da esport bet： Gautam Dutta’s ten wicket match haul played a big role in Assam’sinnings and 56 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophyleague match at the Mangoldoi stadium in Agartala on Sunday
Partab Ramchand26-Dec-1999Gautam Dutta’s ten wicket match haul played a big role in Assam’sinnings and 56 run victory over Tripura in the East Zone Ranji Trophyleague match at the Mangoldoi stadium in Agartala on Sunday. Thescheduled four day game was over in a day and a half.Dutta ripped through the Tripura batting line up in the first innings,taking eight for 23 off 11.3 overs. Tripura were shot out for 57 in22.3 overs. Assam in reply lost six wickets for 58 but a strongrearguard action saw them reach 249. First S Ghosh (52) and GD Dutta(45) added 80 runs for the seventh wicket. Then Sukhbinder Singh,coming in at no 10, hit a breezy 73 off 68 balls with five fours andfive sixes. Tripura in their second innings were bowled out for 136with Gour Banik top scoring with 40. Dutta took two wickets for 39 tofinish with match figures of ten for 62.In another match at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack, Orissa batteddoggedly to score 219 for two off 86.1 overs at close of play on thefirst day of the match against Bengal on Saturday.Skipper SS Das dominated an opening stand of 52 runs in 25.3 overswith BBCC Mahapatra (3). This was followed by a second wicketpartnership of 80 runs between Das and P Mullick. Das was out for 81,compiled off 171 balls with seven fours. Mullick and SS Raul thenadded 87 runs for the unbroken third wicket off 37.2 overs. At stumpsMullick was batting with 73 off 166 balls with seven fours and a sixwhile Raul was batting with 40 off 114 balls with four hits to theropes.