Ranji Trophy 2022: Bengal break 129-year-old record as nine batters score 50-plus runs in an innings

Bengal
surpassed
a
record
that
stood
since
1893
when
the
England
touring
Australian
team
had
eight
of
their
batters
scoring
fifty
or
more
in
a
first-class
game
against
combined
universities
(Oxford
and
Cambridge).

As
for
the
record-setters,
skipper
Abhimanyu
Easwaran
(65)
got
the
Bengal
team
rolling
along
with
fellow
opener
Abhishek
Raman
(61).

The
opening
partnership
was
followed
by
impressive
knocks
from
Sudip
Gharami
(186)
and
senior-most
batter
Anushtup
Majumdar
(117).
The
pair
added
243
runs
for
the
second
wicket.

Bengal’s
junior
sports
minister
Manoj
Tiwary
(73)
also
added
his
name
to
the
list
along
with
Abhishek
Porel
(68),
who
has
not
let
Bengal
miss
Wriddhiman
Saha
for
once.

Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
all-rounder
Shahbaz
Ahmed
(78)
and
Sayan
Sekhar
Mondal
(53)
also
made
half-centuries
to
complete
an
Indian
cricket
record.

But
RCB
pacer
Akash
Deep
smashed
8
sixes
in
an
18-ball-53
to
complete
the
global
first-class
record
that
was
broken
after
129
years.
Meanwhile,
tailenders
Ishan
Porel
and
Mukesh
Kumar
did
not
bat.

Bengal
also
went
on
to
score
a
mammoth
first
innings
score
of
773
for
eight
against
a
hapless
Jharkhand
on
the
third
day
of
the
quarter-final
in
Bengaluru.

At
stumps
on
day
3,
the
demoralized
Jharkhand
were
139
for
5
in
their
first
innings
and
it
is
virtually
impossible
to
stop
Bengal
from
entering
the
semi-final
as
the
opposition
now
trail
by
634
runs.

Here
is
the
record-breaking
Bengal
scorecard: