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Malakar's knock seals nail-biting win for bottom-placed Tezpur Titans
Cricket is a game where two teams try to score more runs than each other.
Two teams from the Indian state of Assam, the Guwahati Royals and the Tezpur Titans, played a very exciting match.
The Guwahati Royals batted first and scored 200 runs, which is a very big score.
The Tezpur Titans then had to score at least 201 runs to win.
A player named Dibash Hazarika scored 73 runs, which gave his team a strong start.
The captain, Ayushman Malakar, then hit 41 runs in just 18 balls, hitting the ball over the boundary four times.
The match got so close that everyone watching was nervous.
With just two balls left, Prachurya Kataki hit the runs that won the game.
In the end, the Tezpur Titans won by two wickets, meaning they had two batters left to get out.
Bottom-placed Tezpur Titans beat Guwahati Royals by two wickets in match 30 of APL 2026.
Chasing 201, Titans reached 203/8 with two balls to spare at ACA Stadium in Guwahati.
Sanjay Kumar Singh's unbeaten 81 off 57 balls anchored Guwahati Royals' total of 200/4.
Dibash Hazarika's 73 off 42 balls laid the platform for the Titans' successful chase.
Skipper Ayushman Malakar hit 41 off 18 balls, including four sixes, to seal the win.
- Who
- Tezpur Titans, led by captain Ayushman Malakar, and Guwahati Royals
- What
- A high-scoring Assam Premier League match that Tezpur Titans won by two wickets while chasing 201
- Where
- ACA Stadium in Guwahati
- When
- Saturday, in match number 30 of APL 2026
- Why
- Malakar's late 41 and Hazarika's 73 helped the bottom-placed Titans successfully chase the 201-run target
Key facts
- League
- Assam Premier League (APL) 2026
- Match number
- 30
- Venue
- ACA Stadium, Guwahati
- Result
- Tezpur Titans won by 2 wickets
- Guwahati Royals innings
- 200/4 in 20 overs
- Tezpur Titans innings
- 203/8 in 19.4 overs
- Top scorer (Royals)
- Sanjay Kumar Singh 81* off 57 balls
- Top scorer (Titans)
- Dibash Hazarika 73 off 42 balls






