Bengal Vs Services Elite Group E 21 February 2021

Bengal 315/6 (50 ov)

Services 245/10 (49.4 ov)

Bengal won by 70 runs

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Bengal inning

315 / 6 (50 ov.)

BATSMAN

Shreevats Goswami

st NH Verma b P Narang

50.9

Vivek Singh

runout (NH Verma / P Raj Bahadur)

82.97

Abhimanyu Easwaran

c Nakul Sharma b AP Sharma

79.59

Anustup Majumdar

lbw b V Choudhary

95.08

Kaif Ahmed

c P Narang b V Choudhary

141.5

Shahbaz Ahmed

c RS Paliwal b P Raj Bahadur

138.88

Writtick Chatterjee

Not out

181.81

Arnab Nandi

Not out

283.33

Extras

14 (b 0, lb 7, nb 0, w 7)

Total

315 (6 wickets, 50 overs)

DID NOT BAT

Ishan Porel , Mukesh Kumar , Akash Deep

FALL OF WICKETS

71-1 (Shreevats Goswami, 16.5), 72-2 (Vivek Singh, 17.1), 164-3 (Anustup Majumdar, 33.3), 205-4 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 39.2), 247-5 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 44.3), 289-6 (Kaif Ahmed, 48.4)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

Diwesh Pathania

7.4

Varun Choudhary

5.4

Pulkit Narang

3.2

Raj Bahadur

8.75

Arjun Sharma

5.3

Rajat Paliwal

12.5

Services inning

245 / 10 (49.4 ov.)

BATSMAN

Nakul Verma

lbw b Shahbaz Ahmed

47.36

Ravi Chauhan

c AP Majumdar b IC Porel

42.85

Rahul Singh

c B Vivek Singh b Akash Deep

Rajat Paliwal

c AP Majumdar b Shahbaz Ahmed

102

88.23

Mohit Ahlawat

c Akash Deep b AA Nandi

105.26

Nakul Sharma

c SP Goswami b Akash Deep

54.16

Pulkit Narang

c B Vivek Singh b Mukesh Kumar

91.37

Diwesh Pathania

c SP Goswami b IC Porel

117.64

Varun Choudhary

Not out

66.66

Raj Bahadur

c & b Mukesh Kumar

Arjun Sharma

Absent hurt

Extras

13 (b 0, lb 5, nb 0, w 8)

Total

245 (10 wickets, 49.4 overs)

FALL OF WICKETS

17-1 (Ravi Chauhan, 4.6), 26-2 (Rahul Singh, 7.4), 48-3 (Nakul Verma, 13.2), 85-4 (Mohit Ahlawat, 18.6), 122-5 (Nakul Sharma, 26.6), 199-6 (Rajat Paliwal, 42.6), 237-7 (Pulkit Narang, 47.2), 243-8 (Diwesh Pathania, 48.3), 245-9 (Raj Bahadur, 49.4)

BOWLER

ECO

EXT

Ishan Porel

3.44

Mukesh Kumar

9.4

5.27

5.37

4.6

5.66

Bengal win by 71 runs!

This brings us to a close in our coverage of this Bengal vs. Services game in the Vijay Hazare Trophy today. This is Abhinav Kumar, on behalf of my colleagues Prakhar Sachdeo, Maanas Upadhyay & Mohamed Farzan, signing off! Do take care of yourself and please stay tuned to Sportskeeda for the latest news & live commentaries from all across the globe.

