Agartala : Host Tripura felt in deep trouble against Services in the four-day Ranji Trophy plate group match here. For win the match in last day visitor’s needed another 194 runs and nine wickets in hand.
Set for the victory target of 217 runs at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium, Services scored 23 for one at stumps on penultimate day on Thursday.
Earlier, resuming from over night score of 246 for 5, Services added only 7 runs and bundled out 253 in first innings. Penta Rao who was unbeaten 85, scored 89 runs. For Tripura, skipper Timir Chanda bagged 5 for 73 and Rana Datta took 4 for 47.
Trailing by 11 runs, host’s top order batsmen showed poor display again and Tripura bundled out 227 runs. Vinayak Samant scored 49, Manikanta Mura Singh 47 and Tushar Saha made unbeaten 48. Services pacer Suraj Yadav took 4 for 54 and Nishan Singh bagged 3 for 57.