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Andhra take first innings lead after draw against Bengal in Ranji Trophy
8th January 2024
Andhra Pradesh took first innings lead after their opening Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match against Bengal ended in a draw on the fourth and final day at the Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam on Monday.
Earlier, Bengal managed to post 409 in their first innings, thanks to Anustup Majumdar (125), Sourav Paul and Abishek Porel (70).
In reply, a superb 175 by Ricky Bhui helped Andhra go past Bengal’s first innings total to score 445 on the final day and grab the all-important first innings lead.
For Bengal, Mohammad Kaif (3-63), Karan Lal (2-47), Akash Deep (2-95), Ishan Porel (2-102) and Pradipta Pramanik (1-116) were impressive with the ball.
While, Bengal, in their second innings, were 82/1 when stumps was called and the match was drawn.
Andhra gathered three points from the match while Bengal took one point. Bengal next take on Uttar Pradesh in their second group match at Green Park Stadium, Kanpur starting on Friday.
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Arindam Basu
