TRI vs KAR

Commentary

Karnataka beat Tripura by 29 runs, pocket six points.

Karnataka managed to avoid an upset and took home six points courtesy a 29-run win over Tripura in Agartala. Despite Ganesh Satish falling for 22 and captain Wriddhiman Saha run out for a duck, the hosts were always in the chase thanks to Sudip Chatterjee. Wickets tumbled at regular intervals but Chatterjee continued to keep the hopes alive for Tripura, who were reduced to 138/9. Eventually though, he was run out by Ravikumar Samarth and his valiant 82 went in vain. For the visitors, Vidwath Kaverappa snagged four wickets and Vijaykumar Vyshak bagged three as Karnataka returned to winning ways at a crucial juncture.

Stumps on Day 3 - Tripura 59/3 in the 2nd innings, require another 134 runs to win.

An exciting finish is on the cards between Tripura and Karnataka. While the hosts conceded a lead of 41, their bowlers, led once again by Manisankar Murasingh and Rana Dutta, steamrolled Karnataka for 151 in the second innings. Kishan Bedare (42) and Sharath Srinivas (48) were the standout batters for the visitors and Tripura, in pursuit of 193, ended the day on 59/3. Sudip Chatterjee (26*) and ex-Karnataka veteran Ganesh Satish (3*) are the overnight batters who will look to pull off a famous upset on Day 4. Can Karnataka's famed fast-bowling attack avoid that though?

Stumps on Day 2 - Tripura 198/9, trail Karnataka by 42 runs in the 1st innings.

Manisankar Murasingh picked up the final two wickets early on the second morning as Karnataka failed to add to their overnight score of 241/8. Thereafter though, it was the V Koushik show as he rocked the hosts' top-order to vault Karnataka back into the contest. Opener Bishal Ghosh (44) put in a vigilant performance even as Tripura sunk to 37/4 although his dismissal as well as that of Wriddhiman Saha then put the onus on Bikramjit Debnath (57*) and Murasingh (39) to defy the Karnataka attack. With just one wicket in hand and first innings parity 42 runs away, it's onto Debnath to frustrate the visitors further tomorrow morning.

Stumps on Day 1 - Karnataka 241/8 in the 1st innings.

Tripura gave Karnataka a rude shock to reduce them to a perilous 164/7 at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala. It took an unbeaten 50 from Vijaykumar Vyshak to save the visitors the blushes as Karnataka finished the opening day on 241/8 in this fourth round contest. Tripura's seamers showed the way after they opted to bowl first, reducing Karnataka to 16/3 before half-centuries from skipper Mayank Agarwal (51) and debutant Kishan Bedare (62). After yet another collapse, it was onto Vyshak to bail the team out. Can he take the team to a score of 275 if not more on the second morning?

Karnataka241/10 (78.4 ov, RR 3.06)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Ravikumar Samarth c W Saha b R Dutta	1	14	0	7.1
Mayank Agarwal lbw b BB Debnath	51	100	10	51.0
KV Aneesh b R Dutta	1	11	0	9.1
Nikin Jose b MB Murasingh	4	8	1	50.0
Kishan Bedare b AK Sarkar	62	121	9	51.2
Srinivas Sharath c SD Chatterjee b AK Sarkar	25	78	4	32.1
Hardik Raj lbw b R Dutta	9	21	2	42.9
Vyshak Vijaykumar b MB Murasingh	50	64	7	78.1
Shashi Kumar Kamble lbw b MB Murasingh	19	50	3	38.0
Vidhwath Kaverappa* Not out	4	4	1	100.0
V Koushik b MB Murasingh	0	1	0	0.0

Extras15 (b 2, lb 13, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total241/10 (78.4 ov · 37 fours, 0 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Manisankar Murasingh	19.4	7	35	4	1.77
Rana Dutta	15	7	32	3	2.13
Abhijit Sarkar	14	3	55	2	3.92
Bikramjit Debnath	13	3	50	1	3.84
Pravez Sultan	17	3	54	0	3.17

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ravikumar Samarth 1 c W Saha b R Dutta	9-1	5.1
KV Aneesh 1 b R Dutta	11-2	7.6
Nikin Jose 4 b MB Murasingh	16-3	10.6
Mayank Agarwal 51 lbw b BB Debnath	103-4	32.5
Kishan Bedare 62 b AK Sarkar	153-5	53.1
Srinivas Sharath 25 c SD Chatterjee b AK Sarkar	164-6	57.6
Hardik Raj 9 lbw b R Dutta	164-7	58.5
Shashi Kumar Kamble 19 lbw b MB Murasingh	224-8	76.3
Vyshak Vijaykumar 50 b MB Murasingh	241-9	78.3
V Koushik 0 b MB Murasingh	241-10	78.4

