By Our Reporter
Shillong, Dec 22: Meghalaya routed Nagaland by 103 runs with one day to spare in the U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy in Bhubaneshwar today thanks to another five-wicket haul by Purav Agarwal.
Nagaland began their second innings today morning needing 293 to win after Meghalaya put up 303 in their second innings.
Nagaland’s opening batters put on 100 for the first wicket, going at almost four runs an over.
The partnership, which looked threatening, was finally broken when substitute Ganeshstar Syiem took a catch off the bowling of PM Santhosh (1/14).
Mughavi Sumi, who hit 74, was later removed by Agarwal, who had another terrific innings with the ball, taking 5/82 for match figures of 12/124. Manish Sharma also took 3/59 as Nagaland crashed to 189 all out.
Meghalaya next play group leaders Arunachal Pradesh from December 27.
