ASK Varma hits ton as Andhra falters

The Cooch Behar Trophy quarterfinal match played at Sir ParshurambhauCollege Grounds, Pune on Tuesday saw Tripura edging towards acomfortable position

Santhosh S05-Dec-2000The Cooch Behar Trophy quarterfinal match played at Sir ParshurambhauCollege Grounds, Pune on Tuesday saw Tripura edging towards acomfortable position. Starting the second day at 315/9 Tripura werebowled out for 327 in the 102nd over. Andhra batted for the rest ofthe second day and were 214/8 in 85 overs. Tripura captain R Ghosh whohad hit a brilliant fifty in the first innings, followed it with anexcellent bowling performance bagging 4/41. The shining light of theAndhra innings so far has been ASK Varma who made 111 runs before hewas run out. Varma’s innings lasted 230 balls as he smashed a dozenboundaries and a six.