Bengal rode on Abhimanyu Easwaran’s wonderful unbeaten double hundred to have a agency grip over its Ranji Trophy Group-B match in opposition to Bihar on the Eden Gardens on Saturday.
Resuming from 111 for 2, Bengal declared its first innings at 411 for 5 after securing an enormous 316-run lead.
Bihar was 39 for one on the draw of stumps on the second day.
Abhimanyu (200 n.o., 291b, 23×4) carried on from the place he had left off on the primary day. Starting from 48, the seasoned opener gathered runs throughout the park and scored his 23 rd century.
Batting as per the state of affairs, Abhimanyu shaped a number of substantial partnerships along with his fellow batting companions — 90 runs with Anustup Majumdar (39, 89b, 6×4), 80 with captain Manoj Tiwary (30, 70b, 4×4), 94 with Abishek Porel (56, 54b, 9×4, 1×6) and 55 with Shahbaz Ahmed (29 n.o., 29b, 5×4) – as Bengal gathered runs at a great charge to achieve a formidable place.
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Tiwary, who was given a guard of honour by the opposition gamers and the umpires whereas popping out to bat for the ultimate time, departed to a debatable lbw resolution and returned to a different spherical of guard of honour from his team-mates.
After Abhimanyu, who was dropped on 152 and was caught off a no-ball on 185, received his double hundred, Bengal declared its innings. The achieved batter accomplished 7000 First Class runs throughout his knock.
Of the hapless Bihar bowlers, Ashutosh Aman, who claimed the wickets of Anustup and Tiwary, was essentially the most profitable one.
Bihar misplaced Piyush Kumar Singh to Mukesh Kumar within the second ball of its second essay, however Mangal Mahrour and Rishav Raj prevented any additional injury.
The scores
Bihar — 1st innings: 95
Bengal — 1st innings: Shakir Habib Gandhi b Veer Pratap 19, Abhimanyu Easwaran (not out) 200, Karan Lal c Bipin b Ravi Shankar 28, Anustup Majumdar lbw b Ashutosh 39, Manoj Tiwary lbw b Ashutosh 30, Abishek Porel (run out) 56, Shahbaz Ahmed (not out) 29, Extras (lb-4, nb-4, w-2) 10, Total (for 5 wickets decl. in 104.1 overs) 411
Fall of wickets: 1-35, 2-92, 3-182, 4-262, 5-356
Bihar bowling: Veer Pratap 21.1-4-74-1, Y.P. Yadav 8-1-40-0, Raghuvendra 12-1-68-0, Gani 20-3-52-0, Ravi Shankar 17-1-66-1, Ashutosh 17-0-64-2, 9-1-43-0.
Bihar — 2nd innings: Piyush Kumar Singh lbw b Mukesh 0, Mangal Mahrour (batting) 19, Rishav Raj (batting) 12, Extras (lb-1) 1, Total (for one wicket in 14 overs) 32
Fall of wicket: 1-0
Bengal bowling: Mukesh 4-2-4-1, Jaiswal 5-1-15-0, Shahbaz 2-0-10-0, Tiwary 2-1-2-0, Kaif 1-1-0-0
Source web site: sportstar.thehindu.com
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