da bet7: Tripura went into the last day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone Leaguematch played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur on Wednesday at 92/2 still114 runs behind Bihar
da bet7k: Santhosh S29-Nov-2000Tripura went into the last day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone Leaguematch played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur on Wednesday at 92/2 still114 runs behind Bihar. And Tripura did themselves proud by batting allthrough the day and finishing at 333/7 in 135 overs. Bihar were helpedby some useful partnerships all along. But the star of the day forTripura was the right handed batsman Mridul Gupta who scored 99.Mridul was unlucky to have got out just one short of a hundred. Hefaced 167 balls and hit 15 sizzling fours. There were notable scoresby S Dasgupta (63) who added 78 in 24.1 overs for the fourth wicketwith Mridul Gupta. C Sachdev made 37 and added 92 in 26.4 overs withMridul for the fifth wicket. Bihar tried out nine different bowlersbut none were really sharp enough to make decisive breakthroughs.Tripura earned three points by the virtue of a draw. Bihar whodominated with the bat, had to be satisfied with five points thanks tothe first innings lead.






