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Abhimanyu Easwaran was unbeaten on 94. (File Photograph)
Each Bengal’s in a single day batter, Easwaran and Pritam Chakraborty, had been gone very quickly, and from 39/2 they slumped to 58/4
Odisha quicks Suryakant Pradhan and Sunil Roul shared six wickets amongst themselves as Bengal had been pressured to follow-on after being dismissed for simply 100 runs on day three of their Ranji Trophy Group A match in Kolkata on Thursday.
Replying to Odisha’s first-innings rating of 265, the hosts got here up with their worst batting show this season, packing up in simply 35.5 overs, with Abhimanyu Easwaran (27) being their highest run-getter.
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The hosts, nevertheless, made amends within the second innings, closing the day at 220 for 3 — a lead of 55 runs — as Easwaran closed in on his 21st first-class century.
The 27-year-old batted patiently after the first-innings debacle, consuming 156 deliveries for his unbeaten 94, whereas captain Manoj Tiwary was unbeaten on 50.
Nevertheless, the primary session of day three belonged to the Odisha bowlers, who began from the place that they had left off in a single day, taking the remaining eight wickets for the addition of simply 61 runs to the Bengal whole.
Each Bengal’s in a single day batter, Easwaran and Pritam Chakraborty, had been gone very quickly, and from 39/2 they slumped to 58/4.
Pradhan and Roul grabbed three wickets every, with the latter throttling the host batters and freely giving simply 19 runs in his eight overs.
Bengal batters performed much more sensibly within the second innings though Karan Lal departed early. However the different opener, Easwaran, resisted the temptation to attain fast runs, taking his time to calm down after which dispatching the unfastened deliveries to the ropes.
He struck 13 boundaries and was concerned in two productive partnerships — 82 with Sudip Gharami and an unbeaten 103-run stand with Tiwary.
The unbroken partnership between the 2 top-order batters would be the key if Bengal are to keep away from a defeat on Friday.
Nevertheless, a loss won’t affect Bengal’s possibilities this season as they’ve already secured a quarter-final berth.
Bengal are presently main the factors desk with 32 factors, whereas Odisha are seventh within the group with eight factors.
Transient Scores
At Kolkata: Odisha 265 vs Bengal 100 in 35.5 overs (Suryakant Pradhan 3/45, Sunil Roul 3/19) & f/o 220 for Three in 62 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran batting 94, Sudip Gharami 50, Manoj Tiwary batting 50).
At Rohtak: Haryana 223 in 71.Three overs (Kapil Hooda 42, Sumit Kumar 86; Avneesh Sudha 6/51) vs Uttarakhand 125 for 1 in 43 overs (Avneesh Sudha batting 61, Kunal Chandela batting 32).
At Vadodara: Baroda 561 for six decl beat Nagaland 130 and f/o 88 in 30.1 overs (Bhargav Bhatt 4/37, Ninad Rathva 4/32) by an innings and 343 runs.
At Nadaun: Himachal Pradesh 15/zero in 4.Four overs vs Uttar Pradesh.
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