Ranji Trophy Plate Division League

Tripura escape with a draw with Services:

Nov 6: Tripura escaped with a battling last-wicket draw against Services, finishing on 202 for 9 in their attempt to chase down 226 for a win on the final day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division League at Agartala today.

Hari Prasad, Services' opening bowler, took 4 for 50 and other bowlers chipped in with wickets but Services failed to take the last wicket.

Vineet Jain, with an unbeaten 3 from 36 balls, and Jayanta Debnath, with 13 from 37, added 25 valuable runs in 11.2 overs for the final wicket to save the hosts from defeat.
R Banik top-scored with 50 while R Dutta contributed 30 in Tripura second innings.

In the morning, Services began from overnight 308 for 7 and managed to score 321 before being bowled out with captain Yashpal Singh getting his tenth first-class hundred, to leave Tripura 226 for a win.

Tushar Saha was the main wrecker-in-chief for Tripura in Services second innings, taking 4 for 89 with his slow left-arm spin.

By virtue of the draw, Tripura got three points for taking first innings lead and Services one.

Brief Scorecard:
Services 102 (D Israni 46; J Debnath 4/13) and 321 (Yashpal Singh 103, Tahir Khan 66; Saha 4/89, Vineet Jain 3/76) drew with Tripura 198 (Tushar Saha 36, Manoj Singh 35, SD Chowdhury 34, Nishith Sethy 32; Hari Prasad 3/35, A K Mohanty 3/53, Fazil Mohammed 2/52) and 202 for 9 (R Banik 52, R Dutta 30; Prasad 4/50, A K Mohanty 2/55, A Sharma 2/39)