Nagpur: After asking Tripura to bat first, Vidarbha bowlers extracted maximum out of the pitch as the hosts ended Day 1 of their second Cooch Behar Trophy match with a lead of 33 runs at VCA Civil Lines ground on Friday.Fresh from his eight-wicket haul in Vidarbhas opening match triumph, medium pacer Pratham Maheshwari led the charge for the defending champions by snapping up four wickets.Right-arm medium pacers Parth Khure andArjun Ingle took three wickets each as Tripura were bundled out for just 95 in 49.3 overs.Ingle removed opener Sashi Kanta Bin while Maheshwari accounted for Debangshu Datta to reduce Tripura to 6 for 2 inside the fifth over. The other opener, skipper Deepjoy Deb (16), and Pritam Das (28) tried to stem the rot but werent able to put up a good enough resistance. With Vidarbha bowlers striking at regular intervals, it wasnt long before Odishas innings came to an end.Vidarbhas innings too started on a rocky note as both the openers — Aditya Ahuja (18) and Aniket Askar (8) — were back in the hut with the score on 28 in 4.1 overs. Last matchs main scorer Shree Choudhary (1) too departed early to leave the hosts tottering at 33 for 3.No. 3 bat Tushar Suryawanshi and skipper Zubairoddin Khatib played key innings to take the Vidarbha score past 100-run mark. Zubairoddin was unlucky to miss on a deserving fifty as he was trapped in front of the wicket on 49 (65b;9x4;1x6).Suryawanshi (45;94b;8x4) and Devansh Thakkar (2) were at the crease when the stumps were drawn as Vidarbha finished the day on 128 for 4. BRIEF SCORESTripura 95 all out in 49.3 overs (Pritam Das 28, Arkajit Roy 18; Pratham Maheshwari 4-37, Parth Khure 3-20, Arjun Ingle 3-28) trail Vidarbha 128 for 4 in 35 overs (Zubairoddin Khatib 49, Tushar Suryawanshi 45*, Aditya Ahuja 18) by 33 runs. We also published the following articles recentlyConfident Vidarbha to miss Jitesh Sharma as they face Meghalaya in Vijay Hazare Trophy opening league matchVidarbha team had mixed feelings when Jitesh Sharma was selected in the Indian team for the T20I Series against Australia. They were happy for him but disappointed to lose him for the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches. Vidarbha, along with other teams in Group B, will compete in the tournament. Atharva Taide, the captain, is looking forward to Yash Thakur joining the team. Siddhesh Wath has replaced Jitesh Sharma in the squad. The Vidarbha team is balanced with a mix of youth and experienced players.Pro-Vidarbha activist detained for issuing death threats to Devendra Fadnavis, MungantiwarA pro-Vidarbha state activist, Babarao Maski, has been detained in Chandrapur for posting objectionable remarks on social media against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and guardian minister Sudhir Mungantiwar. Maski threatened to kill them, leading to a case being registered against him. He has been detained under sections 294 and 506 of the IPC, along with section 110 of CrPC, as a preventive measure.Vidarbhas Jitesh Sharma makes India cut for 4th time in a yearJitesh Sharma, Vidarbhas explosive wicketkeeper batsman, made the cut for the Indian team for the fourth time this year. He was named in the team to be captained by Suryakumar Yadav for the five-match T20I home series against Australia. Sharmas big-hitting abilities were on full display during this years Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. His ability to keep calm in pressure situations and accelerate the innings during the death overs was first noticed by Mumbai Indians talent scouts.

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