Tripura produced a solid batting display to pile on 430 all out in their first innings as their Ranji Trophy cricket match against Services headed towards a draw on the third and penultimate day here today.
After Yogesh Takawale's fine 89 yesterday, captain Rajesh Banik and Kaushal Acharjee hit 93 and 83 respectively to take Tripura to a big score as they added 163 runs today from 54 overs after resuming at overnight 267 for 5 at the Palam A Ground.
Banik, who missed a century by seven runs, and Acharjee added 178 runs for the sixth wicket to do bulk of the scoring for Tripura. Banik hit 13 for in his 174-ball innings while Acharjee struck 11 boundaries in his 198-ball innings.
For Services, Suraj Yadav grabbed three wickets while Roshan Raj and Saurabh Kumar chipped in with two wickets apiece. Abhishek Sakuja and Aman Sharma took a wicket each.
In reply, Services were 10 for no loss from 7.1 overs. Pratik Desai (10) and Soumik Chatterjee (0) were batting at the draw of stumps.
With just one day remaining, the match is set to end with a draw after the first day was washed out due to rains.
Brief Scores:
Tripura 1st Innings: 430 all out in 135 overs (Rajesh Banik 93, Kaushal Acharjee 83; Suraj Yadav 3/106)
Services 1st Innings: 10 for no loss in 7.1 overs.
