Tripura falter in the chase

Chasing a moderate total of 220, Tripura flagged in the chase, crumbling to 170 in the face of some fine Assam bowling in their Ranji one-day match at Cuttack on Tuesday.

Winning the toss, Assam batted first and put up 219 in their innings. No batsman got to 50, and the top scorer was number eight batsman Sukhvinder Singh, who made 49 off 52 balls. Skipper Syed Zuffri made 40 off 60 balls coming in at number three, the only other significant knock in the innings.

Tripura lost its first two wickets for eight runs, but a 105-run third-wicket partnership between Sourav Dasgupta (50 off 76) and Abdul Sattar (60 off 76) put Tripura back on track. Wickets fell in a hurry after the dismissal of Sattar, and only C Sachdev (30 off 43) could get to double figures. Tripura were bowled out for 170 in 49.1 overs, with Arnald Konwar taking 4-42 for Assam.