Six-star Shreyas Gopal torments Tripura

BENGALURU: Shreyas Gopal ripped through the Tripura Cricket Association middle and lower order to give KSCA XI the advantage on the first of their four-day Dr Thimmappiah Memorial All-India Invitational cricket tournament at the RSI grounds here on Thursday.
The leg-spinner returned with an impressive haul of six wickets to bowl out Tripura for 297 in 76.1 overs.It was Smit Patel's century (133) that saved Tripura from further humiliation. When stumps were drawn, the hosts, in reply, were 27 for no loss.
Tripura collapse began within the first hour of play when KSCA XI duo of pacer Abhimanyu Mithun (2-30) and left-arm spinner J Suchith (2-104) left the visitors reeling for 2-35 in the first 13 hours.
Patel then went into damage control mode knitting a 50-run partnership with Rajesh Banik before Mithun returned to scalp his second wicket dismissing Banik. Thereafter it was Shreyas, who cleared up the rest.
However, Patel continued to further bolster their innings forging two crucial partnerships of 83 with Yashpal Singh (43) and Ninad Kadam (28) and eventually complete his century even as his partners kept losing their wickets to Shreyas at the other end.
The highlight of Shreyas' bowling was his dismissals of Joydeep Banik and Saurabh Das of consecutive deliveris as Tripura collapsed from 231/5 to 239/7.
Meanwhile, at the Indian Air Force ground, KSCA Colts bowlers made up for their batting failure to take control over the proceedings against Jharkhand State Cricket Association. After tumbling out for a lowly 188 in 49.4 overs, Colts' S Arvind (2-38), Vyshak Vijaykumar (2-35) and KC Cariappa (2-9) shared the bowling spoils to reduce Jharkhand to 91/6 at stumps.
Earlier, Colts batsmen came a cropper as Jharkahand rode on Ajay Yadav six-wicket haul. Naga Bharath's half-century (65) and his 69-run stand with S Arvind (34) for the 8th wicket was the only saving grace for Colts' innings.
At the Just Cricket Ground, KSCA President's XI bowlers came up short as Haryana Cricket Association rode on Rahul Dewan's century (133) to finish the day at 334/4. Praveen Dubey bagged two wickets for the hosts.
Brief scores (Day 1, Round 3):
In Bengaluru:
AT RSI: Tripura CA: 297 all out in 76.1 overs (Smit Patel 133, Yashpal Singh 43, Ninad Kadam 28, Abhoy Negi 28; Abhimanyu Mithun 2-30, Suchith J 2-104, Shreyas Gopal 6-93) vs KSCA XI: 27 for no loss in 5.5 overs (Abhishek Reddy 19 n.o.).
At IAF: KSCA Colts: 188 all out in 49.4 overs (Nikin Jose SJ 29, Naga Bharath 65, Arvind S 34; Ajay Yadav 6-53, Praksh Seet 3-50) vs Jharkhand State CA: 91/6 in 37 overs (Shasheem Rathore 26, Md. Nazim Siddiqui 33; Arvind S 2-38, Vyshak V 2-35, Cariappa KC 2-9).
At Just Cricket Ground: Haryana CA: 334/4 in 90 overs (Rahul Dewan 133, Chaitanya Bishnoi 86, Shivam Chauhan 29, Rahul Dagar 43 n.o.; Praveen Dubey 2-67) vs KSCA President's XI.
At BGS: Himachal Pradesh CA: 213/8 in 88. 2 overs (Prashant Chopra 29, Digvijay Singh 42, Ankit Kaushik 70 n.o.; Krishna Das 2-33, Pritam Das 2-57, Sarupam Purkayastha 2-62) vs Assam CA.
AT KSCA: Madhya Pradesh CA: 293/2 in 90 overs (Aditya Shriwastava 46, Waseem Ahmed 139 n.o., Rajat Patidar 57, Naman Ojha 35 n.o.) vs Andhra CA.
At Alur 3: Dr. DY Patil CA: 176 all out in 85.2 overs (Shubham Ranjane 84, Iqbal Abdullah 25; Ananta Saha 2-40, Amit Kuila 2-18, Pradipta Pramanik 3-51, Aamir Gani 3-40) vs CAB: 8/1 in 5.1 overs.
At Mysuru: SDRNW: Kerala CA: 241 all out in 76.5 overs (Rahul P 54, Vishnu Vinod 53, Sachin Baby 49, Md. Azharuddin 39, Salman 26; Minad Manjrekar 4-46, Aditya Dhumal 2-60, Akash Parkar 3-44) vs Mumbai CA: 28/1 in 9 overs.
At SJCE: Punjab CA: 100 all out in 36.3 overs (Chintan Gaja 2-36, Jasprit Bumrah 4-25, Aashav Panchal 2-15) vs Gujarat CA: 137/1 in 50 overs (Samit Gohil 68 n.o., Kathan Patel 26, Rahul Shah 34 n.o.).