Vidwath Kaverappa.
| Photo Credit: File Photo: N. Sudarshan
Karnataka managed to eke out a 29-run victory over Tripura on the final day of its Ranji Trophy Group-C match at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium right here on Monday.
Chasing 193, the host, ranging from its in a single day rating of 59 for 3, was bowled out for 163. The six factors thus earned helped Karnataka get its marketing campaign again on monitor after two below-par outings towards Gujarat and Goa (three factors mixed).
The skilled Sudip Chatterjee, previously of Bengal, waged a lone battle (82, 144b, 10×4), however didn’t obtain satisfactory assist from the likes of Ganesh Satish (22), Wriddhiman Saha (0) and Bikramjit Debnath (9).
Batting early in the morning has proved troublesome all match however Chatterjee and Ganesh gave Tripura greater than a glimmer of hope by including 30 runs from the first 7.2 overs of the day.
Vidwath Kaverappa (4 for 44) offered the breakthrough for the guests, breaching Ganesh’s defence after which having Debnath caught behind by Sharath Srinivas. Sandwiched between these two dismissals was the run out of Wriddhiman Saha as Tripura slumped to 103 for six.
Fellow pacer V. Vyshak then excised Mura Singh and Parvez Sultan to go away Tripura at 133 for eight. When Kaverappa eliminated Rana Datta, the scoreboard learn 138 for 9 and there was just one believable outcome.
But Tripura didn’t surrender, as Chatterjee and Abhijit Sarkar put on 25 runs to ship a few jitters. However, R. Samarth ran out Chatterjee to carry the curtain down.
“We were confident [of the win],” stated Karnataka coach P.V. Shashikanth. “We had three good pacers to do the job for us and we succeeded.
“It was a relatively new side, with four debutants, and they gelled well with the seniors. The way Kishan Bedare batted (62 and 42), it seemed like he was a seasoned pro. So overall happy.”
Mayank Agarwal and his wards at the moment are tied with Tamil Nadu on factors atop Group-C (15 every), and can subsequent journey to Surat to play Railways from February 2.
The scores:
Karnataka —1st innings: 241.
Tripura —1st innings: 200.
Karnataka —2nd innings: 151.
Tripura —2nd innings: Bishal Ghosh lbw b Koushik 5, Bikram Kumar Das lbw b Kaverappa 2, Sridam Paul c Sharath b Vyshak 21, Sudip Chatterjee (run out) 82, Ganesh Satish b Kaverappa 22, Wriddhiman Saha (run out) 0, Bikramjit Debnath c Sharath b Kaverappa 9, Mura Singh lbw b Vyshak 8, Parvez Sultan c Aneesh b Vyshak 1, Rana Datta b Kaverappa 1, Abhijit Sarkar (not out) 4; Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-2): 8; Total (in 55.2 overs): 163.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-14, 3-50, 4-89, 5-90, 6-103, 7-119, 8-133, 9-138.
Karnataka bowling: Kaverappa 22-6-44-4, Koushik 17-3-41-1, Vyshak 14.2-2-62-3, Kishan 1-0-9-0, Shashikumar 1-0-1-0.
