Ranji Plate Group A Match

Mammoth task ahead for Assam against Tripura:

Guwahati, Dec. 10: A career best five-wicket haul by Assam pacer Krishna Das failed to restrain Tripura from setting a big first innings target before the hosts today.

Tripura piled up 460 runs against the hosts on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Plate Group A tie being played at Nehru Stadium here.

In reply, Assam, who need a first innings lead to ensure a semi-final berth, were 68 for one in 30 overs at draw of stumps.

Resuming at an overnight score of 285 for four off 92 overs, the visitors this morning lost Mumbai professional Nishit Shetty off the third ball of a Krishna Das delivery in the very second over of the day.

Shetty could add just one run to his overnight 164 before being bowled out by Das to put an end to a 148-run fifth wicket partnership with Timir Chanda.

Chanda, however, took up the reins of the Tripura innings and shared two more partnerships with wicket-keeper Rajiv Dutta (22) and southpaw Tushar Saha to put up an individual score of 72 runs before being bowled out by paceman Mrigen Talukdar. Chanda’s 236-ball knock comprised seven hits to the fence.

After Chanda’s dismissal, Saha continued to anchor the innings and shared a last wicket partnership of 82 runs with Jayanta Debnath (36, 5x4) to take the Tripura innings beyond lunch.

Tushar Saha remained unbeaten on 73, slamming 11 fours and a huge six over the boundary.

Krishna Das today accounted for the dismissals of Shetty, Abhijit Dey and Debnath to add to yesterday’s two wickets of Bappa Das and Rajiv Saha.

Spinner Arlen Konwar claimed two wickets for 112 runs to join the100 wicket takers’ club in first class cricket. He is the first spinner from Assam to achieve the feat.

Chasing the huge target, Assam started trying with the fifth opener of the season in the form of under-22 all-rounder Gokul Sharma, who replaced injured S Suresh for the match, with Palashjyoti Das at the other end.

Though the openers started cautiously, Sharma was caught in the slips by Rajiv Saha off a Debnath turner for 13 (2x4).

Palashjyoti Das was batting on 35 (5x4) and Tarjinder Singh on 10 (1x4) at the close of the day’s play.

Brief Scorecard:
Assam 68 for 1 (Palashjyoti Das 35 batting; Tarjinder Singh 10 batting) trail Tripura 460 (Nishit Shetty 165; Timir Chanda 72; Tushar Saha 73 not out; Krishna Das 5/140; Dhiraj Goswami 2/76; Arlen Konwar 2/112) by 392 runs

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Ranji Plate Division Match

Tripura require 245 on final day to win against Kerala:

Agartala, Dec 3: Tripura required 245 runs on the final day on Tuesday with all their 10 wickets in hand to win against Kerala in their Ranji Plate Group A League encounter at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium here.

Set 270 for a win after Kerala declared their second innings on 275 for seven, the hosts made a steady start as they saw off nine overs without any mishap and scoring 25 runs without loss at draw of stumps on Monday.

Earlier, a 172-run opening stand between Raiphi Gomez and Antony Sebastian set up Kerala's bold declaration towards the end of the day to set up an exciting final day's play on Tuesday.

Gomez, with an average of 11.22 and a highest of 23 going into the match, went on to score 108.

For Kerala, Sebastian scored his second half-century and Sreekumar Nair a quick-fire 53.

Brief Scorecard:
Tripura: 185 and 25 for 0 need another 245 runs to beat Kerala 179 and 275 for 7 declared (Raiphi Gomez 108; Antony Sebastian 64; Vineet Jain 2/53; Jayanta Debnath 2/63)

Ranji Plate Division Match

Tripura in strong position against Kerala:

Agartala, Dec 1: Kerala's batting woes continued as Tripura bowled them out in 76.1 overs for 179 on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group A fourth-round league match at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium here on Saturday.

This is the third time in four matches that Kerala have been bowled out inside the first day. The only time they survived the first day, Sreekumar Nair scored a triple-century for them.

Vineet Jain, Tripura's right-arm opening bowler, took four wickets, while Jayanta Debnath, the off-break bowler, took three. Nair was Tripura's top-scorer with 30.

At stumps on the first day, Tripura had made a steady start, scoring 27 without loss.

Brief Scorecard: Tripura 27 for 0 trail Kerala 179 (, Sreekumar Nair 30; Vineet Jain 4/42; Jayant Debnath 3/24) by 152 runs

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)