Ranji Trophy Semi-Finals Day 1: Bengal on Run Fest after Two Centuries, Mayank salvaging Karnataka

Bengal
are
taking
on
Madhya
Pradesh
in
Indore
while
Karnataka
are
up
against
Saurashtra
in
Bengaluru.

Bengal
vs
Madhya
Pradesh:

Bengal
chose
to
bat
after
winning
the
toss
and
made
a
decent
start
through
Abhimanyu
Easwaran
and
Karan
Lal.
Despite
the
starts,
Easwaran
(27)
and
Karan
(23)
departed
as
MP
struck
twice
in
quick
succession
with
Bengal
at
51/2.
But
after
that,
it
was
the
show
of
Sudip
Gharami
and
Anustup
Majumdar,
who
toiled
with
the
MP
bowling
with
some
outstanding
batting
display.
The
pair
batted
with
immense
class
against
a
strong
MP
bowling
attack,
and
stitched
a
241
runs
partnership
for
the
third
wicket.
Youngster
Sudip
scored
112
runs
(12
fours,
2
sixes),
while
veteran
Anustup
amassed
120
runs
(13
fours,
1
six)
to
provide
Bengal
with
a
magnificent
platform.

????
for
Anustup
Majumdar!
????
????

A
fine
knock
from
the
Bengal
right-handed
batter
in
the

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#RanjiTrophy
#SF1!
????
????

#MPvBEN

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February
8,
2023

At
the
flag
end
of
the
day,
Avesh
Khan
and
Anubhav
Agarwal
picked
up
both
Anustup
and
Sudip
respectively,
as
Bengal
ended
the
day
on
307/4.
Captain
Manoj
Tiwary
and
Shahbaz
Ahmed
are
at
the
crease.

Karnataka
vs
Saurashtra:

Karnataka
were
put
into
bat
by
Saurashtra,
and
their
ploy
worked
in
the
first
hour.
In
form
batter
Ravikumar
Samarth
(3
off
20
balls)
and
Devdutt
Padikkal
(9
off
8
balls)
fell
cheaply
as
the
home
side
was
in
a
spot
of
bother
with
21/2.
The
likes
of
Manish
Pandey
(7),
Nikin
Jose
(18)
also
faltered
as
Karnataka
were
112/5
at
one
stage.

But
captain
Mayank
Agarwal
has
been
their
saviour
on
the
day
as
he
is
still
holding
the
fort
with
an
unbeaten
110.
His
inning
was
devoid
of
his
usual
flamboyance,
but
it
was
exactly
what
they
needed.
Mayank,
along
with
Srinivas
Sharath
(58*),
have
added
117
runs
for
the
sixth
wicket
as
Karnataka
stand
on
229/5
at
the
end
of
the
day’s
play.
Kushang
Patel
(2
for
64)
was
the
pick
of
the
bowlers
for
Saurashtra
while
Chetan
Sakariya
and
Prerak
Mankad
picked
up
one
wicket
each.