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In an fantabulous accumulation of temperament, accomplishment and fitness, Sudip Gharami played the sound of his beingness to thrust Bengal person to a Ranji Trophy semifinal berth adjacent portion suffering the heartbreak of missing a triple 100 by a whisker
The 26-year-old’s monumental effort (299, 596b, 31x4, 6x6), lasting 15-and-a-half hours implicit 3 days, earned Bengal a decisive pb implicit Andhra connected the 4th time of the quarterfinal lucifer astatine the Bengal Cricket Academy crushed present connected Monday.
The host, resuming astatine 418 for six, posted a gigantic 629 to unafraid a 334-run pb and virtually destruct Andhra, which tottered astatine 64 for 3 astatine stumps.
Gharami retained his absorption and prospered with his overnight spouse Shakir Habib Gandhi. Beginning from 216, Gharami played deliveries connected merit portion switching betwixt caution and aggression. He executed immoderate glorious shots connected the carpet and danced down the way beautifully against the spinners to deed six sweetly timed sixes.
Gandhi (95, 229b, 8x4, 1x6), starting from 45, gathered 5 runs successful the archetypal 70 minutes earlier showcasing well-timed cuts and drives. He benefitted from a ‘life’ but missed a century, getting trapped successful beforehand by part-time leg-spinner Shaik Rasheed successful the mediate session. His superb 221-run concern with Gharami was the game-changer.
Gharami, dropped connected 251, continued until a Rasheed transportation moved successful straight. He was the 3rd batter aft Martin Crowe (1991, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka) and Mike Powell (2006, Glamorgan vs Gloucestershire) to beryllium dismissed connected 299 successful a First Class match.
”I played the relation assigned to me. I’ve near the disappointment down and look guardant to the semifinals (against Jammu and Kashmir),” said Gharami.
Mohammed Shami (53, 33b, 7x4, 3x4) delighted with his fireworks and helped Bengal heap connected the misery. Rasheed scalped 4 wickets amid Andhra’s toil.
The scores: Andhra – 1st innings: 295.
Bengal – 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Rasheed b Nitish 1, Sudip Chatterjee b Sasikanth 13, Sudip Gharami b Rasheed 299, Anustup Majumdar c (sub) Revanth b Sasikanth 9, Suraj Jaiswal b Vijay 20, Shahbaz Ahmed b Saurabh 5, Sumanta Gupta c Gnaneshwar b Saurabh 81, Shakir Habib Gandhi lbw b Rasheed 95, Akash Deep c Raju b Rasheed 12, Mohammed Shami c Vijay b Rasheed 53, Mukesh Kumar (not out) 6; Extras (b-16, lb-8, nb-6, w-5): 35; Total (in 199.1 overs): 629.
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-27, 3-43, 4-123, 5-153, 6-318, 7-539, 8-569, 9-574.
Andhra bowling: Nitish 25-4-65-1, Saiteja 24-4-66-0, Sasikanth 20-4-59-2, Raju 26-4-70-0, Saurabh 55-13-124-2, Vijay 36-3-155-1, Rasheed 12.1-1-63-4, Bhui 1-0-3-0.
Andhra – 2nd innings: C.R. Gnaneshwar b Jaiswal 20, Abhishek Reddy b Akash 5, Shaik Rasheed st. Gandhi b Shahbaz 8, Ricky Bhui (batting) 18, Nitish Reddy (batting) 1; Extras (b-4, lb-4, nb-3, w-1): 12; Total (for 3 wkts. successful 24 overs): 64.
Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-43, 3-45.
Bengal bowling: Mukesh 5-2-7-0, Akash 4-1-7-1, Jaiswal 7-0-24-1, Shami 3-1-7-0, Shahbaz 5-1-11-1.
