Tripura v Kerala – Ranji Trophy, 2012/13 (Group C) – Match Update [Day 3] – Tripura trailing by 203 runs, with 7 wickets remaining in 2nd innings
Tripura put up a dismal second innings performance while Kerala maintained a firm upper-hand on the third day of their ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy Group C match, at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala on December 17, reducing Tripura to 70 for 3
by stumps after they were asked to follow on.
The match had kicked off on December 15, with Tripura winning the toss and choosing to field first. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Timir-Kajal-Chanda-c93968 (33-8-77-4) and Manisankar Murasingh (27-3-79-3) made decent attempts to do justice to their team’s decision, but Kerala’s batsmen put up a steady
performance.
Top-order batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Sreesanth-c2398 (32) also chipped in with solid contributions. However, a
large part of the innings was driven by skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kerala-c803 had reached a formidable first innings total of 400.
The team then proceeded to further solidify their dominant stance, and Unnikrishnan Manukrishnan (16-6-37-6) went on a rampage which saw him dismissing the top 6 batsmen in Tripura’s line-up. Samrat Singha (7), http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-Ali-c41490 (0), wicketkeeper
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Subhrajit-Shaktiranjan-Roy-c91573 (27) were all sent packing by Manukrishnan, leaving Tripura at 63 for 6.
The remainder of the batting order was taken care of by Sandeep Warrier (20-11-33-3) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Padmanabhan-Prasanth-c80630 (2-0-2-1), and Tripura eventually found themselves all out at a first innings total of 127.
Asked to follow on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Markasakkam-Sandeep-c74795 Warrier (11-4-16-2), the former trapped lbw,
and the latter caught and bowled. Sreesanth then took care of Singha (22), and by stumps on day three, with Abbas Ali (24*) and Abhijit Dey (0*) at the crease, Tripura finished at a precarious 70 for 3.
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