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In a sensational crook of events that included 17 dismissals successful 63.2 overs, Jammu and Kashmir scripted a singular comeback to inch person to triumph implicit Bengal connected the 3rd time of Ranji Trophy semifinal astatine the Bengal Cricket Academy crushed present connected Tuesday.
As 2 pacers, the seasoned Mohammed Shami and the promising Auqib Nabi, went astir their concern successful an exceptional mode for their respective teams, the time produced a mixed container of emotions for the location fans. Beginning astatine 198 for five, J & K banked connected its batting extent to full 302 adjacent arsenic Shami recorded his maiden eight-wicket haul successful First Class cricket and ensured a 26-run first-innings pb for Bengal.
The big dramatically collapsed for 99 successful its 2nd essay, mounting a humble 126-run people for the visitant to seal a spot successful the rubric decider. J & K stood astatine 43 for 2 astatine stumps.
The opening league belonged to Shami, who breathed occurrence to instrumentality 5 wickets successful 2 spells. The 35-year-old extracted question and struck successful the 2nd implicit of the day, having Abid Mushtaq caught astatine archetypal slip. Six overs later, helium had Kanhaiya Wadhawan caught behind.
J & K’s defiant lower-order batters, Nabi (42, 54b, 5x4, 1x6) and Yudhvir Singh (33, 42b, 2x4, 2x6), unleashed charismatic shots successful their resolute 64-run ninth-wicket stand. But a persistent Shami returned to disturb Yudhvir and Nabi’s off-stump earlier lunch.
However, Bengal did not capitalise connected the advantage. It capitulated spectacularly to beryllium bundled retired successful two-and-a-half hours successful its 2nd innings. The batters’ deficiency of intent and application, too mediocre changeable selection, was baffling.
The J & K pacers stuck to their program – bowling a bully enactment portion utilizing the DRS efficaciously – to trap the top-four batters lbw. Nabi, who finished with a lucifer haul of 9 wickets, and left-arm seamer Sunil Kumar claimed 4 wickets apiece to orchestrate Bengal batters’ humiliating procession.
The scores:
Bengal — 1st innings: 328.
Jammu and Kashmir — 1st innings: Shubham Khajuria lbw b Shami 3, Yawer Hassan lbw b Shami 2, Shubham Singh Pundir c Chatterjee b Mukesh 8, Paras Dogra c Suraj b Mukesh 58, Abdul Samad c Akash b Shami 82, Kanhaiya Wadhawan c Shakir b Shami 29, Abid Mushtaq c Chatterjee b Shami 27, Vanshaj Sharma c Anustup b Shami 3, Auqib Nabi b Shami 42, Yudhvir Singh b Shami 33, Sunil Kumar (not out) 0; Extras (b-2, lb-9, nb-3, w-1): 15; Total (in 76.1 overs): 302.
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-13, 3-13, 4-156, 5-156, 6-205, 7-222, 8-231, 9-295.
Bengal bowling: Shami 22.1-3-90-8, Mukesh 22-2-78-2, Akash 13-0-58-0, Suraj 8-1-39-0, Shahbaz 11-0-26-0.
Bengal — 2nd innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran lbw b Nabi 5, Sudip Chatterjee lbw b Nabi 0, Sudip Gharami lbw b Sunil 0, Anustup Majumdar lbw b Yudhvir 12, Suraj Jaiswal c Pundir b Nabi 14, Shahbaz Ahmed c Wadhawan b Yudhvir 24, Sumanta Gupta c Abid b Sunil 8, Shakir Habib Gandhi b Nabi 10, Akash Deep c Yudhvir b Sunil 0, Mohammed Shami c Yudhvir b Sunil 11, Mukesh Kumar (not out) 6; Extras (lb-2, nb-7) 9; Total (in 25.1 overs): 99.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-4, 3-7, 4-19, 5-54, 6-66, 7-79, 8-79, 9-93.
Jammu and Kashmir bowling: Nabi 10-2-36-4, Sunil 9.1-1-27-4, Yudhvir 5-0-29-2, Abid 1-0-5-0.
Jammu and Kashmir — 2nd innings: Shubham Khajuria b Akash 1, Yawer Hassan c Shakir b Akash 6, Shubham Pundir (batting) 23, Vanshaj Sharma (batting) 9; Extras (lb-2, nb-2) 4; Total (for 2 wkts successful 13 overs): 43.
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-12.
Bengal bowling: Shami 5-0-21-0, Akash 6-1-12-2, Mukesh 2-0-8-0.
