da pixbet： Valuable knocks by skipper Sachin Dholpure and one drop M Mishra helpedMadhya Pradesh to score 251 before they were all out in the last over onthe opening day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Tripura atPune on Saturday
Santhosh S09-Dec-2000Valuable knocks by skipper Sachin Dholpure and one drop M Mishra helpedMadhya Pradesh to score 251 before they were all out in the last over onthe opening day of their Cooch Behar Trophy semifinal against Tripura atPune on Saturday.Opting to bat, MP lost wicketkeeper NV Ohja (0) in the fourth over withonly one run on the board. Dholpure and Mishra then came together to add 67runs for the second wicket off 25 overs. Mishra, easily the more aggressiveof the two, slammed 55 of 82 balls with the help of nine fours and a six.Dholpure however continued to bat patiently before he was sixth out at 205in the 68th over. Dholpure faced 199 balls and hit ten of them to theropes. JS Saxena (33) and N Menon (31 not out) gave a helping hand in themiddle order to keep the innings going. Saxena faced just 19 balls and hittwo fours and two sixes in a breezy cameo. T Shah was the most successfulbowler for Tripura finishing with four for 35 off 20.2 overs.