Karnataka managed to eke out a 29-run victory over Tripura on the ultimate day of its Ranji Trophy Group-C match on the Maharaja Bir Bikram Faculty Stadium right here on Monday.
Chasing 193, the host, ranging from its in a single day rating of 59 for three, was bowled out for 163. The six factors thus earned helped Karnataka get its marketing campaign again on monitor after two below-par outings in opposition to Gujarat and Goa (three factors mixed).
The skilled Sudip Chatterjee, previously of Bengal, waged a lone battle (82, 144b, 10×4), however didn’t obtain ample assist from the likes of Ganesh Satish (22), Wriddhiman Saha (0) and Bikramjit Debnath (9).
Batting early within the morning has proved troublesome all match however Chatterjee and Ganesh gave Tripura greater than a glimmer of hope by including 30 runs from the primary 7.2 overs of the day.
However speedster Vidwath Kaverappa (4/44) supplied the breakthrough for the guests, breaching Ganesh’s defence after which having Debnath caught behind by Sharath Srinivas. Sandwiched between these two dismissals was the run out of Wriddhiman Saha as Tripura slumped to 103 for six.
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Fellow pacer V. Vyshak then excised Mura Singh and Parvez Sultan to go away Tripura at 133 for eight. When Kaverappa eliminated Rana Datta, the scoreboard learn 138 for 9 and there was just one believable end result.
However Tripura didn’t quit, as Chatterjee and Abhijit Sarkar placed on 25 runs to ship a couple of jitters. Nevertheless, R. Samarth ran out Chatterjee to deliver the curtain down.
“We had been assured [of the win],” stated Karnataka coach P.V. Shashikanth. “We had three good pacers to do the job for us and we succeeded.
“It was a comparatively new aspect, with 4 debutants, and so they gelled effectively with the seniors. The way in which Kishan Bedare batted (62 and 42), it appeared like he was a seasoned professional. So general completely satisfied.”
Mayank Agarwal and his wards are actually tied with Tamil Nadu on factors atop Group-C (15 every) and can subsequent journey to Surat to play Railways from February 2.