Inspite of a seven wicket haul by Bengal’s S Pearuddin, a fighting centuryby S Banik helped Tripura salvage a draw on the third andfinal day of their East Zone Under-14 match againstBihar at the East Calcutta District Sports Council Ground inCalcutta on Thursday.Needing 249 for a win, Tripura made a disastrous start when they lostopener SD Burma (0) caught by by Himadri Pal off Pearuddin in the secondover. His partner D Dutta (5) departed soon after when he fell leg beforeto Pearuddin. Then S Banik (114) and Subhrajit Roy (12) took the score on to48 when the latter fell leg before to Sarnendu Pal. With the score boardreading 48 for 3, D Choudury (14) joined Banik to forge a 44 run fourthwicket stand in 12.2 overs. Then two quick wickets fell.But the partnership that saved the match for Tripura was the 63 run seventhwicket stand between Banik and BD Burma (8) which came in 26.2 overs. Banikfell after a 258 minute stay at the crease, faced 200 balls and hit19 boundaries.Thereafter BD Burma held the fort for Tripura. Burma was the ninth wicketto fall. But by that time he had stayed at the centre for 112 minutes andfaced 100 balls to score 8 runs. Tripura then trudged along to 194 for ninewhen the day’s play ended.Earlier on the second day, the Tripura first innings folded up at 159,giving Bengal a lead of 122 runs. In reply Bengal scored 126 runs in theirsecond innings, when the skipper Himadri Pal declared the innings. OpenersA Bhowmick (21) and Arindam Ghosh (21) added 29 runs in 7.3 overs. Then SMukherjee (28), S Gond (12) and S Pearuddin (12) chipped in with usefulcontributions with the bat.
Banik saves the day for Tripura as match ends in draw
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12/05/2025 00:00
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