Ranji Trophy: Bengal Draws Ranji Trophy Tie Against Andhra, Earns One Point | Kolkata News
Kolkata: Bengal bowlers failed to break through Ricky Bhui’s defence and hence the Manoj Tiwary-led side had to stay content with one point only against Andhra in the Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘B’ encounter that concluded at Visakhapatnam on Monday. Bhui almost single-handedly helped the hosts take the all-important first-innings lead that earned them three points from this drawn game.
Bengal no doubt missed the experienced bowling duo of Mukesh Kumar and Shahbaz Ahmed on a track that provided little assistance to the bowlers.
Still 70 runs ahead and four wickets to pick, Bengal’s only chance of gaining the lead lay on early breakthroughs on the fourth morning. But Bhui began from where he left last evening as he along with Shoaib Khan continued to frustrate a rather ordinary Bengal attack. Bhui swept to bring up his 150 that also gave Andhra the lead.
Bengal finally got the breakthrough when Shoaib was caught by Shreyansh Ghosh off Karan Lal, but by that time the fate of the match was sealed. The Andhra innings finally ended at 445 when Bhui, going for his shots, was caught at short-third by Tiwary off Lal for a polished 175 that came off 347 balls with the help of 23 boundaries and one six.
The Bengal openers had some batting practice in the second essay before losing Sourav Paul (30), who scored 96 in the first innings. With nothing to play for, the players shook hands to call off the game at the tea interval.
Bengal will next play Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur from Friday.
SCOREBOARD
Bengal (1st innings): 409
Andhra (1st innings; o/n 339/6):
R Bhui c M Tiwary b K Lal 175, S Khan c S Ghosh b K Lal 56, K Sasikanth lbw M Kaif 8, L Mohan c A Deep b I Porel 4, P Raj not out 0Extras
(b 7, lb 2, nb 4, w 2): 15Total
(All out, 165.4 ovs): 445
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-112, 3-119, 4-206, 5-207, 6-278, 7-411, 8-425, 9-430Bowling:
A Deep 36-8-95-2, M Kaif 32-8-62-3, I Porel 32-6-102-2, P Pramanik 48-14116-1, K Lal 14.4-2-47-2, S Gharami 1-0-6-0, S Ghosh 2-0-8-0Bengal (2nd inngs):
S Paul c A Hebbar b S Khan 30, S Ghosh not out 29, S Gharami not out 7Extras
(b 1, lb 14, nb 1): 16Total
(For 1 wkt, 25 ovs): 82
Fall of wicket:
1-70Bowling:
P Raj 3-0-7-0, K Sasikanth 3-0-11-0, N Reddy 4-0-8-0, L Mohan 5-0-15-0, A Hebbar 6-1-10-0, S Khan 4-0-16-1.Result: Match drawn
Bengal no doubt missed the experienced bowling duo of Mukesh Kumar and Shahbaz Ahmed on a track that provided little assistance to the bowlers.
Still 70 runs ahead and four wickets to pick, Bengal’s only chance of gaining the lead lay on early breakthroughs on the fourth morning. But Bhui began from where he left last evening as he along with Shoaib Khan continued to frustrate a rather ordinary Bengal attack. Bhui swept to bring up his 150 that also gave Andhra the lead.
Bengal finally got the breakthrough when Shoaib was caught by Shreyansh Ghosh off Karan Lal, but by that time the fate of the match was sealed. The Andhra innings finally ended at 445 when Bhui, going for his shots, was caught at short-third by Tiwary off Lal for a polished 175 that came off 347 balls with the help of 23 boundaries and one six.
The Bengal openers had some batting practice in the second essay before losing Sourav Paul (30), who scored 96 in the first innings. With nothing to play for, the players shook hands to call off the game at the tea interval.
Bengal will next play Uttar Pradesh in Kanpur from Friday.
SCOREBOARD
Bengal (1st innings): 409
Andhra (1st innings; o/n 339/6):
R Bhui c M Tiwary b K Lal 175, S Khan c S Ghosh b K Lal 56, K Sasikanth lbw M Kaif 8, L Mohan c A Deep b I Porel 4, P Raj not out 0Extras
(b 7, lb 2, nb 4, w 2): 15Total
(All out, 165.4 ovs): 445
Fall of wickets:
1-64, 2-112, 3-119, 4-206, 5-207, 6-278, 7-411, 8-425, 9-430Bowling:
A Deep 36-8-95-2, M Kaif 32-8-62-3, I Porel 32-6-102-2, P Pramanik 48-14116-1, K Lal 14.4-2-47-2, S Gharami 1-0-6-0, S Ghosh 2-0-8-0Bengal (2nd inngs):
S Paul c A Hebbar b S Khan 30, S Ghosh not out 29, S Gharami not out 7Extras
(b 1, lb 14, nb 1): 16Total
(For 1 wkt, 25 ovs): 82
Fall of wicket:
1-70Bowling:
P Raj 3-0-7-0, K Sasikanth 3-0-11-0, N Reddy 4-0-8-0, L Mohan 5-0-15-0, A Hebbar 6-1-10-0, S Khan 4-0-16-1.Result: Match drawn