Chasing a moderate total of 220, Tripura flagged in the chase,crumbling to 170 in the face of some fine Assam bowling in their Ranjione-day match at Cuttack on Tuesday
Staff Reporter11-Dec-2001Chasing a moderate total of 220, Tripura flagged in the chase,crumbling to 170 in the face of some fine Assam bowling in their Ranjione-day match at Cuttack on Tuesday.Winning the toss, Assam batted first and put up 219 in their innings.No batsman got to 50, and the top scorer was number eight batsmanSukhvinder Singh, who made 49 off 52 balls. Skipper Syed Zuffri made40 off 60 balls coming in at number three, the only other significantknock in the innings.Tripura lost its first two wickets for eight runs, but a 105-runthird-wicket partnership between Sourav Dasgupta (50 off 76) and AbdulSattar (60 off 76) put Tripura back on track. Wickets fell in a hurryafter the dismissal of Sattar, and only C Sachdev (30 off 43) couldget to double figures. Tripura were bowled out for 170 in 49.1 overs,with Arnald Konwar taking 4-42 for Assam.