State defeat Tripura at home.
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THALASSERY: For a while, it looked like the match will be extended to the final day but C.P. Shahid's impressive spin bowling (7/45) forced Tripura to set a meager target of 46 runs and Kerala snatched a nine-wicket win with ease on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group 'C' match here on Saturday .
However, Kerala had to satisfy with only six points as the hosts squandered the bonus point, awarded for a 10-wicket win, when Nikhilesh Surendran went for a needless shot and was caught at long-off.
Eyeing an innings win, Kerala spinners mounted pressure on Tripura batsmen but the visitors played with more determination than their first innings.
Crafting a 46-run opening partnership, Tripura openers were sent back by C.P Shahid in successive overs to give Kerala an edge.
After the fall of the third wicket, Samrat Singha and Yogesh Takawale rose to the occasion to build a 118run fourth-wicket partnership. Takawale was in splendid form as he hit 81 runs, smashing six boundaries and five sixes.
RANJI ROUND-UP GROUP A Mumbai 324 & 198/2 in 45 o overs (A. Tare batting 115,S. Lad J batting 67) vs Delhi 324 in 98.4 P overs (M. Manhas 113, G. Gambhir 2 64, Zaheer 5/88). U Karnataka 306 vs Gujarat 373/6 in 120 overs (B. Merai batting 121, 3 Parthiv 83, A. Mithun 2/82). R Odisha 453/6d vs Vidarbha 199/3 in 94 overs (F. Fazal batting 124). Haryana 309 & 123 in 45.3 overs 1 (S. Rana 84, S. Rao 4/35, V. Aaron 7 3/20) vs Jharkhan 231 in 83 overs 2 (S. Tiwary 95, M. Sharma 4/30) & H 74/3). H GROUP B ( Madhya Pradesh 431 vs Bengal 8 263 in 98.1 overs (A. Das 104, J. 2 Saxena 6/53) & 43/0 following on. ( Baroda 176 vs Railways 441/8d l in 172 overs (A. Ghosh 208, M. P Rawat 67, H. Rawle 60, G. Singh 4 3/93). 4 P Saurashtra 632/7d in 189.5 overs (A. Vasavada 205, S.
Jackson 140, K. Makvana 101 n.o., P. Chawla 3/165) vs Uttar Pradesh 226/4 in 78 overs (M. Dagar 92, J.
Unadkat 2/15).
Services 325 vs Rajasthan 345/3 in 162 overs (R. Bishnoi 112, R. Bist batting 107, S. Saraf 51).
GROUP C Andhra 297 vs Assam 352/7 in 144 overs (D. Jadhav 158, N. Patel 70, P. Das 30, G. Shankara Rao 2/62, D.P. Vijay Kumar 2/64, K.
Harish 2/97).
Maharashtra 616/9d vs Hyderabad 290/4 in 98 overs (D.B. Ravi Teja 98, Akshath Reddy 86, T. Suman 43, Akshay Darekar 2/78).
Tripura 140 & 202 in 84.3 overs (Y. Takawale 81, C.P Shahid 7/45) lost to Kerala 297 in 91.1 overs (R.
Prem 80, Sanju 42, V.A Jagadeesh 43, A. Dey 3/91, R. Dutta 4/38) & 46/1.
( Source : dc )
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