Agartala: Himachal Pradesh Cricket team registered its first victory in the Group C Ranji Trophy match, which it won by eight wickets against host Tripura at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium, Agartala.

With this win Himachal Pradesh secured all six points in the match. Rishi Dhawan was the best performer of the match and in the two inning of the match he got seven wickets, 4 in first inning and three in second. He also done well with bat as in the first inning he made 67 runs, which was the highest score of the inning.

Left-arm spinner Bipul Sharma also shone with the ball, who returned with impressive figures of four for 30 in the second inning.

Brief Scores:

Tripura: 141 & 188 all out in 77.2 overs (K B Pawan 86, Bipul Sharma 4/30, Rishi Dhawan 3/48).

Himachal Pradesh: 186 & 144 for two in 35.2 overs (Prashant Chopra 84 not out; Manisankar Murasingh 1/21).