Inspiring skipper Jaydev Unadkat led by instance with a six-wicket haul to information Saurashtra to an authoritative nine-wicket victory over Bengal on Sunday and underscored his staff’s ascendancy in red-ball cricket by successful the second crown in three seasons on the fourth day of the Ranji Trophy last on the Eden Gardens right here.
Facing an uphill process and a deficit of 61 runs, Bengal resumed its fightback from 169 for 4 to barely keep away from the ignominy of dealing with an innings defeat at house by posting 241.
In a repeat of the results of the 2020 last again house in Rajkot, Saurashtra chased down a ridiculously straightforward goal of 12 runs previous to lunch at its captain and former Kolkata Knight Riders participant Unadkat’s ‘second home’.
The unbeaten pair of captain Manoj Tiwary (68, 154b, 10×4) and Shahbaz Ahmed (27, 38b, 4×4) started in the precise earnest to assemble 48 earlier than the latter was run out resulting from a horrible mix-up along with his skipper, who erred in calling for a 3rd run, within the sixth over of the day.
It was a lethal blow as Bengal misplaced three extra wickets within the subsequent six overs with Unadkat, who had scalped Sudip Gharami and Anustup Majumdar in a single day, doing a lot of the harm.
Tiwary poked a wider one from his reverse quantity to gully, whereas wicketkeeper-batter Abishek Porel pulled Chetan Sakariya to deep square-leg in consecutive overs.
Unadkat saved it on the stumps to do away with Akash Deep and Akash Ghatak.
The host’s final pair, Ishan Porel and Mukesh Kumar, fought on and used the lengthy deal with nicely to garner 36 runs. It helped Bengal erase the deficit and make Saurashtra bat once more.
Unadkat uprooted Ishan’s off-stump to finish the resistance.
Saurashtra misplaced Jay Gohil earlier than amassing the required runs in 2.4 overs, with Harvik Desai hitting the successful runs, to safe its second crown of the season after its 50-over Vijay Hazare Trophy victory.
Applauded by their households, the Saurashtra cricketers broke into celebrations even because the Bengal gamers appeared on with drooping shoulders and teary eyes.
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Unadkat, who returned to steer the aspect within the last, captured six wickets within the innings and 9 within the match to be the ‘player-of-the-match.’
Arpit Vasavada, the season’s second-highest run-getter (907) and the stand-in captain in a number of matches, was the ‘player of the tournament.’
In a fantastic gesture, Unadkat requested Vasavada to carry the trophy together with him.
The scores:
Bengal — 1st innings: 174
Saurashtra — 1st innings: 404
Bengal — 2nd innings: Sumanta Gupta c Mankad b Sakariya 1, Abhimanyu Easwaran c Harvik b Sakariya 16, Sudip Gharami c Mankad b Unadkat 14, Anustup Majumdar c Vishvaraj b Unadkat 61, Manoj Tiwary c Vishvaraj b Unadkat 68, Shahbaz Ahmed (run out) 27, Abishek Porel c Bhut b Sakariya 3, Akash Ghatak b Unadkat 4, Akash Deep lbw b Unadkat 1, Mukesh Kumar (not out) 15, Ishan Porel b Unadkat 22, Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-2, w-1) 9, Total (in 70.4 overs) 241
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-22, 3-47, 4-146, 5-194, 6-198, 7-198, 8-200, 9-205
Saurashtra bowling: 22.4-1-85-6, Sakariya 21-2-76,3, Jani 5-0-12-0, Dharmendra 9-2-29-0, Mankad 9-1-21-0, Bhut 4-0-12-0
Saurashtra — 2nd innings: Harvik Dessai (not out) 4, Jay Gohil c Gharami b Akash Deep 0, Vishvaraj Jadeja (not out) 10, Total (for one wicket in 2.4 overs) 14
Fall of wicket: 1-0
Bengal bowling: Mukesh 1.4-1-9-0, Akash Deep 1-0-5-1.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com