{"id":483894,"date":"2025-04-25T01:39:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.com\/?p=483894"},"modified":"2025-04-25T01:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T20:09:50","slug":"1st-ne-little-masters-trophy-nagaland-beat-sikkim-by-114-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/1st-ne-little-masters-trophy-nagaland-beat-sikkim-by-114-runs\/","title":{"rendered":"1st NE Little Masters Trophy: Nagaland beat Sikkim by 114 runs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nagaland registered a commanding 114-run victory over Sikkim in their group stage fixture of the 1st NE Little Masters Trophy 2025, held at the ACA Stadium Ground, Barsapara, Guwahati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>A press release by Ajungla Ozukum, Media, NCA stated that a steady batting performance backed by a clinical bowling effort saw Nagaland earn their first win in style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>After winning the toss and opting to bat, Nagaland posted a solid 172\/7 in 40 overs. Sangtsulen Tshunherii anchored the innings with a patient 38 off 103 balls, supported by Ayan Shaikh, who chipped in with 22 runs off 32 balls. Sikkim\u2019s Raunak Yadav was the standout with the ball, claiming 3 wickets for 21 runs in 8 overs, keeping the pressure on Nagaland throughout the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Chasing 173, Sikkim crumbled under tight bowling from Nagaland and were bowled out for just 58 runs in 19 overs. Raunak Yadav remained unbeaten with 17 off 49 balls*, but lacked support from the rest of the line-up. Nagaland\u2019s bowlers dominated the innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> Yuhemba picked up 4 wickets for 26 runs in 6 overs, while Eric Rupreo delivered a tight spell of 2\/6 in 5 overs, dismantling Sikkim\u2019s middle order and earning him the Player of the Match award.<br><strong>Upcoming fixture for Nagaland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Match: Nagaland vs Tripura<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Date: 25th April, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Time: 9:00 AM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Venue: ACA CA Ground, Fulung, North Guwahati<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagaland registered a commanding 114-run victory over Sikkim in their group stage fixture of the 1st NE Little Masters Trophy 2025, held at the ACA Stadium Ground, Barsapara, Guwahati.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":483898,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40753],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sport-nagaland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}