Himachal Pradesh v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy - Group C – Day 3 – Live Score and Update
Tripura 441 & 116/5 (48.0 ov) v Himachal Pradesh 260 - Tripura lead by 297 runs with 5 wickets remaining
At stumps on the third day of the four-day game between Himachal Pradesh and Tripura, the latter lead by 297 runs and have five wickets in hand, at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Nadaun.
They certainly have enough firepower in their bowling arsenal to bowl-out their opposition on the final day within 100 to 200 runs, so it might be wise of them to declare their second innings by securing a 300-run lead over their opponents on Tuesday.
After losing the toss, Tripura never lost control in the match as they piled a staggering first innings score of 441 with opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Himachal-Pradesh-c791 are a tad out of touch in their bowling department, as well, in the ongoing match.
After their bowlers got manhandled, Himachal Pradesh batsmen had an opportunity to redeem some pride, but they failed here as well, losing five wickets by the end of the second day with only 111 runs on the board.
With a long way to go, they resumed their batting on Monday, hoping to make amends. The batting pair of A Bhalaik and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dhawan-c82968 looked in their comfort zone as they got their side off to a stable start.
The two batsmen helped their team reach 140 before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rana-Dutta-c83902 trapped Bhalaik in front of stumps after the batsman had managed to mould an innings of 41 runs.
R Dhawan was then joined by Rahul Singh, but this partnership was short-lived as it ended with 168 on the board, on the demise of Dhawan, who fell to Murasingh with 54 runs to his name.
While http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 Singh continued the batting offensive, the other side made a slow comeback by nabbing a few more wickets from the other end.
With Singh unbeaten on 49, the side was bowled-out with 260 runs on the board.
Tripura, looking to get off to a flying start, lost too many wickets in the beginning, leaving them with 91 for five. However, they ended the day with 116 on the board as S http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-Ali-c41490 stayed unbeaten on 59 runs.
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