Kolkata: East Bengal cruised to their second consecutive victory of the tournament thanks to Kanishk Seth’s all-round masterclass and Shreevats Goswami’s another fluent half-century by beating Kalighat Club by 58 runs in Bengal T20 Challenge on Tuesday (December 1) at Eden Gardens.
Electing to bat first East Bengal got off to a steady start thanks to Shreevats who smashed a 48-ball 65 and after his departure Kanishk came out all guns blazing to score unbeaten 50 off just 16 balls to help EB post 180/4, highest total in the meet so far.
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Kanishk’s blistering fifty was the fastest one of the tournament as the EB all-rounder smashed 3 sixes and 5 boundaries while Shreevats 9 boundaries in his innings.
An elated East Bengal skipper Arnab Nandi said, “We have lost first four matches, our top order weren’t firing well. As I said before also a team needs time to get set and we are performing well now. Shreevats is among runs which was much needed for us and if we can carry this momentum forward, we will automatically qualify for the playoffs.”
While chasing Jayojit Basu tried to set the foundation for the chase but went back to the pavilion scoring 42 off 44 balls and Kalighat continued to lose wickets in regular intervals. Sujit Kr Yadav bagged 2 while Kanishk, Akash Pandey, Mukesh Kumar, skipper Arnab Nandi bagged 1 wicket apiece to restrict Kalighat to 122/7 and win the match.
