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Pacer Shivam Mavi’s career-best six-wicket haul gave Uttar Pradesh a definite edge over Bengal on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group A match on the Eden Gardens right here on Wednesday.
Mavi, who claimed three wickets on day one, continued together with his good work to take three extra wickets as Bengal, resuming from in a single day 29 for 4 whereas chasing Uttar Pradesh’s 198, was all out for 169.
The vacationers overcame one other troubled begin to submit 122 for 4 and guarantee an total lead of 151 runs.
Even as Bengal misplaced two wickets, together with that of night-watchman Pritam Chakraborty to Mavi, within the first hour, captain Manoj Tiwary (23, 71b, 4×4) survived a testing interval and stood for a 42-run partnership with younger wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel (33, 23b, 7×4).
Abishek, a pure stroke-player, pulled medium-pacer Aaqib Khan to deep fine-leg and Shahbaz fell to imprudent shot choice earlier than Lunch.
Tail-ender Akash Deep’s cameo (41, 31b, 2×4, 4×6) helped Bengal get nearer to Uttar Pradesh’s whole.
Mavi bowled constantly nicely to good plans to finish Tiwary’s resistance and Akash’s blitzkrieg and provides his aspect a useful 29-run first innings lead.
Bengal tempo ace Ishan Porel once more bowled with self-discipline to make early dents, scalping Aanjaneya Suryavanshi and Priyam Garg, in Uttar Pradesh’s second essay.
Sayan Mondal trapped captain Karan Sharma in entrance and an enterprising Akash Deep outwitted a gritty Madhav Kaushik to scale back Uttar Pradesh to 40 for 4.
However, Rinku Singh (44 n.o., 57b, 6×4) rose to the event as soon as extra and solid an necessary unbeaten 82-run stand with Akshdeep Nath (47 n.o., 58b, 6×4, 1×6) to revive the innings.
On a monitor that confirmed indicators of changing into docile, the 2 selected their areas and gathered runs properly to maintain the host on the again foot.
SCORECARD
Uttar Pradesh – 1st innings: 198
Bengal – 1st innings: Abhisek Das c Aaradhya b Shivam 8, Koushik Ghosh b Mavi 0, Sudip Gharami c Priyam b Mavi 0, Anustup Majumdar b Rajpoot 1, Pritam Chakraborty c Shivam b Mavi 12, Sayan Shekhar Mandal c Madhav b Aaqib 21, Manoj Tiwary lbw b Mavi 23, Abishek Porel c Rajpoot b Aaqib 33, Shahbaz Ahmed c Priyam b Shivam 21, Akash Deep c Aaradhya b Mavi 41, Ishan Porel (not out) 0, Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-2, w-1) 9, Total (in 43.3 overs) 169.
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-2, 3-3, 4-17, 5-34, 6-55, 7-97, 8-119, 9-147.
Uttar Pradesh bowling: Rajpoot 13-3-53-1, Mavi 18.3-5-55-6, Shivam 2-1-12-1, Aaqib 10-3-43-2.
Uttar Pradesh – 2nd innings: Madhav Kaushik b Akash 19, Aanjaneya Suryavanshi b Ishan 4, Priyam Garg lbw b Ishan 0, Karan Sharma lbw b Mandal 5, Rinku Singh (batting) 44, Akshdeep Nath (batting) 47, Extras (lb-2, nb-1) 3, Total (for 4 wickets in 36 overs) 122.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-6, 3-27, 4-40.
Bengal bowling: Ishan 12-2-47-2, Akash 11-2-30-1, Chakraborty 8-1-23-0, Mandal 4-0-12-1, Shahbaz 1-0-8-0.