Ranji Trophy | Sudip’s unbeaten ton, the silver-lining in Karnataka-Bengal stalemate

Cashing in: Sudip made the a lot of the alternative to attain 100.
| Picture Credit score: Okay. MURALI KUMAR

Bengal stepped off the fuel to gather three factors with a draw in opposition to Karnataka of their Elite-C Ranji Trophy encounter on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium right here on Saturday.

Bengal took no possibilities on the ultimate day, batting past lunch to go away Karnataka with an not possible goal of 364. Karnataka misplaced openers Mayank Agarwal and Kishan Bedare inside the primary six overs, earlier than R. Smaran (35 not out), Shreyas Gopal (32) and Manish Pandey (30 not out) took the house group to secure waters.

Karnataka, with 9 factors from 4 matches, slipped out of the highest two within the Elite-C factors desk. Bengal is just under Karnataka with eight factors from 4 outings.

Resuming on 127 for 3, Bengal didn’t see benefit in forcing a win. Sudip Kumar (101 n.o., 193b, 12×4, 2×6) recorded his fifth First Class century.

Pacer Vidyadhar Patil saved a probing line to prise out Shahbaz Ahmed and Avilin Ghosh, however a assured knock from Wriddhiman Saha (63 n.o., 70b, 7×4, 1×6) left no room for a Karnataka comeback.

Bengal declared on 283 for 5 quickly after Sudip reached his hundred. With lower than two classes of play remaining, a draw was a foregone conclusion.

Karnataka captain Mayank Agarwal conceded that the group had been affected by a “few gentle dismissals”, and that the batters had been eager to take corrective motion.

Karnataka has additionally been compelled to cope with the absence of regulars like Okay.L. Rahul, V. Vyshak and Devdutt Padikkal, who’re away on worldwide obligation.

“We wish our gamers to play the next grade of cricket. We need to preserve preventing and discover methods to win video games for Karnataka. If we get a win within the subsequent recreation, then all of a sudden issues look completely different,” Mayank mentioned.

Karnataka subsequent takes on Uttar Pradesh at Lucknow on November 13. Bengal faces Madhya Pradesh at Indore.

The scores:

Bengal — 1st innings: 301.

Karnataka — 1st innings: 221.

Bengal — 2nd innings: Shuvam Dey c Sateri b Abhilash 30, Sudip Chatterjee c Sateri b Koushik 48, Sudip Kumar (not out) 101, Anustup Majumdar b Vidyadhar 5, Shahbaz Ahmed c Smaran b Vidyadhar 18, Avilin Ghosh c Shreyas b Vidyadhar 5, Wriddhiman Saha (not out) 63; Extras (b-2, lb-7, nb-4): 13; Complete (for 5 wkts. decl. in 81.4 overs): 283.

Fall of wickets: 1-69, 2-97, 3-106, 4-142, 5-160.

Karnataka bowling: Koushik 23-9-43-1, Abhilash 22-1-87-1, Vidyadhar 19.4-5-53-3, Shreyas 6-1-47-0, Hardik 11-0-44-0.

Karnataka — 2nd innings: Mayank Agarwal c Majumdar b Sindhu 5, Kishan Bedare (concussion substitute) c (sub) Gandhi b Sindhu 5, R. Smaran (not out) 35, Shreyas Gopal lbw b Sindhu 32, Manish Pandey (not out) 30; Extras (lb-1, nb-2): 3; Complete (for 3 wkts. in 28 overs): 110.

Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-12, 3-66.

Bengal bowling: Porel 2.4-1-9-0, Sindhu 8-1-27-3, Shahbaz 10.2-0-50-0, Gani 6-0-22-1, Majumdar 1-0-2-0.