A fluent century from Bengal skipper Anustup Majumdar saved Karnataka at bay on the primary day of their Ranji Trophy Group ‘C’ encounter on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Wednesday.
Majumdar (101, 164b, 16×4) took Bengal to 249 for 5, when unhealthy mild prompted the umpires to name off play. The 40-year-old Majumdar performed with optimistic intent to report his seventeenth First-Class hundred.
Majumdar received moving into model, skipping out of the crease to drive leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal between cowl and mid-off. He additionally capitalised on deliveries on the pads, easing them previous midwicket.
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Majumdar placed on essential stands within the firm of opener Sudip Chatterjee (55) and Shahbaz Ahamed (54 batting).
Majumdar’s 232-minute vigil got here to an finish when he was adjudged leg-before off Shreyas. The choice upset Majumdar, who had superior down the monitor a good distance.
The Karnataka bowling unit fell flat, with solely pacer V. Koushik making an affect. Koushik reaped the rewards for sustaining a decent size simply outdoors off-stump, which led to Shuvam Dey, Chatterjee and Sudip Kumar Gharami all perishing to half-hearted edges.
With little assist from the opposite finish, a tireless Koushik bowled 18 tidy overs for the day.
Left-arm seamer Abhilash Shetty, making his debut, received fine condition with the brand new ball. The wicket-taking nick, nevertheless, proved to be elusive.
Vidyadhar Patil, the third seamer, bumped it brief far too typically. On the uncommon events when he saved it full, Vidyadhar extracted motion.
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Left-arm spinner Hardik Raj entered the assault with a defensive discipline, and couldn’t hold the strain on the batters.
When the solar was out within the afternoon session, Karnataka had no solutions. There have been looseners aplenty, permitting the Bengal batters to attain freely.
There was leisure on supply late within the day, when Avilin Ghosh struck Shreyas for 2 massive sixes. Wriddhiman Saha, now in his final season, stayed unbeaten on six.
Karnataka’s Nikin Jose was compelled to go away the sector after the ball struck his proper eyebrow whereas fielding. Jose required medical care and didn’t take any additional half within the motion.
SCORECARD
Bengal – 1st innings: Shuvam Dey c Manish b Koushik 0, Sudip Chatterjee c Sateri b Koushik 55, Sudip Kumar Gharami c Jose b Koushik 5, Anustup Majumdar lbw b Shreyas 101, Shahbaz Ahamed (batting) 54, Avilin Ghosh c Mayank b Abhilash 22, Wriddhiman Saha (batting) 6; Extras (b-2, lb-2, w-1, nb-1): 6; Complete (for 5 wkts. in 78 overs): 249.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-21, 3-121, 4-201, 5-242.
Karnataka bowling: Koushik 18-9-29-3, Abhilash 15-4-52-1, Vidyadhar 14-2-55-0, Shreyas 19-1-66-1, Hardik 12-1-43-0.