

NFRSA Stadium: Sivasagar Government HS and MP School 172-9, Biku Borgohain 55, Saidul Islam 52, Subhankar chakraborty 5-25, Mrinmoy Baishya 3-32; Srimanta Sankar Academy 99 (27.5 overs), Subhankar Chakraborty 26, Nilutpal Dowrai 3-11, saidul Islam 2-15, Vakirul Jaman 2-25, Yachin Ali 2-13. THE SENTINEL