Bengal Set World Record In Ranji Trophy Quarterfinals

Bengal has set a world record of top nine batters in the batting lineup scoring fifties against Jharkhand in the Quarter Final match of the Ranji Trophy being played at Just Cricket Academy, Bengaluru. 

After being put in to bat first by Jharkhand, Bengal openers added 88 runs for the first wicket before Abhishek Raman got retired hurt on 41. Abhimanyu Easwaran was then joined by Sudip Kumar Gharami. Easwaran scored 65 runs in 124 balls with the help of nine fours and a six before getting out in the 40th over. 

Gharami was then partnered with Anustup Majumdar and the duo added 243 runs in 429 balls. Majumdar scored 117 runs in 194 balls before getting out in the 111th over. Raman came back to the crease and completed his fifty and got out after scoring 61. Gharami made 186 in 380 balls with the help of 21 fours and a six. 

Manoj Tiwary, the minister of Youth Affairs and Sports of West Bengal also scored 73 in 173 balls with the help of two sixes and five fours. Bengal wicketkeeper Abishek Porel made 68 in 111 balls batting at number six. 

Bengal's lower order also rose to the occasion as Shahbaz made 78 in 124 and was the last man to get out in this inning. Sayan Shekhar Mandal and Akash Deep added unbeaten 59 runs for the eighth. While Sayan scored 53, Akash Deep smashed 53 off just 18 balls with the help of eight sixes. 

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This is the first time ever in the history of first-class cricket that a top nine batters of a team scored at least fifty runs. Before this, this event only happened back in 1893 when eight Australian batters scored fifties against Oxford and Cambridge Universities, however, those eight weren't the top eight batters.