da realsbet： Agartala: Tripura lost their last four wickets without the addition ofa run enabling Bihar to snatch a narrow first innings lead of two runsover Tripura on the second day of the East Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch here on Saturday
14-Nov-1999Agartala: Tripura lost their last four wickets without the addition ofa run enabling Bihar to snatch a narrow first innings lead of two runsover Tripura on the second day of the East Zone Ranji Trophy leaguematch here on Saturday.Resuming at 25 for one in reply to Bihar’s first innings total of 174,Tripura lost wickets at regular intervals and were badly placed at 112for six. Prajapati and Chowdhuri then figured in a seventh wicketstand of 60 runs which brought Tripura tantalisingly close to takingthe lead. At 172 for 7, Tripura seemed well set to take the lead. Thencame the sudden collapse. First, Chowdhuri was bowled by Saxena for34. Off the third ball of the next over bowled by Dhiraj Kumar, AlokSaha was run out. Off the next delivery S.Bose was leg before forzero. And two balls later, IS Ghosh was also out leg before for zeroleaving Prajapati unbeaten with 37. Prajapati batted patiently for 254minutes and faced 186 balls without hitting even one boundary. Thelast four Tripura wickets fell in 11 balls for no run.