Ranji Trophy: Majumdar ton leads Bengal fightback against Himachal Pradesh

Anustup ‘Reliable’ Majumdar scored a powerful unbeaten century to bail Bengal out of deep bother and allow it to submit an excellent complete on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Group-A match in opposition to Himachal Pradesh on the Eden Gardens on Tuesday.

Asked to bat, Bengal recovered from a precarious 44 for 5, due to Anustup’s preventing knock, and completed the day at 310 for 9.

In conducive situations for the quicker bowlers, Himachal reaped the advantages of bowling first as Sidharth Sharma scalped the primary three Bengal wickets.

Captain Rishi Dhawan claimed Sudip Gharami and KD Singh dismissed stand-in captain Manoj Tiwary cheaply as half of the Bengal aspect returned to the pavilion inside 18 overs.

However, Anustup (159 n.o., 205b, 21×4, 2×6), who batted with endurance, and one other reliable hand, Shahbaz Ahmed (49, 97b, 5×4), joined palms to regular the innings.

As situations improved for batting with the progress of the day, the duo cast a 110-run partnership for the fifth wicket.

After Shahbaz grew to become Sidharth’s fourth sufferer, Anustup remained undeterred and stood for stands price 34, 65 and (unbroken) 50 runs with Abishek Porel, Akash Deep and Ishan Porel respectively to frustrate the Himachal bowlers.

The 38-year-old Anustup, who predominantly performed the large photographs on the off-side and rotated the strike nicely, surpassed his earlier greatest rating of 157.

Siddharth, who acquired some buy from the floor, achieved his first five-for by eradicating debutant Ravi Kant Singh.

“I am happy to deliver for my team. But the job isn’t done yet. We need to add as much as possible tomorrow morning and that will be crucial. Shahbaz and Akash Deep played well and supported me superbly,” stated Anustup on his eleventh top notch hundred.