Tripura200/10 (80.5 ov, RR 2.47)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Bishal Ghosh lbw b V Koushik	44	114	8	0	38.6
Bikramkumar Das c S Sharath b V Koushik	4	23	1	0	17.4
Sridam Paul lbw b V Koushik	1	17	0	0	5.9
Sudip Chatterjee c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	1	9	0	0	11.1
Ganesh Satish c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	6	19	1	0	31.6
Wriddhiman Saha lbw b H Raj	28	67	3	1	41.8
Bikramjit Debnath* Not out	57	137	7	0	41.6
Manisankar Murasingh c S Sharath b V Koushik	39	61	4	0	63.9
Pravez Sultan c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	0	7	0	0	0.0
Rana Dutta c K Bedare b V Vijaykumar	4	12	1	0	33.3
Abhijit Sarkar b V Kaverappa	7	25	1	0	28.0

Extras9 (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 6, p 0)

Total200/10 (80.5 ov · 26 fours, 1 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	21.5	8	40	3	1.83
V Koushik	20	7	34	4	1.70
Vyshak Vijaykumar	19	4	64	2	3.36
Hardik Raj	12	2	43	1	3.58
Shashi Kumar Kamble	8	2	17	0	2.12

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Bikramkumar Das 4 c S Sharath b V Koushik	16-1	7.6
Sridam Paul 1 lbw b V Koushik	20-2	13.2
Sudip Chatterjee 1 c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	26-3	16.2
Ganesh Satish 6 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	37-4	23.2
Bishal Ghosh 44 lbw b V Koushik	81-5	39.3
Wriddhiman Saha 28 lbw b H Raj	96-6	44.2
Manisankar Murasingh 39 c S Sharath b V Koushik	172-7	65.2
Pravez Sultan 0 c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	174-8	66.3
Rana Dutta 4 c K Bedare b V Vijaykumar	183-9	69.4
Abhijit Sarkar 7 b V Kaverappa	200-10	80.5

Karnataka151/10 (51.3 ov, RR 2.93)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Ravikumar Samarth b R Dutta	0	8	0	0.0
Mayank Agarwal b R Dutta	17	19	3	89.5
KV Aneesh b MB Murasingh	2	8	0	25.0
Nikin Jose b MB Murasingh	4	16	1	25.0
Kishan Bedare c BB Ghosh b BB Debnath	42	59	8	71.2
Hardik Raj b R Dutta	10	29	2	34.5
Srinivas Sharath lbw b P Sultan	48	99	6	48.5
V Koushik* Not out	0	4	0	0.0
Vyshak Vijaykumar b AK Sarkar	22	36	2	61.1
Shashi Kumar Kamble lbw b P Sultan	0	5	0	0.0
Vidhwath Kaverappa b MB Murasingh	5	26	1	19.2

Extras1 (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 0, p 0)

Total151/10 (51.3 ov · 23 fours, 0 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Manisankar Murasingh	14	3	29	3	2.07
Rana Dutta	12	1	39	3	3.25
Abhijit Sarkar	12	1	36	1	3.00
Bikramjit Debnath	7	0	33	1	4.71
Pravez Sultan	6.3	0	13	2	2.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Ravikumar Samarth 0 b R Dutta	15-1	3.1
KV Aneesh 2 b MB Murasingh	18-2	4.4
Mayank Agarwal 17 b R Dutta	24-3	7.2
Nikin Jose 4 b MB Murasingh	28-4	10.1
Hardik Raj 10 b R Dutta	52-5	18.6
Kishan Bedare 42 c BB Ghosh b BB Debnath	84-6	25.6
Vyshak Vijaykumar 22 b AK Sarkar	131-7	40.6
Shashi Kumar Kamble 0 lbw b P Sultan	138-8	43.2
Vidhwath Kaverappa 5 b MB Murasingh	151-9	50.2
Srinivas Sharath 48 lbw b P Sultan	151-10	51.3

Tripura163/10 (55.2 ov, RR 2.94)

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Bishal Ghosh lbw b V Koushik	5	11	1	45.5
Bikramkumar Das lbw b V Kaverappa	2	20	0	10.0
Sridam Paul c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	21	35	4	60.0
Sudip Chatterjee runout (R Samarth)	82	144	10	56.9
Ganesh Satish b V Kaverappa	22	57	4	38.6
Wriddhiman Saha runout (V Vijaykumar)	0	6	0	0.0
Bikramjit Debnath c S Sharath b V Kaverappa	9	12	1	75.0
Manisankar Murasingh lbw b V Vijaykumar	8	13	2	61.5
Pravez Sultan c KV Aneesh b V Vijaykumar	1	16	0	6.3
Rana Dutta b V Kaverappa	1	6	0	16.7
Abhijit Sarkar* Not out	4	14	1	28.6

Extras8 (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 2, p 0)

Total163/10 (55.2 ov · 23 fours, 0 sixes)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Eco
Vidhwath Kaverappa	22	6	44	4	2.00
V Koushik	17	3	41	1	2.41
Vyshak Vijaykumar	14.2	2	62	3	4.32
Kishan Bedare	1	0	9	0	9.00
Shashi Kumar Kamble	1	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

Batter	Score	Over
Rana Dutta 1 b V Kaverappa	0-1
Bishal Ghosh 5 lbw b V Koushik	6-2	3.3
Bikramkumar Das 2 lbw b V Kaverappa	14-3	6.2
Sridam Paul 21 c S Sharath b V Vijaykumar	50-4	16.2
Ganesh Satish 22 b V Kaverappa	89-5	31.3

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