Sports News

December 10, 2008

Football :
Tripura entered in to Quarter final of National School Football tournament for under-19 boys at Port blear today. In second pool match, Tripura drubbed Chhatishgarh by 5-0 goals. Earlier, in first match Tripura beat Uttar Pradesh by 2-0 goals. Tripura boys now will play against Kendriya Vidyalaya in Quarter final.

Hockey :
First North East Sub-junior Hockey tournament for under-16 will be held at Agartala on December 17-23 next. Five teams – Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and host Tripura will participate in this tournament. The matches of the tournament will be held at Arundhutinagar Police Hockey ground.

Cricket :
Tripura girls defeated Sikkim by nine wickets in the East Zone Senior one-day cricket match on November 24 last. Elected to bat first at Kalyani ground, Sikkim bundled out only 68 runs in 39 over. Kikam Bhulia scored 15. Tagari Debnath bagged three and her partner Annapurna Das took two wickets for Tripura. In Reply to, Tripura touched the winning target by losing one wicket in 18.2 over. Rima Chakraborty scored 23.
Brief Score : Sikkim – 68/10 (39 over), Tripura – 69/1 ( 18.2 over).

Jharkhanda beat Tripura girls by 152 runs in the East Zone Senior one-day cricket match on November 25 last. Elected to bat first at Kalyani ground, Jharkhanda scored 218 for 5 in their stipulated 50 over. Nishaf Fatima scored 42 and her partner Shina Praveen Asraf made 41. Annapurna Das took two wickets for Tripura. In Reply to, Tripura bundled out only 66 runs in 42 over. Rima Chakraborty scored 27. For Jharkhanda, Seema Desal and Kavita Roy took two wickets each.
Brief Score : Jharkhanda – 218/5 (50 over), Tripura – 66/10 ( 42 over).

Tripura girls lost East Zone Senior one-day cricket match against host Bengal on November 26 last. Put in to bat first at Kalyani ground, Tripura bundled out 70 runs in 34.1 over. Indra Rani Jamatia scored 17. Jhulan Goswami took four wickets for Bengal. In Reply to, Bengal touched the winning target with out losing any wickets in 14.4 over. Rituparna Roy scored 25 and her partner Riya Chowdhury made 38 runs.
Brief Score : Tripura – 70/10 (34.1 over), Bengal – 71/0 ( 14.4 over).