da spicy bet： The East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match between Tripura and Orissa atthe Polytechnic Institute Ground in Agartala ended in a draw withTripura taking 5 points due to a massive 130 run lead while Orissa hadto be content with three
Natarajan Sriram05-Nov-2000The East Zone Cooch Behar Trophy match between Tripura and Orissa atthe Polytechnic Institute Ground in Agartala ended in a draw withTripura taking 5 points due to a massive 130 run lead while Orissa hadto be content with three.It was always a tough asking to score 250 runs for a win on the finalday and Orissa managed to scratch 207 runs while losing nine wicketsin the bargain. S Biswal (85) was the chief contributor, sharing a 220ball, 100 run partnership for the fourth wicket with N Behara (62). JDebnath (3 for 69) and T Saha (3 for 34) were the successful bowlersfor Tripura.In the morning, Tripura who resumed at 101 for 8 in their secondinnings, were all out for 119. Rasudeb Dutta (47), who waged a lonebattle for over 173 minutes, was the top scorer for Tripura. SKJahangir (4 for 45) reaped a rich harvest for Orissa.On the opening day, Tripura who opted to bat put up a fighting 240 onthe board. Tripura were chiefly helped by many small but usefulpartnerships along the way. The topscorer being Sandip Bannerjee witha well compiled 47 off 114 balls. In reply Orissa had to confront themedium pacers of J Debnath (7 for 37) and finding him too hard tohandle were bundled out for just 110 runs.