Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s LIVE protection of the Ranji Trophy 2022/23 remaining performed between Bengal and Saurashtra on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
BEN v SAU Day 3 overview
Seasoned campaigners- captain Manoj Tiwary and Anustup Majumdar defied immense strain to attain combating half-centuries and maintain Bengal afloat at the same time as Saurashtra maintained a agency grip over the Ranji Trophy remaining on the Eden Gardens right here on Saturday.
Resuming from 317 for 5, Saurashtra gathered 87 runs extra in slightly over two hours to combination 404, the utmost runs conceded by Bengal in an innings this season, in its first essay and safe an enormous 230-run lead.
Responding to the problem, Bengal scored 169 for 4 in its second innings and trailed by 61 runs at stumps on the third day.
Bengal had one other disappointing begin as opener Sumanta Gupta once more acquired out to Chetan Sakariya earlier than lunch in an uncannily comparable vogue, captured on the second slip within the second over, to the way in which he had departed within the first innings.
In the less-testing second interval, the visiting pacers bowled good strains to cut back Bengal to 47 for 3. Abhimanyu Easwaran, who escaped a run-out try, was caught behind off Sakariya, and Sudip Gharami was held at first slip off Jaydev Unadkat.
However, Anustup and Tiwary refused to surrender. Anustup labored the ball round to get into rhythm, whereas Tiwary, who took 10 balls to attain his first run, slowly acquired set.
Even as they appeared to spend time within the center, Anustup and Tiwary dispatched the erring deliveries to the boundary.
Anustup (61, 101b, 8×4) drove, lower and flicked with confidence to get his fifty. He shared a precious 99-run partnership with Tiwary earlier than enjoying Unadkat to gully.
A decided Tiwary (57 n.o., 129b, 9×4), whose half-century was studded with fours on both facet, didn’t lose focus although. He stayed with Shahbaz Ahmed to struggle one other day.
Earlier, Bengal started the day on an encouraging word with Mukesh Kumar scalping Arpit Vasavada, who, in a uncommon lapse, linked an away-going supply to the ‘keeper, in the first over.
Mukesh struck again, finding the other overnight batter Chirag Jani’s outdoors edge and securing a four-wicket haul.
Akash Deep produced two beauties to dismiss Unadkat and Prerak Mankad (33, 50b, 6×4) to assert three wickets.
Displaying Saurashtra’s depth in batting, its final pair – Parth Bhut, who was dropped twice off Akash Deep by the butter-fingered fielders, and Dharmendra Jadeja – annoyed the host by including 35 runs and making Bengal’s journey tougher.
Ishan Porel took Dharmendra as his third sufferer to finish Saurashtra’s innings.
– Y. B. Sarangi
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com