Bengaluru : Veteran Bengal skipper Anustup Majumdar smashed 101 (164) against Karnataka at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru on Day 1 of Ranji Trophy 2024-25, to build pressure on Karnataka.
Bengal, Batting 1st , lost Shuvam Dey (0) & Sudip Gharami (5) cheaply.
Veterans Sudip Chatterjee (55) & Anustup (101) formed a 100 runs partnership. Even after fall of Sudip, Anustup continued his heroic knock and eventually scored his 17th FC ton.
Despite fall of clusters of wickets, Shahbaz Ahmed (54*) & Avilin Ghosh (22) played vital knocks to keep Bengal out of pressure.
Karnataka’s Vasuki Koushik (3/29) played pivotal role in rattling up the Bengal top order.
Bengal are now on 249-5 after end of Day 1 with Shahbaz & Wriddhiman Saha (6*) on the crease.
