MUMBAI: Jammu and Kashmir grabbed a vital 18-run first innings lead over Tripura by dismissing their rivals for 297 and then consolidated their position on day three of their Group C Ranji Trophy match on Wednesday.
Resuming at the overnight 193 for six, 122 adrift of the J&K total of 315, Tripura’s major hope, their unbeaten opener Bishal Ghosh, lasted only 23 balls while adding nine runs to his overnight score before he was dismissed for 95 by former Mumbai left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh.
This was a major blow for Tripura who were, however, kept in the hunt for the
lead by Gurinder Singh
who marshaled the tail to make a belligerent 84 not out off 111 balls. But despite the best efforts of Gurinder, who struck a six and 12 fours, Tripura fell short by 18 runs and in the remainder of the day, J&K strengthened their position by making 198 for three, riding on Ian Chauhan’s 67 not out in 94 balls and skipper Parvez Rasool’s 60 not out in 79 balls with 10 hits to the fence.
Overall, J&K are ahead by 216 runs with seven second innings wickets in hand going into the final day tomorrow.
SCORECARD
Jammu & Kashmir 1st innings 315/10
Tripura 1st innings
BB Ghosh c Umar Nissar b Harmeet Singh 95
UU Bose c †Bisht b Dayal 33
SK Patel† c Harmeet Singh b Sofi 11
NN Sen Chowdhary b Parvez Rasool 19
Yashpal Singh b Beigh 02
A Dey c Umar Nissar b Harmeet Singh 21
RA Dey c Dayal b Parvez Rasool 03
Gurinder Singh not out 84
MB Murasingh* lbw b Parvez Rasool 13
R Dutta b Beigh 05
AS Sarkar lbw b Dayal 02
Extras 09
Total 297/10
Jammu & Kashmir 2nd innings
SP Khajuria lbw b Gurinder Singh 21
Umar Nissar lbw b A Dey 21
Pranav Gupta c Gurinder Singh b A Dey 26
ID Singh not out 67
Parvez Rasool* not out 60
Extras 03
Total 198/3