TRI vs AND 8th Match: Andhra Beat Tripura by 43 Runs, KV Sasikanth Stars
Andhra beat Tripura by 43 runs.
Andhra beat Tripura by 43 runs in 8th Match of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite. Here is how the match turned, ball by ball: the overs that changed it, the wickets that mattered and the numbers behind the result.
Key moments, ball by ball
- AND Over 9 — 19 runs came off the over, bowled by Pravez Sultan: 4 6 1 1 6 1
- AND Over 9.5 — Seeram Rahul out for 27 (27), c s das b vk saha by Viki Saha. 69/4
- AND Over 17.4 — Abhijit Sarkar completes a 3-wicket haul
- AND Over 19.6 — SDNV Prasad brings up a fifty off 33 balls
- TRI Over 4.1 — Mandeep Singh out for 16 (11), c r reddy b k sasikanth by KV Sasikanth. 30/3
- TRI Over 4.4 — Tripura collapse: 3 wickets for 20 runs (13/1 to 33/4)
- TRI Over 15.1 — Cheepurapalli Stephen completes a 3-wicket haul
- TRI Over 17.2 — KV Sasikanth completes a 3-wicket haul
- TRI Over 17.2 — Arindam Barman out for 25 (14), c r reddy b k sasikanth by KV Sasikanth. 98/10
How the runs came
Andhra were 69 after 10 overs and finished on 141/7. Tripura were 51 after 9 overs and finished on 98/10.
Phase by phase
| Phase | AND | TRI |
|---|---|---|
| Powerplay (1-6) | 34/2 (RR 5.67) | 37/4 (RR 6.17) |
| Middle overs (7-15) | 68/2 (RR 7.56) | 46/4 (RR 5.11) |
| Death overs (16-20) | 41/3 (RR 8.20) | 15/2 (RR 6.43) |
In the middle overs, Andhra scored 22 more than Tripura.
Andhra innings: over by over
Andhra faced 36 dot balls (30%), hit 10 fours and 5 sixes, and got 3 extras. The best stand was 47 off 45 balls between Ashwin Hebbar & SDNV Prasad.
Fall of wickets: 0-1 (Maramreddy Hemanth Reddy, 0.3), 21-2 (Revanth Reddy, 3.6), 40-3 (Ricky Bhui, 7.2), 69-4 (Seeram Rahul, 9.5), 116-5 (KV Sasikanth, 17.2), 117-6 (Bailapudi Yeswanth, 17.4), 130-7 (Satyanarayana Raju, 18.6)
Tripura innings: over by over
Tripura faced 35 dot balls (34%), hit 7 fours and 2 sixes, and got 5 extras. The best stand was 18 off 25 balls between Sentu Sarkar & Saurabh Das. Between overs 2.6 and 4.4 they slipped from 13/1 to 33/4.
Fall of wickets: 13-1 (Bikramkumar Das, 1.4), 23-2 (Sridam Paul, 2.6), 30-3 (Mandeep Singh, 4.1), 33-4 (Lakshay Thareja, 4.4), 51-5 (Saurabh Das, 8.5), 62-6 (Sentu Sarkar, 11.4), 72-7 (Manisankar Murasingh, 12.4), 73-8 (Viki Saha, 13.6), 83-9 (Abhijit Sarkar, 15.1), 98-10 (Arindam Barman, 17.2)
Our view
Andhra's innings didn't get off to the best start, as the team lost wickets at regular intervals and found itself at 69/4 after Seeram Rahul's dismissal. The ninth over, however, brought some much-needed momentum with 19 runs, while SDNV Prasad took charge in the second half of the innings. His unbeaten effort to reach 50 off just 33 balls, along with Ashwin Hebbar's quick 34, helped Andhra recover and post 141/7. It wasn't a massive total, but it gave their bowlers something to defend.
Tripura's chase never really settled, as the team lost three wickets for just 20 runs after being 13/1. The early damage left them under pressure, and the middle order couldn't build the partnerships needed to get back into the game. Cheepurapalli Stephen and KV Sasikanth kept picking up wickets, with Sasikanth taking three for just 12 runs in 2.2 overs. Tripura were eventually bowled out for 98 in 17.2 overs, handing Andhra a convincing 43-run victory.
Top performers
- SDNV Prasad — 50 (33 balls)
- Ashwin Hebbar — 34 (16 balls)
- Seeram Rahul — 27 (27 balls)
- KV Sasikanth — 3/12 (2.2 ov)
- Viki Saha — 3/23 (4 ov)
- Cheepurapalli Stephen — 3/29 (4 ov)
Full scorecard and ball-by-ball commentary: Tripura vs Andhra
