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Punjab's hard-hitting top-order batter Mandeep Singh was on Thursday appointed captain of the North Zone squad for the upcoming Duleep Trophy. The tournament is scheduled to be played in Tamil Nadu from September 8-25. Experienced Delhi batter Dhruv Shorey will be Mandeep's deputy in the premier zonal event.
Right-handed batter Manoj Tiwary has been a servant of Bengal cricket for a very long time, however his dream to win the Ranji Trophy once again ended in disappointment this year as the Abhimanyu Easwaran-led side were defeated by Madhya Pradesh in the semi-finals. However, Tiwary's determination stood out as he hit centuries in the quarterfinals against Jharkhand and then in the first innings of the semi-finals against Madhya Pradesh.
Bengal needed 350 runs to win a tough semi-final but left-arm spinner Kumar Kartikeya bowled out an under-pressure team to exactly half of the target to take Madhya Pradesh to Ranji Trophy final after 23 years. Kartikeya, who has been impressive in an otherwise disastrous IPL campaign for Mumbai Indians, bowled 32 overs out of the 65.2 overs that Bengal faced to make 175. His final figures read 32-10-67-5 for a match haul of 8 for 128.
Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran's unbeaten 52 after Shahbaz Ahmed's superb all-round show gave Bengal a glimmer of hope even as Madhya Pradesh firmly held the upper-hand on the penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final in Alur on Friday. On a difficult fourth day pitch, the India A batter looked flawless and milked the field at ease, slamming six fours in his 104-ball knock as Bengal were precariously placed at 96 for 4, needing another 254 runs to reach the stiff winning target of 350.
Bengal batter Manoj Tiwari continued his rich vein of form in the ongoing Ranji Trophy as he smashed his second successive century on Wednesday. Tiwari, who had scored 136 in the quarterfinals against Jharkhand, also reached triple figures in the ongoing semi-final clash against Madhya Pradesh. Tiwari scored a fine 102 as Bengal posted 273 in the first innings. After reaching triple figures, Tiwari raised his bat in joy and acknowledged the applause from the Bengal dressing room. Not only that, Tiwari had also held out a handwritten note with a heartwarming message for his wife and children.
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.
India cricketer Manoj Tiwary on Friday scored a century for Bengal in their second innings of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal clash against Jharkhand in Bengaluru. Tiwary, who is also the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports in West Bengal, reached triple figures in 152 balls, hitting 14 boundaries and one six. Tiwary came out to bat on Day 5 when Bengal were 129 for four in their second innings. He and Abhishek Porel then added 72 runs for the fifth wicket before the latter was dismissed on 34 by Shahbaz Nadeem. At the time of writing this, Bengal were 297 for six with Shahbaz Ahmed batting on 38.
Sayan Mondal and Shahbaz Ahmed snared four wickets each to Bengal in the driver's seat against Jharkhand on day four of their Ranji Trophy quarter-final on Thursday. Courtesy of an impressive performance by the bowlers, Bengal obtained a massive 475-run first-innings lead. The overall lead after the day's play stood at a staggering 551 runs. The Abhimanyu Easwaran-led side seemed to have put one foot in the semi-final.