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Shahbaz’s all-round performance, Bengal close to second win

A brilliant all-round performance from Shahbaz Ahmed helped Bengal inch closer to a second straight win in their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Himachal Pradesh, here on Wednesday. Left-arm spinner Shahbaz (5/32) took his fourth five-wicket haul while Ishan Porel (2/26) and Akash Deep (2/50) shared two wickets each to help Bengal win the match. Himachal Pradesh was bundled out for 130 runs in 46.5 overs and took a 180-run lead on first innings basis.

Bengal had scored 89 runs at stumps on the second day losing one wicket in the second innings. Kaushik Ghosh scored 21 and Sudeep Kumar Gharami scored 32 runs at the crease, which increased Bengal’s total to 269 runs. Bengal started the morning at 310 for nine but could not add to their overnight score as Vaibhav Arora (2/40) dismissed Anushtup Majumdar (159) on his second ball of the day. . Majumdar’s 207-ball innings, studded with 21 fours and two sixes, was the key to Bengal’s score.

In reply, Himachal Pradesh got an early jolt with Shahbaz dismissing opener Raghav Dhawan (5 runs) in the very first over. In this, the role of the captaincy of experienced Manoj Tiwari was also important. He was taking charge of the team in place of Abhimanyu Easwaran who is with the national team for the Test series against Bangladesh. Opener Prashant Chopra (71 not out) kept his composure and scored crucial runs. But at the other end other batsmen kept losing their wickets due to which half the team had returned to the pavilion at a score of 38 runs.

Akashdeep gave the fifth blow to the team in the form of captain Dhawan (one run). Mayank Dagar (18 runs) was the only other batsman to reach double digits. But as soon as Dagar was dismissed, Himachal Pradesh had lost seven wickets for 99 runs. Shahbaz then dismissed Vaibhav Arora and Kanwar Abhinanya in the space of just eight runs to take his maiden five-wicket haul at the Eden Gardens. He made an important contribution of 49 runs in Bengal’s first innings.

In the other group match at Sovima, Uttar Pradesh scored 551 for four in the first innings after Dhruv Jurel (249 runs) and centuries from Rinku Singh (127 not out) and Madhav Kaushik (107 runs) declared. Later Nagaland were bundled out for 136 in 42.4 overs and given the follow on, who were on the verge of defeat after losing six wickets for 44 runs in the second innings at stumps. She is currently trailing by 371 runs and has four wickets left.

Jeevanjot (174 not out) and Swapnil Singh (60 not out) helped Uttarakhand reach 308 for three at stumps in reply to Odisha’s first innings 213 in Dehradun to take a 95-run lead. In Vadodara, Jyotsnil Singh (195 runs), Priyanshu Moliya (144 not out) and Pratyush Kumar (110 runs) scored 615 runs in the first innings, in response to which Haryana scored 70 runs at stumps for the loss of one wicket. Were.

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