Das steers Bengal to 187/4
3 Nov 2012 7:11 AM IST
Bengal had an unlikely hero in Subhomoy Das who rescued the hosts with a delightful 95 in their Group A Ranji Trophy opener against two-time defending champions Rajasthan on Friday.
Das was not in the team’s scheme of things as he did not face a single ball at the nets on the eve of the match. But after being forced to open, he grabbed the chance with both hands as he scored a fine 95 from 154 balls (15x4, 1x6).
At stumps on the first day, Bengal were 187 for four after 59 overs with bad light stopping the play twice. Rajasthan ended on a high having picked two important wickets, of Das and Manoj Tiwary (42 from 70 balls, 8x4), in the last four overs of the day.
Bengal will now have to start afresh with Wriddhiman Saha and Anustup Majumdar at the crease on six and nine respectively.
In the absence of their regular openers Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee and Rohan Banerjee, both being injured on the eve of the match, middle-order batsman Das was forced to come upfront. He proved a point after Bengal lost rookie Jayojit Basu (6) early at team score of six in the third over. Das missed the triple figure by just five runs.
UMESH SHOOTS OUT HRY FOR 55
India pacer Umesh Yadav wreaked havoc with a sensational five-wicket haul as Vidarbha shot out Haryana for just 55 runs on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy group B match in Rohtak on Friday. Yadav led the Vidarbha attack admirably and conceded just 18 runs from his 13 overs. He was ably supported by Sandeep Singh who took 4 for 11.
Das was not in the team’s scheme of things as he did not face a single ball at the nets on the eve of the match. But after being forced to open, he grabbed the chance with both hands as he scored a fine 95 from 154 balls (15x4, 1x6).
At stumps on the first day, Bengal were 187 for four after 59 overs with bad light stopping the play twice. Rajasthan ended on a high having picked two important wickets, of Das and Manoj Tiwary (42 from 70 balls, 8x4), in the last four overs of the day.
Bengal will now have to start afresh with Wriddhiman Saha and Anustup Majumdar at the crease on six and nine respectively.
In the absence of their regular openers Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee and Rohan Banerjee, both being injured on the eve of the match, middle-order batsman Das was forced to come upfront. He proved a point after Bengal lost rookie Jayojit Basu (6) early at team score of six in the third over. Das missed the triple figure by just five runs.
UMESH SHOOTS OUT HRY FOR 55
India pacer Umesh Yadav wreaked havoc with a sensational five-wicket haul as Vidarbha shot out Haryana for just 55 runs on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy group B match in Rohtak on Friday. Yadav led the Vidarbha attack admirably and conceded just 18 runs from his 13 overs. He was ably supported by Sandeep Singh who took 4 for 11.
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