LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- Former champions Uttar Pradesh notched up a facile six-wicket win over hosts Assam to keep their hopes alive for a knockout berth in the Cooch Behar Trophy on Thursday, at the Mangaldai Sports Association Stadium at Mangaldai. Needing 33 runs on the final day of their four-day Elite Group D encounter, Uttar Pradesh romped home in 32.1 overs after resuming at the overnight score of 1/60. Skipper Bhavy Goyal struck the highest 43 in 93 balls with the help of seven hits to the fence. In reply to Assam's first innings total of 138, Uttar Pradesh scored 259 runs in their first innings. In their second innings, Assam managed 219 runs, and then Uttar Pradesh scored 4/99 in 32.1 overs to score their third win in as many as four encounters. Uttar Pradesh, who are at the second position with 19 points behind table-topper Goa (23 points) will now be required to win their last league match against Bengal (15 points) on the home turf from December 16. Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association on Thursday announced a Jambo 23-member squad, including two net bowlers for the Women's Under 19 One Day Trophy, scheduled to be played from December 13 at Vadodara. Uttar Pradesh have been placed in Elite Group a along with Tamil Nadu, Goa, Uttarakhand, Pondicherry and Maharashtra. Ghaziabad's Khushi Tyagi has been named captain, whereas Lucknow's Shashi Balan will be her deputy. Two others Priyanshi Yadav, Shalini Sharma and Arisha Mustafa also from Lucknow have been selected in the team. Other members of the squad are: Manisha Choudhary, Kumari Disha, Sanvi Bhatia, Sweta Singh, Supriya Arela, Katyani, Katyani Pathak, Vidushi Mishra, Shibu Singh, Janvi Baliyan, Palak Singh, Jyoti Baliyan, Ria Bhati, Siddhi Mishra, Vanshika Sewaram, and Bharti Singh. Net bowlers: Sharanya Tandon, Mishti Chowdhary. Cricket Association Lucknow's secretary, KM Khan expressed his happiness over the selection of four cricketers from the state capital in the UP team. "It's a big moment for us as four of our talented cricketers have made it to the Uttar Pradesh team for the Under 19 One Day Trophy," said Khan....