Ranji Trophy 2022: Bengal creates first of a kind FC record; all first 9 batters make 50 plus runs in QF v Jharkhand

Sudip Kumar Gharami and Anustup Majumdar scored centuries.

The Bengal team created a unique record for the first time in over 250 years of First-Class cricket in the ongoing first quarterfinal of the Ranji Trophy 2022 against Jharkhand which is being played at the Just Cricket academy ground in Bengaluru.

After being asked to bat first by Jharkhand captain Saurabh Tiwary who won the toss, Bengal batters made merry with the willow and piled up 773/7 declared. However, a notable thing was that all of the first nine batters of the Bengal team made 50-plus runs each.

Notably, before this, there was only one instance of eight 50-plus scores being recorded in a first-class match, back in 1893.

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The highest scorer for Bengal was Sudip Kumar Gharami who made 186 and Anustup Majumdar, who made 117 runs. Even no.9 batter Akash Deep scored a quick 53* in 18 balls, hitting 8 sixes in the process.

Other scorers were Abhishek Raman (61), Abhimanyu Easwaran (65), Manoj Tiwary (73), Abhishek Porel (68), Shahbaz Ahmed (78), Sayan Mondal (53*), who all went past the 50-run mark.