Bengal rode on an all-round good efficiency from its batting and bowling departments to push host Uttarakhand to a decent spot and lift the potential for consequence, on the finish of the second day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group A conflict at Abhimanyu Cricket Academy on Wednesday.
Bengal scored a decent 387 in its first innings earlier than its bowlers got here up with a disciplined efficiency to scale back Uttarakhand to 104 for six at stumps on Day 2.
Resuming on the in a single day rating of 269 for 3, Bengal went for runs as Abhimanyu Easwaran and captain Manoj Tiwary (15) added 41 for the fourth wicket earlier than the latter departed early. Easwaran, who appeared heading in the right direction for a double ton, noticed his innings clipped at 165 (287b, 4×14, 6×1) when he was scalped by medium pacer Abhay Negi.
Shahbaz Ahmed (40 not out) added some useful runs on the finish together with Akash Deep (13) and Abishek Porel (10) to assist Bengal compile a difficult whole in its first innings.
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Uttarakhand began tottering from the start as Bengal bowlers compelled common breakthroughs to scale back the host to 48 for six by the twentieth over. Bengal bowlers Pradipta Pramanik (2-17), Akash Deep (2-21) and Shahbaz Ahmed (2-34) got here up with good efforts.
Uttarakhand batters Kunal Chandela (40 batting) and Akhil Singh Rawat (32 batting) stemmed the rot with an unbeaten partnership of 56 runs for the seventh wicket. So much is determined by the 2 batters as Uttarakhand begins the third day 283 runs behind with simply 4 wickets in hand.
Scorecard
Bengal – 1st innings: Sayan Shekhar Mandal b Mishra 18, Abhimanyu Easwaran 165 c Tare b Negi 165, Sudip Gharami c Jiwanjot Singh b Mishra 90, Anustup Majumdar b Mishra 3, Manoj Tiwary c Sudha b Abhay Negi 15, Shahbaz Ahmed 40 (not out), Abishek Porel c Rawat b Madhwal 10, Pradipta Pramanik b Mishra 0, Akash Deep b Mishra 13, Geet Puri lbw b Mishra 2, Ishan Porel c Tare b Sudha 0; Extras (b-8, lb-17, w-2, nb-4): 31, Total (in 120.5 overs): 387.
Fall of wickets: 1-84, 2-254, 3-269, 4-310, 5-319, 6-341, 7-342, 8-368, 9-376.
Uttarakhand bowling: Dhapola 27-7-69-0, Madhwal 17-1-81-1, Mishra 34-2-95-6, Negi 22-6-49-2, Swapnil Singh 18-2-60-0, Sudha 2.5-0-8-1.
Uttarakhand – 1st innings: Avneesh Sudha st Porel b Shahbaz 4, Jiwanjot Singh b Shahbaz 4, Kunal Chandela 40 (batting), Aryan Sharma b Pramanik 8, Swapnil Singh lbw b Akash Deep 4, Aditya Tare b Akash Deep 0, Mayank Mishra b Pramanik 0, Akhil Singh Rawat 32 (batting); Extras (b-0, lb-10, w-0, nb-2): 12, Total (for six wickets in 43.0 overs): 104.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-17, 3-38, 4-47, 5-47, 6-48.
Bengal bowling: Ishan Porel 8-5-12-0, Shahbaz 12-2-34-2, Akash Deep 10-4-21-2, Pradipta Pramanik 10-3-17-2, Geet Puri 3-1-10-0.