Yashpal’s ton, Manisankar’s half century puts Tripura in good position on day 1

AGARTALA:

Professional cricketer Yashpal Singh once again today proved that why he has been rated as one of the most dependable batsmen in the Tripura Squad, as his brilliant unbeaten ton and also good batting by Captain Manisankar Murasingh puts Tripura on the driver seat on the opening day of KKSCA invitation cricket tournament.

Against Himachal Pradesh cricket association, at the end of day one today Tripura made 304 for the loss of 6 wickets. This good finish could not been happen with the contribution from Yashpal Singh and Manisankar Murasingh as at one stage Tripura was in the spot of bother on the score of 27/3. Now all eyes will be on day 2 as Tripura will have to cross the 350 mark.

In the morning at Alore cricket field Tripura Captain won the toss and elected to bat first. Tripura made a horrible start as they lost 3 wickets for just 27 runs. Udiyan Basu (1), Smit Kumar Patel (3) and Kaushal Acharjee (10) went out cheaply. From that moment Yashpal Singh steadied the innings with opener Bishal Ghosh as the duo put on 50 runs for 4th wicket.

Bishal Ghosh went out after scoring 34 from 107 balls with 4 fours. Came into bat at no 6 Rajat Dey was very aggressive from the outset and failed to score big as after adding 50 runs from 42 balls with Yashpal Singh, Rajat Dey went out. Before his departure he made 34 runs from just 21 balls with 2 fours and 3 sixes. Tripura was scrambling that point on the score of 127/5.

From that situation Captain Manisankar  Murasingh gave full support to unbeaten Yashpal Singh and both of them started to build solid partnership. The duo added 125 runs before Manisankar went out after scoring brilliant 79 while on the other hand Yashpal Singh completed his ton. In the end Tripura scored 304/6 from 90 overs. Yashpal Singh remained unbeaten on 114 runs.


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