Assam vs Tripura Ranji Plate Match

Palashjyoti shines in Assam fightback:

Guwahati, Dec 11: Riding on an impressive unbeaten century by opener Palashjyoti Das, Assam put up a valiant show against Tripura on the third day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Division encounter at the Nehru Stadium here on Tuesday.

Resuming their innings at the overnight score of 68 for one after Tripura had put up a total of 460 in the first innings, the hosts, at the end of the day’s play managed a total of 245 for the loss of four wickets.

Though Assam lost some early wickets in Tajinder Singh (10), Nishanta Bordoloi (16) and Mrigen Talukdar (29), the unbeaten 91-run stand between opener Palashjyoti and skipper Sridharan Sharath kept the scoreboard ticking and gave the hosts reasons to smile.

Sharath played a captain’s knock, notching up an unbeaten 52 off 133 balls, which included as many as eight hits to the fence.

But the star of the day was Palashjyoti with his unbeaten 102 off 380 balls. The opening batsman paced his innings quite well hitting the bad balls to the fence at a regular basis.

His unbeaten innings of 102 included 12 hits to the fence.

For the visitors, the pick of the bowler was left arm spinner Tushar Saha who, apart from pocketing two crucial wickets, gave away just 66 runs in his quota of 42 overs. Pacer Vineet Jain claimed one Assam batsman.

Though Assam are yet to avoid follow on, the possibility of anything as such is remote. In-form batsman Sadagopan Ramesh will come next.

Assam still trail by 215 runs as the match is heading towards a draw.

Brief Scorecard:
Assam 245 for 4 (Palashjyoti Das 104 batting; Sridharan Sharath 52 batting) trail Tripura 460 by 215 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)