6 months ago
2
Reacting to Tripura’s stunning 12-run triumph implicit Delhi successful the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Elite Group-D fourth-round lucifer present connected Tuesday, skipper and Player-of-The-Match Manisankar Murasingh said that it’s a large triumph for Tripura cricket.
“In red-ball cricket (2025-26 Ranji Trophy), we took the first-innings pb against Bengal. That gave america a large momentum. And present successful T20 cricket, we’ve won against Delhi, which is simply a large happening for Tripura cricket. Hopefully, successful the upcoming games, our opponents mightiness get a spot tense knowing that we are acceptable (to win),” helium said.
Reflecting connected his performance, the 32-year-old, who scored an unbeaten 25 disconnected 18 balls and finished with figures of 2 for 19 successful 4 overs, said: “I took clip during my innings due to the fact that the shot wasn’t coming connected to the bat. I tried to deed lone successful the past implicit (bowled by Ayush Badoni). While bowling, I stuck to back-of-a-length and tried to plaything it initially.”
Talking astir the challenges that the Tripura squad faces backmost location and its mentation for the tournament, helium said: “It rains for astir 5 months successful Agartala. So, we can’t bash overmuch during that time.
“If we privation to prepare, we request to spell outside. So, that’s a large situation for us. We don’t person grounds similar present successful Gujarat. We didn’t person a campy earlier the tournament. We conscionable went to Baroda and played 3 matches against them. We sorted retired our operation and stuff.”
“There’s nary vulnerability for us. If you spot Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and Delhi, they person franchise cricket — their ain T20 leagues. And it gets televised arsenic well. That makes a large difference. We person suggested the thought of a T20 league for our State to our cricket association. Hopefully, we’ll get it successful a mates of years.”
