Shillong, Oct 15: It went down to the very last over but Meghalaya held on for a 7-run victory against Nagaland in the plate group of the U-19 men’s Vinoo Mankad Trophy in Chandigarh today.

Made to bat first after Nagaland won the toss, Meghalaya posted a total of 155 all out in 48.3 overs and then dismissed their opponents for 148 in 49.1 overs to seal a memorable victory.

Nagaland were in real trouble at 38/6, with Apandanka Marak bowling terrifically for his 4/18 in 10 overs. However, Nagaland captain Aloto Sumi played magnificently for his 66 from 139 deliveries and put on 61 for the seventh wicket with Anurag Gupta (13 from 54) to stabilise the chase.

Anurag, however, was dismissed by Mewankitbok Kharpuri (1/33 in 10 overs) and Benedict Jones Makdoh (2/16 in 10) then struck twice t

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