Dibrughar District Sports Association president Jamshed A. Khan presents the champions’ trophy to Karimganj Government High School boys in Dibrugarh on Tuesday. Picture by Eastern Projections

Dibrugarh, April 8: Karimganj Government Higher Secondary School annexed the 2nd Dilip Sarma inter-district school (under-15) cricket tournament by defeating Chitta Ranjan Chakravarty High School, Dibrugarh by three wickets at the Chowkidingee playground today.

Resuming at eight for no loss in their second innings, CRC High School was all out in 40 overs with 107 runs on the board.

Opener Juman Hazarika who was at the crease without opening his account on Day I, today played the sheet-anchor’s role with a 48-run knock, while Himangshu Hazarika remained unbeaten on 24.

For Karimganj, Gopal Shukla picked up four wickets for 14 runs while Samar Deb scalped three for 16. Sadek Ahmed Choudhury picked up two wickets for 16 runs.

Requiring 84 to win, Karimganj scored the runs in 31 overs. However, the team lost seven wickets in the process.

Kishore Das was the topscorer for the side with 19 runs in his kitty, while Sunny Ghosh and Abhishek Nath contributed 16 runs each.

For CRC High School, Arnab Borthakur picked up three wickets for 22 runs, while Raj Tamuli and Krishna Kumar Prasad scalped two wickets each for 11 and 15 runs respectively.

Sadek Ahmed Choudhury was declared the Man of the Match for his overall nine-wicket haul.

The presentation ceremony was attended by Dibrugarh DSA president Jamshed Ahmed Khan, DDSA general secretary Munindra Nath Saikia, Dibrugarh district sports officer Uday Kamal Chetia, and former Ranji player Pranab Baruah.

However, the match was also had its share of controversy when Karimganj skipper Pramit Sen threw his bat on the ground as he was unhappy on being given out on the first day.

The organisers here received a phone call from Assam Cricket Association (ACA) general secretary Bikash Baruah over this issue.

“It is quite unfortunate that the ACA general secretary himself had to interfere in such a small issue,” Saikia said at the end of the match.