Abhimanyu Easwaran reaffirmed his status as a future India prospect with a defining unbeaten 93 as Bengal are on course of batting defending champions Gujarat out of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final. After the seam troika of Ashok Dinda (3\/48 in 18 overs), Ishan Porel (3\/64 in 24.5 overs) and B Amit (3\/53 in 16 overs) bowled out Gujarat for 224, ensuring a more than handy 130-run lead, Bengal ended the third day at a comfortable 177 for 1 in their second innings.<\/p>\n
Manoj Tiwary’s side are already 307 runs ahead with nine wickets in hand.<\/p>\n
Having scored 129 in the first essay, Easwaran once again performed when his team needed the most.<\/p>\n
With national selector Sarandeep Singh in attendance, Easwaran is almost a certainty when India A team travels to England next year.<\/p>\n
With more than two and half days left, Bengal needed to bat with a lot of caution and the Dehradun-based right-hander dropped anchore scoring 93 off 218 balls with 12 boundaries.<\/p>\n
He has now literally batted Gujarat out of the contest as a target in the 400-run vicinity will be very difficult to chase.<\/p>\n
More importantly, he got good support from Abhishek Raman (33, 118 balls) as they added 99 for the opening stand. More importantly frustrated the Gujarat bowlers for nearly 40 overs.<\/p>\n
Easwaran then added 78 runs with another youngster Writtick Chatterjee (40 batting, 103 balls).<\/p>\n
Earlier, Rujul Bhatt (32) and Piyush Chawla (43) added 75 runs for the seventh wicket before left-arm spinner Pradipta Pramanik (1\/21) cleaned him up.<\/p>\n
The seasoned Chawla then tried a hoick off Dinda to be caught by Amit as Gujarat lost their last four wickets within a space of five runs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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