Jharkhand bowlers had no answers to Bengal’s brilliant display. (Facbook/CAB)The Bengal Ranji team on Wednesday created a unique record during their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match against Jharkhand when they became the first team of which the top-nine batters scored at least fifty runs in a first-class innings.
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Bengal went past a 129-year record, held by Australians against Cambridge University Past & Present. This is also the first time when all the batters in the top-9 have scored 50+ runs in an innings.
Earlier, Sudip Gharami hogged the limelight with a top score of 186 as Bengal reached a mammoth 773/7 in the first innings.
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The seasoned Anustup Majumdar helped himself to a century (117) before Manoj Tiwary, a sitting minister for youth affairs and sports in West Bengal, also scored a 50.
RCB all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed (78) and Sayan Sekhar Mondal (53) struck half-centuries as well.
It was only after Akash Deep’s unbeaten 53 off just 18 balls, that Bengal broke the record to achieve a new milestone.
Sudip Gharami continued from where he had left on Day 1 while Anustup Majumdar notched up a ton as Bengal shone bright with the bat against Jharkhand. 👏 👏 #RanjiTrophy | #QF1 | @Paytm | #BENvJHA | @CabCricket
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Interestingly, before Bengal achieved the milestone in the ongoing game, there had been 27 such instances when seven 50-plus scores had been scored in a first-class innings. Only three of those had occurred in a Ranji match.
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