Akash Deep Ranji Trophy: Bihar’s Lal Bhaukaal, took 10 wickets in the match and got rid of Haryana’s sixes

Rohtak: Pacer Akashdeep took a career-best 10-wicket haul as Bengal beat Haryana by an innings and 50 runs to book their place in the quarter-finals of their Ranji Trophy Group A match here on Friday. Following on, Haryana extended their second innings to 177 for seven on the fourth morning, but the rest of their batsmen could last only 10 overs and their entire team was dismissed for 206 runs.

Bihar-born Royal Challengers Bangalore star bowler Akash (5/51) took five wickets in the second innings of the match as well, dismissing Ajit Chahal and Amit Rana. Akash took five wickets for 61 runs in the first innings and played a key role in dismissing Haryana for 153 runs. He took 10 wickets for 112 runs in the match. Apart from him, Mukesh Kumar took three wickets and Ishan Porel took two wickets in the second innings.

Bengal had scored 419 runs in their first innings with the help of Anustup Majumdar’s 145 runs. With this win, the Manoj Tiwary-led Bengal team has 32 points and is on top of Group A. He has won four matches while two matches were drawn. In this way, Bengal ensured their place in the quarter-finals with one match remaining. Their next match will be against Odisha at Eden Gardens from Tuesday.

In other Group A matches, Uttar Pradesh grabbed three points against Odisha in Meerut after the match ended in a draw on the basis of first innings lead. Uttar Pradesh scored 362 runs in their first innings in reply to Odisha’s 226 runs. Odisha’s team batted well in the second innings and scored 335 for four with the help of Subhranshu Senapati’s 145 and Anurag Sarangi’s 91 runs.

A bad weather-affected match between Himachal Pradesh and Nagaland ended in a draw at Nadaun. Himachal got three points on the basis of first innings lead. Uttarakhand secured three points on the basis of first innings lead against Baroda in another match played at Dehradun. Baroda’s team was dismissed for 86 runs in the first innings, in response to which Uttarakhand scored 199 runs. Baroda scored 336 runs for seven wickets in the second innings.
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