By Our Reporter
Shillong, April 20: Meghalaya took a first innings lead over Mizoram on day three of their Col CK Nayudu Trophy plate group match in Cuttack on Wednesday.
Meghalaya finished the day in commanding position on 283/6, with a lead of 57. A lot of the credit has to go to Abhishek Gupta and captain Swastic Chettri, both of whom deserved centuries but fell short, each getting out for 98.
Resuming their first innings on 19/0, Meghalaya’s first task was to overhaul Mizoram’s total from yesterday of 226.
Meghalaya lost overnight batter Ibitlang Thabah for 15 and his partner Arien B Sangma for 20. At this point, the team were 54/2 but Gupta and Chettri then came together to stitch a crucial third wicket partnership worth 164 runs. Unfortunately, the ‘nervous nineties’ caught them both out.