Tripura beat Kerala, secure 5 points:
Agartala, Dec 4: Tripura beat Kerala by four wickets in their Ranji Trophy Plate Group A match at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium here on Tuesday to bag five valuable points.
Set 270 to win, Tripura, who were 25 without loss in their second innings overnight, reached the target for the loss of six wickets.
Hosts captain Rajesh Banik scored 76 from 120 balls with the help of 14 boundaries. Nitish Shethy (62 from 64 balls) and Rajib Saha (48) also made valuable contributions.
Banik and Saha added 124 for the third wicket and Saha and Shetty added 49 for the fourth wicket.
For Kerala, S Cheruvathar took three wickets for 33 runs.
The match was evenly contested in the first innings with Kerala scoring 179 and Tripura replying with 185.
Kerala declared their second innings at 275 for seven on the third day evening on Monday to give a challenging target for the hosts.
But, the bold declaration backfired as Tripura chased down the 270-run target with four wickets and more than 20 overs to spare.
Brief Scorecard:
Tripura 185 and 270 for 6 (Rajesh Banik 76; Nitish Shetty 62 not out; Cheruvathur 3/33) beat Kerala 179 and 275 for 7 declared by four wickets
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