A very very professional display from Bengal, as Anustup Majumdar's men really had their foot on the throats of the Services batsmen right through the innings and restricted them to 245/9 (245 all-out) in 49.4 overs and claim a dominant 71-run win. With the exception of their captain Rajat Paliwal, who scored 90(102) and all-rounder Pulkit Narang who got to a 53(58) and some lusty hitting from Diwesh Pathania who scored 20(17), there was precious little else from the other Services batsmen, who were completely tied down by the Bengal bowlers. Opening 'keeper-bat Nakul Verma struggled to a 38-ball 18, while his opening partner Ravi Chauhan similarly struggled to 9(21), while Mohit Ahlawat tried his best to inject some momentum into the innings in the middle phase with a 20(19), but neither Gahlaut Rahul Singh nor Nakul Sharma contributed heavily and perished cheaply. For the Bengal bowlers, the pick of the lot was the ever-impressive Ishan Porel, who had 2/31 in his 9 overs and was beautifully supported by the left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed, who bowled his full quota of 10 overs for 2/46 as well as fellow pacers Akash Deep & Mukesh Kumar, who had 2/43 in 9 overs and 2/51 in 9.4 overs respectively, while Arnab Nandi's part-time off-spin also brought him success, with figures of 1/34 in 6 overs, while Writtick Chatterjee bowled 7 overs for 35 runs & kept it tight with his other bowlers.

A good slower delivery from Mukesh Kumar and foxes Raj Bahadur Pal, who slogs across the line & Mukesh judged the catch well off his own bowling and that ends the innings for Services, as Arjun Sharma will not be able to come out to bat due to injury.

49.4 Mukesh Kumar to Raj Bahadur Pal, OUT! CAUGHT and BOWLED! Slow short ball wide of off stump. Pal swings his bat. The ball lobs in the air. Mukesh settles himself under the ball and takes a comfortable catch t win the match for his side.

49.3 Mukesh Kumar to Raj Bahadur Pal, Length ball wide of off stump. Pal hits the ball back to Mukesh.

49.2 Mukesh Kumar to Raj Bahadur Pal, Full delivery wide of off stump. Pal looks for a slog shot but fails yet again.

49.1 Mukesh Kumar to Varun Choudhary, Full delivery and Varun plays the ball to off side for a single.

A great over from Porel, who picked up a wicket while just conceding 1 run from it and now the score after 49 overs for Services is 244/8 and they need 72 runs in the last 6 balls of the match. Mukesh Kumar will bowl the last over.

Over: 49 | Summary: 0 0 W 0 1w 0 0 Bowler: Ishan Porel Score: 244/8

48.6 Ishan Porel to Raj Bahadur Pal, Full ball and Pal goes for another wild swing but misses.

48.5 Ishan Porel to Raj Bahadur Pal, Full delivery and Pal looks for a wild swing but misses.

48.5 Ishan Porel to Raj Bahadur Pal, Full delivery wide down the leg side.

48.4 Ishan Porel to Raj Bahadur Pal, Full delivery and Pal looks for a big shot but misses.

Good bowling by Porel, who foxed Pathania with a slower ball, which he tried to slog across the line & the top-edge was skied up & safely in the gloves of 'keeper Shreevats Goswami, who judged the catch to perfection & Services are 243/8 now. The new batsman is left-handed batsman Raj Bahadur Pal.

48.3 Ishan Porel to Diwesh Pathania, OUT! CAUGHT! Slow short ball wide of off stump. Pathania throws his bat for a big shot. The ball hits the lower end of the bat and lobs in the air. The keeper takes an easy catch.

48.2 Ishan Porel to Diwesh Pathania, Slow short ball wide of off stump. Pathania looks for a pull but he is early in his shot. The batsman misses the ball and the keeper collects the ball.

48.1 Ishan Porel to Diwesh Pathania, Full ball in the blockhole. Pathania manages to work the ball to leg side.

A decent over for Mukesh Kumar, who concedes 7 runs from it and gets a wicket, with Services 243/7 after 48 overs & need 73 runs in 12 balls, which is now impossible to go for. Ishan Porel will the penultimate over of the innings.

Over: 48 | Summary: 1 W 0 1 4 1 Bowler: Mukesh Kumar Score: 243/7

47.6 Mukesh Kumar to Diwesh Pathania, Yorker. Pathania removes his front leg out of the way and plays the ball to leg side for a run.