Assam 224/5 against Odisha on day 1

Kunal Saikia remained unbeaten on 88 as Assam scored 224/5 in their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Odisha here today.
Giving Saikia company at stumps on day one was Arup Das, who was yet to open his account at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium.
Saikia scored his runs off 217 balls with the help of 11 boundaries, while skipper KB Arun Karthik contributed 62 off 124 balls, striking six fours and a six.
Karthik opted to bat after the coin landed in his team's favour.
Sibshankar Roy chipped in with 37, but it was the 131-run partnership fifth-wicket partnership between Saikia and Karthik, which propped up Assam after they lost four wickets for 93 runs.

Assam had a disastrous start as they lost both their openers with just seven runs on the board in the morning session.
Basant Mohanty and Suryakant Pradhan picked up two wickets apiece for Odisha.