Bihar defeat Tripura by 51 runs

Agartala: Bihar won their East Zone Ranji Trophy league match against Tripura at the Maharaja Bir Bikram College stadium here yesterday by 51 runs to pick up the maximum eight points.

Set 234 for victory, Tripura was bowled out for 182 in 78.3 overs on the last day. Resuming at 29-0 Tripura seemed to have the match under control at 108-2 with A Vilaskar (58) and V.Prajapati (22) putting on 62 runs for the third wicket in 23.3 overs. But they lost their last eight wickets for 74 runs. The men who did the damage for Bihar were left-arm spinners Avinash Kumar and Prasad Rao who bagged five wickets each for 47 and 65 runs respectively.

Tripura now goes on to play Bengal while Bihar next plays Orissa, both matches starting on November 22.