October 23, 2008
Cricket :
Brilliant batting by skipper Abhijit Dey to put Tripura in commanding position against Sikkim in the C. K. Naidu under-22 four-day cricket tournament at Rongpoo on Thursday last. Tripura scored 245 for 7 after first day in first innings. Abhijit made 82 (135 balls), Dilip Singh 34, Amit das 24 and Debabrata Chowdhury scored 23. For host Sikkim, Niraj Tiwari took four wickets. Brief Score : Tripura first innings – 245/7.
Tripura girls lost their third match of East Zone under-19 one-day cricket match against host Jharkhand on Wednesday last. Elected to bat first at Telco ground, Jamshedpur, Jharkhanda scored 146 for 5 in stipulated 50 over. Avi Sahrma Sribastav scored unbeaten 43 and her partner shubha Kumari Thakur made unbeaten 33. Rita Debbarma and Tagari Debnath took two wickets each for Tripura. In Reply to, Tripura bundled out only 73 runs in 41.5 over. Mouchati Debnath and Moutushi Dey both scored 12 runs each. Avi Sharma took four and Shubha Kumari bagged three wickets for host team. Brief Score : Jharkhanda – 146/5 (50 over), Tripura – 73/10 ( 41.5 over).
Bengal beat Tripura under-19 boys by six wickets in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy one-day cricket tournament at Kolkata on Wednesday last. Decided to bat first at Eden Gardens, Tripura scored 193 for 9 in stipulated 50 over. Kaushal Acharjee scored 44 (64 balls, 3X4) and his pal Manisankar Murasing made 36 (32 balls, 1X4, 1X6). Niripum Sen scored 22 (45balls) also. Set for the victory of 194 runs, Bengal touched the target by losing four wickets in 39.2 over. Joyjit Basu made a brilliant ton of 118 runs (132 balls, 16X4) for winning team. Manisankar Murasing took two and Samir Debbarma bagged one wicket for Tripura. Brief Score : Tripura – 193/9 (50 over), Bengal – 197/4 (39.2 over).
Hockey :
Tripura entered in to Semi-final of North East Hockey tournament at Guwahati on Thursday last. In the second match, Tripura bowed out Arunachal Pradesh by 17-0 goals. Man of the match Khandra Kalai score five, Prince made four, Gotan and Miton neeted two each for Tripura. Another three goal scored by Ajay, Dulal, and Tigga. Earlier, Tripura lost their first match against host Assam by 6-0 goals.