Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19)

Tripura bite the dust against underdogs J&K:

Patiala, Dec 5: Jammu and Kashmir beat formidable Tripura by 13 runs on the final day of their four-day Cooch Behar Trophy (Under-19) encounter at Dhruv Pandove Cricket Stadium here on Wednesday.

Overnight 143 for 6 in 46 overs, Tripura required 48 runs for victory with four wickets in hand, but lost the nerves to fall short by 13 runs as they were bowled out for 177 in the morning session.

Mohammad Muddassar ripped through the strong Tripura batting line-up to capture five wickets while conceding 61 runs. He was ably backed up by Manik Gupta, who bagged four wickets for 59 runs.

With the victory, Jammu and Kashmir earned five points. They will now play against Goa here from December 8 to 11.

Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 275 all out and 177 all out
J&K 77 all out and 388 all out (after the follow on)

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