NAGPUR: Young and fiery Yash Thakur was the only Vidarbha pacer who consistently asked Tripura batters questions on a pitch that assisted pacers throughout the day. He bowled long economical spells, moved it both ways from the short-of-length and never made the batters look comfortable at the crease. It was Thakur's lively bowling and 2-wicket burst towards the fag end of the day that kept Tripura under check on Day-2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
Despite Thakur's (18-6-39-4) four-wicket haul, Tripura secured first innings lead courtesy confident knocks from Sudip Chatterjee (83 off 183b) and Wriddhiman Saha (66 off 99b). In reply to Vidarbha's 264, Tripura were 290 for 7 at stumps on Day-2 of the Ranji Trophy match.
