Captain Manoj Tiwary’s century and Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal’s very good all-round efficiency put Bengal within the driving seat in opposition to Assam on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group-B match on the ACA Stadium, Barsapara, right here on Saturday.
Resuming from 242 for 4, Bengal scored a wholesome 405 in its first innings. In reply, Assam tottered at 99 for eight at stumps.
Overnight batters Anustup Majumdar and Tiwary gathered 211 runs earlier than the previous fell to Mrinmoy Dutta. Last match’s centurion Abishek Porel departed quickly.
Tiwary, starting from 68, batted patiently to attain his thirtieth hundred (100, 264b, 9×4) and fashioned a 37-run partnership with Karan Lal earlier than being dismissed by medium pacer Akash Sengupta.
Lal (52, 113b, 8×4) and Jaiswal (52, 75b, 4×4, 2×6) mixed once more for one more fruitful stand of 74 runs.
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Assam seamer Mukhtar Hussain captured two extra wickets to return figures of 4 for 86.
Bengal’s new ball bowlers, Mohammed Kaif and Jaiswal, bowled line to scale back Assam to 4 for 35 by the tenth over. Jaiswal underlined his utility to safe three of the 4, all of them being caught behind.
Without batting mainstay and captain Riyan Parag, who bought injured whereas fielding on Friday and didn’t come out to bat, Denish Das (50, 51b, 8×4) confirmed some aggression to get a quick-fire fifty. But left-arm spinner Ankit Mishra bowled him out.
Saahil Jain fought a lone battle to stay unbeaten on 36.
Kaif, who had eliminated opener Rahul Hazarika in his first spell, additionally claimed two lower-order batters to be among the many wickets after a forgettable outing in opposition to Chhattisgarh.
Sitting fairly, Bengal remained hopeful of securing its first outright win.
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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