da lvbet： Bihar went into the third day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone Leaguematch played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, against Tripura on 212/1and went on to declare their first innings at 450/6 in 123 overs
Santhosh S28-Nov-2000Bihar went into the third day of their Ranji Trophy East Zone Leaguematch played at Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur, against Tripura on 212/1and went on to declare their first innings at 450/6 in 123 overs.Right handed batsman Nikhilesh Ranjan took the honours of the day withhis innings of 110 on a day when three Bihar batsmen were dismissed inthe eighties. Having allowed Bihar gain a lead of 214 runs in thefirst innings, Tripura were 90/2 in 45 overs at the close of play.Bihar batsmen made most on a day when Tripura bowlers looked clueless.Left handed batsman Tariquer Rehman was the first to go for 83. He hadadded 189 runs in 75.3 overs with Nikhilesh Ranjan for the secondwicket. Rehman’s innings lasted 208 balls and he hit six fours. Biharsoon lost the centurion Nikhilesh Ranjan for 110. He was at the creasefor six hours as he faced 304 deliveries hitting one six and tenfours. Bihar rubbed salt into Tripura’s wounds with another bigpartnership for the fourth wicket between Rajiv Kumar and Sunil Kumar.They added 162 in 25 overs. Captain Rajiv Kumar went on a leather huntwith a breezy knock of 80 in 78 balls. His innings was studded withone six and five boundaries. Sunil Kumar was not to be left behind ashe scored 87 in 100 balls including eight boundaries. It was sad tosee both the batsmen miss out on a chance of getting to theirhundred. C Sachdev of Tripura had a hard work out of 44-12-121-3 as hewas the best of the bowlers.Tripura have their captain S Dasgupta unbeaten on 33 as they stilltrail by 124 runs going into the last day of the match. Dasguptaplayed a good supporting role to S Chowdhuri who was dismissed justbefore the close of the third day for 47 (7 boundaries) as they added76 in 38 overs.