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After wrapping up Gujarat’s first innings for 167, the host scored 170 for seven in its second essay for an general lead of 282 runs.
Gujarat, resuming on 107 for seven, relied on skipper Manan Hingrajia’s defiant unbeaten 80 (252b, 9×4) to keep away from the follow-on and deny Bengal a much bigger lead.
Hitting his boundaries between third-man and long-off, the left-handed Hingrajia led the tailenders to assemble 60 worthwhile runs for Gujarat as Bengal couldn’t apply sufficient strain. Shahbaz Ahmed claimed two extra to perform a six-wicket haul, whereas Shami obtained his third.
In the absence of Sudip Chatterjee, who injured his left knee whereas fielding on Sunday and was changed by Kazi Saifi, makeshift opener Gharami and captain Abhimanyu Easwaran added 55 runs.
Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai, who took 4 wickets within the first innings, flighted the ball with precision and extracted some flip to scalp 4 extra in a marathon 18-over spell.
He delivered two fast blows as Abhimanyu swept it to mid-wicket and Saifi performed ahead to edge one to the wicketkeeper.
Later, he dismissed Sumanta Gupta and Shahbaz.
Left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla, who obtained a touch of reverse swing to hassle the Bengal batters and accounted for Gharami and Abishek Porel, mixed properly with Siddharth to place strain on the house batters.
On a gradual pitch providing low bounce, Gharami (54, 93b, 9×4) obtained most of his fours by cuts and flicks. He added one other 38 with Majumdar earlier than being adjudged lbw.
Majumdar (44 batting, 81b, 7×4), who was bowled off a Siddharth no-ball on 24, rode his luck to carry one finish as Bengal regarded to stretch its lead additional.
The scores:
Bengal — 1st innings: 279.
Gujarat — 1st innings: Abhishek Desai lbw b Shami 0, Aarya Desai b Akash 8, Siddharth Desai b Shami 19, Manan Hingrajia (not out) 80, Umang Kumar c Chatterjee b Shahbaz 18, Jaymeet Patel b Shahbaz 0, Urvil Patel b Shahbaz 15, Vishal Jayswal c sub (Saifi) b Shahbaz 0, Chintan Gaja c Abhimanyu b Shahbaz 4, Arzan Nagwaswalla lbw b Shahbaz 12, Priyajitsing Jadeja c Abishek b Shami 0; Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-1): 11; Total (in 76.3 overs): 167.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-9, 3-39, 4-70, 5-76, 6-96, 7-96, 8-108, 9-146.
Bengal bowling: Shami 18.3-6-44-3, Akash 16-7-31-1, Ishan 11-4-25-0, Jaiswal 12-3-23-0, Shahbaz 19-5-34-6.
Bengal — 2nd innings: Sudip Gharami lbw b Nagwaswalla 54, Abhimanyu Easwaran c Nagwaswalla b Siddharth 25, Kazi Saifi c Urvi b Siddharth 1, Anustup Majumdar (batting) 44, Abishek Porel b Nagwaswalla 1, Sumanta Gupta lbw b Siddharth 11, Shahbaz Ahmed st. Urvil b Siddharth 20, Suraj Jaiswal (batting) 7; Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-1): 7; Total (for six wkts. in 48 overs): 170.
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-57, 3-95, 4-105, 5-129, 6-159.
Gujarat bowling: Gaja 6-0-20-0, Nagwaswalla 13-1-58-2, Priyajitsing 7-0-29-0, Siddharth 18-6-48-4, Jayswal 4-0-9-0.
