Fifties by Bikram Kumar Das (59 off 76 balls), Sudip Chatterjee (61 off 93 balls) and Ganesh Satish (71 off 74 balls) helped Tripura post a challenging 258 for 8. Meanwhile, veteran left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat led Saurashtra's bowling with a five-wicket haul (5 for 35). In reply, Saurashtra could only score 110 before getting bowled out in 31.4 overs as part-timer Joydeb Deb grabbed a fifer (5 for 15).