After good batting performance by Bengal, they strike in bowling as Indian pacers Mohammed Shami and Ashok Dinda pick away the Chattisgarh top-order with sensitive spells after Bengal scored a mammoth 529 for 7 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy group D encounter. Consideration Sudeep Chatterjee’s (118) second hundred in as many games along with veteran Anushtup Majumdar's quickfire 70 off 88 balls, Bengal managed to surpass 500-run mark in their second successive game of the season.With a cushion of runs under their belt, Chattisgarh was reduced to 80 for half side out to a pavilion with Shami (2/33 in 9 overs) and Dinda (2/6 in 6 overs) rattling the minnows with pace and swing.
Earlier, Chatterjee scored his 10th hundred and also completed 3000 runs in first-class cricket in his 43rd game. His 118 runs off 191 balls had 12 boundaries before he was trapped leg before by Shubham Singh. Skipper Manoj Tiwary (36) and Wriddhiman Saha (27) also did not score too many but Anushtup in the company of B Amit (50, 66 balls) added 120 runs in 25.2 overs before Tiwary decided to have a go at the home team for 31 overs.
Bengal 1st Innings 529/7 (Koushik Ghosh 114, Sudeep Chatterjee 118, Abhishek Raman 94, Anushtup Majumdar 70)
Chattisgarh 1st Innings 80/5 (Mohd Shami 2/33, Ashoke Dinda 2/6.
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