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Sudip Gharami’s 2nd successive half-century and Anustup Majumdar’s warring sound strengthened Bengal’s presumption against Gujarat connected the penultimate time of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C lucifer astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Monday.
After wrapping up Gujarat’s archetypal innings for 167, the big scored 170 for 7 successful its 2nd effort for an wide pb of 282 runs.
Gujarat, resuming connected 107 for seven, relied connected skipper Manan Hingrajia’s defiant unbeaten 80 (252b, 9x4) to debar the follow-on and contradict Bengal a bigger lead.
Hitting his boundaries betwixt third-man and long-off, the left-handed Hingrajia led the tailenders to stitchery 60 invaluable runs for Gujarat arsenic Bengal could not use capable pressure. Shahbaz Ahmed claimed 2 much to execute a six-wicket haul, portion Shami got his third.
In the lack of Sudip Chatterjee, who injured his near genu portion fielding connected Sunday and was replaced by Kazi Saifi, makeshift opener Gharami and skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran added 55 runs.
Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai, who took 4 wickets successful the archetypal innings, flighted the shot with precision and extracted immoderate crook to scalp 4 much successful a marathon 18-over spell.
He delivered 2 speedy blows arsenic Abhimanyu swept it to mid-wicket and Saifi played guardant to borderline 1 to the wicketkeeper.
Later, helium dismissed Sumanta Gupta and Shahbaz.
Left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla, who got a hint of reverse plaything to occupation the Bengal batters and accounted for Gharami and Abishek Porel, combined good with Siddharth to enactment unit connected the location batters.
On a dilatory transportation offering debased bounce, Gharami (54, 93b, 9x4) got astir of his fours done cuts and flicks. He added different 38 with Majumdar earlier being adjudged lbw.
Majumdar (44 batting, 81b, 7x4), who was bowled disconnected a Siddharth no-ball connected 24, rode his luck to clasp 1 extremity arsenic Bengal looked to agelong its pb further.
The scores:
Bengal — 1st innings: 279.
Gujarat — 1st innings: Abhishek Desai lbw b Shami 0, Aarya Desai b Akash 8, Siddharth Desai b Shami 19, Manan Hingrajia (not out) 80, Umang Kumar c Chatterjee b Shahbaz 18, Jaymeet Patel b Shahbaz 0, Urvil Patel b Shahbaz 15, Vishal Jayswal c sub (Saifi) b Shahbaz 0, Chintan Gaja c Abhimanyu b Shahbaz 4, Arzan Nagwaswalla lbw b Shahbaz 12, Priyajitsing Jadeja c Abishek b Shami 0; Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-1): 11; Total (in 76.3 overs): 167.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-9, 3-39, 4-70, 5-76, 6-96, 7-96, 8-108, 9-146.
Bengal bowling: Shami 18.3-6-44-3, Akash 16-7-31-1, Ishan 11-4-25-0, Jaiswal 12-3-23-0, Shahbaz 19-5-34-6.
Bengal — 2nd innings: Sudip Gharami lbw b Nagwaswalla 54, Abhimanyu Easwaran c Nagwaswalla b Siddharth 25, Kazi Saifi c Urvi b Siddharth 1, Anustup Majumdar (batting) 44, Abishek Porel b Nagwaswalla 1, Sumanta Gupta lbw b Siddharth 11, Shahbaz Ahmed st. Urvil b Siddharth 20, Suraj Jaiswal (batting) 7; Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-1): 7; Total (for six wkts. successful 48 overs): 170.
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-57, 3-95, 4-105, 5-129, 6-159.
Gujarat bowling: Gaja 6-0-20-0, Nagwaswalla 13-1-58-2, Priyajitsing 7-0-29-0, Siddharth 18-6-48-4, Jayswal 4-0-9-0.
