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Prashant Chopra and skipper Kunal Chandela’s dogged fifties successful the 2nd innings enabled Uttarakhand to enactment up a bully combat against Bengal connected the penultimate time of their Ranji Trophy Group-C lucifer astatine the Eden Gardens present connected Friday.
The visitors overcame the setback of losing opener Avneesh Sudha, who was caught successful the slips to go Akash Deep’s archetypal scalp, successful the 2nd implicit to adjacent the time astatine 165 for 2 successful its 2nd effort and enactment up by 55 runs.
Earlier, Bengal, resuming astatine 274 for six, finished astatine 323 to instrumentality a archetypal innings pb of 110 runs.
In the morning, Sumanta Gupta returned to the location pavilion without adding thing to his overnight 82 arsenic pacer Devendra Bora completed his maiden five-for to decorativeness with figures of six for 79. However, the Bengal tail-enders made utile contributions and gathered 49 runs arsenic the host’s pb crossed 100.
On a dilatory way that tested the patience and subject of some batters and bowlers, Prashant (82, 163b, 10x4) and Chandela (68 batting, 203b, 8x4) adapted good and played deliveries connected merit done a dilatory grind. Their 146-run concern resisted Bengal’s ambition for an outright win.
Chandela, who held 1 extremity and gathered astir of his runs done ones, got his boundaries predominantly connected the leg-side.
Prashant, a erstwhile Himachal subordinate making his archetypal people debut for Uttarakhand, chopped and drove good for his boundaries adjacent though his superior absorption was to enactment the shot around. He was trapped successful beforehand by left-arm spinner Vishal Bhati successful the last hour.
The Bengal bowlers, including the prima duo of Mohammed Shami and Akash, worked hard without overmuch assistance from the surface. Shami, who bowled 15 overs successful 4 spells including a 2nd spell of 5 overs, had a amended enactment and magnitude and emerged arsenic the astir economical of the location bowlers.
The scores:
Uttarakhand — 1st innings: 213.
Bengal — 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Chopra b Bora 0, Sudip Chatterjee c Suchith b Bora 98, Sudip Gharami c Chopra b Bora 15, Anustup Majumdar lbw b Bora 35, Abishek Porel c Janmejay b Avneesh 21, Sumanta Gupta b Bora 82, Vishal Bhati b Rajan 15, Suraj Jaiswal (not out) 20, Akash Deep c Avneesh b Bora 19, Mohammed Shami c Avneesh b Janmejay 10, Ishan Porel lbw b Suchith 0; Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-1, w-2): 8; Total (in 108.5 overs): 323.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-20, 3-63, 4-98, 5-254, 6-274, 7-274, 8-294, 9-322.
Uttarakhand bowling: Bora 25-4-79-6, Rajan 16-1-60-1, Janmejay 15-2-42-1, Negi 21.4-4-52-0, Avneesh 12.2-0-33-1, Suchith 15.5-1-40-1, Dangwal 3-0-12-0.
Uttarakhand — 2nd innings: Avneesh Sudha c Chatterjee b Akash 1, Prashant Chopra lbw b Bhati 82, Kunal Chandela (batting) 68, Bhupen Lalwani (batting) 12; Extras (lb-1, w-1): 2; Total (for 2 wkts. successful 67 overs): 165.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-147.
Bengal bowling: Shami 15-4-21-0, Akash 13-3-39-1, Ishan 12-2-39-0, Jaiswal 13-4-26-0, Bhati 14-1-39-1.
