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PANJIM: Hosts Goa gained three points by virtue of their first innings lead as their Group ‘C’ Ranji match against Assam ended in a draw on the final day at DIET ground, Porvorim, Tuesday.
Goa finished sixth in the Group ‘C’ points table with 16 points from eight matches while Assam, who gained only one point from the encounter, failed to qualify for the knock-out stage as they finished third with 21 points from eight matches. Goa neither won nor lost a single match having drawn all their encounters according to the points table.
Resuming at their overnight score of 11 for no loss, Goa had put on 241/4 when play was called off. Sagun Kamat fell early, caught by Roy off Ahmed for 11. Rohan Belekar and A S Desai together put on 78 runs for the second wicket before Syed Mohammed bowled Belekar for 57.
Mohammed struck twice in quick succession to dismiss the dangerous Desai (40) and Manvinder Bisla (7) to claim three wickets.
All-rounder Regan Pinto, who grabbed two wickets yesterday, went on to complete a half century and remained unbeaten on 62 while sharing 75 runs for the fifth wicket with Ravikant Shukla, who remained unbeaten on 52.
Jharkhand and Services have qualified fro the quarter-finals form Group ‘C’.
