BEN vs JHA LIVE: Bengal seal semi-finals berth – Manoj Tiwary created history on Friday as Bengal took a comfortable route to reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive season in Ranji Trophy. Last season’s finalists will now face a resurgent Madhya Pradesh in the semi-finals. Follow Bengal vs Jharkhand LIVE with InsideSport.IN.
BEN vs JHA LIVE: Manoj Tiwary makes history as Bengal maul Jharkhand to reach semi-finals, to face Madhya Pradesh
Seamlessly juggling politics and cricket, Manoj Tiwary on Friday achieved what no one else did in 88 years of Ranji Trophy: score a hundred while being a sitting minister in a state government. Without an iota of doubt, Tiwary’s 136 was the highlight of an inconsequential fifth day’s play as Bengal advanced to the semi-finals of the Ranji Trophy on the basis of their massive first-innings lead.
In between signing files related to his constituency, Tiwary, a sitting minister of sports and youth affairs in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, struck 19 fours and two sixes. The 36-year-old veteran also scored 73 in Bengal’s first essay. There were notable contributions once again from other Bengal batters such as Shahbaz Ahmed (46), Anustup Majumdar (38) and Abhishek Porel (34). It is worth recalling that Ahmad, Majumdar and Porel all scored big in Bengal’s first innings too.
BEN vs JHA LIVE: Manoj Tiwary makes history as Bengal maul Jharkhand to reach semi-finals, to face Madhya Pradesh
Throughout the quarterfinal game, which looked one-sided from the onset, with Bengal posted a mammoth 773 for 7 in their first innings with all their top nine batters hitting at least a half-century, smashing a 250-year-old record in first class cricket. The only consolation for Jharkhand was that Shahbaz Nadeem bagged 5 for 59.
Like Nadeem with the ball, it was Virat Singh who shone with the bat for Jharkhand, scoring an unbeaten 136 in the first innings. Bengal will take on Madhya Pradesh in the semi-final and have a shot at qualifying for back-to-back Ranji Trophy finals. Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh will face off in the other semi-final. Both matches will kick off in Bengaluru on June 14.
Sayan Mondal and Shahbaz Ahmed snared four wickets each to shatter all hopes of Jharkhand as they got all out on 298. Bengal in their 1st innings had made Record 773/7.
BEN vs JHA LIVE: Manoj Tiwary makes history as Bengal maul Jharkhand to reach semi-finals, to face Madhya Pradesh
Ranji Trophy Quarterfinal Results
- Mumbai beat Uttarakhand by 725 RUNS
- Madhya Pradesh beat Punjab won by 10 Wickets
- Uttar Pradesh by 5 Wickets against Karnataka
- Bengal beat Jharkhand – (via 1st innings lead)
BEN vs JHA LIVE: Manoj Tiwary makes history as Bengal maul Jharkhand to reach semi-finals, to face Madhya Pradesh
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