In a massive upset, Tripura beat defending champions Saurashtra in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match at the KSCA Cricket Ground in Alur today (November 27), making it their first victory over them in any format.
Tripura, led by Wriddhiman Saha, and Saurashtra, led by Jaydev Unadkat, both came into this match having won their first two matches. Defending champions Saurashtra, who won the Vijay Hazare Trophy last season by defeating Maharashtra in the final, won the toss and were named first.
Tripura has never won the Vijay Hazare Trophy till date and has never beaten Saurashtra in any match or format. They were not very good with the bat and lost opener Parab Das in the third over. Then Vikram Kumar Das and former Bengal player Sudip his Chatterjee for the second wicket with which he put on a 99-run partnership.
Ganesh Satish (71 off 74) and Manithankar Murasingh (25 off 23) provided the much-needed momentum to the innings and Tripura managed to cross the 250-run mark and finish with a competitive total of 258-8. did. Saurashtra captain Unadkat was in his usual form and he also scored five points.
However, in response, Saurashtra’s batting order, which featured star players like Sheldon Jackson, Cheteshwar Pujara and Prerak Mankad, began to slump.
They lost 3 wickets in the first 6 overs with Murasin picking up 2 wickets and Rana Dutta picking up 1 wicket. Pujara and Arpit Vasavada put up some resistance but it didn’t last long. Pujara was taken first by Bikramjit Debnath in the 15th over and in the next over Vasavada was bowled by Abhijit Sarkar and Saurashtra were battered at his 53-5.
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However, the story of the game was still to come. Joydev Deb, 18, was playing only his second match in List A and became the fifth bowler to join the attack. He is listed as a wicketkeeper-batsman in most cricket databases. This may be a data entry error. This is often seen with lesser-known players who are just starting out.
After his heroic act today (November 27), that could soon change. Dev took his last five Saurashtra wickets each in seven overs of the match and bowled for 110, leading the team to a 148-run victory against a team he had never beaten before. I did.
Deb finished the game with 6.4 overs and 5 wins and 15 losses. With this win, Tripura moved to second place in the Group A points table with eight points from three games, while Saurashtra are now sixth.
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