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Ranji Trophy: Shami picked the last wicket arsenic Bengal pipped MP by 11 runs. (PTI)
Mohammed Shami was not astatine his champion with the shot successful the second-innings but the India pacer inactive powered Bengal to a thrilling 11-run triumph implicit Madhya Pradesh successful the Ranji Trophy clash astatine the Holkar Stadium successful Indore connected Saturday.
After providing glimpses of his champion with the shot successful the first-innings, picking up 4 wickets to assistance Bengal seal a first-innings pb of 61 runs, Shami was the leader astatine the death, picking up the last wicket to people the triumph for his side.
Bengal acceptable a 287-run people for hosts MP to pursuit connected Day 3 past evening. Madhya Pradesh got disconnected to a speedy commencement earlier Shami trapped night-watchman Anubhav Agarwal connected 2 earlier stumps.
The Madhya Pradesh batters responded firmly connected the past morning, with brisk fifties from skipper Shubham Sharma and Venkatesh Iyer starring the chase. Shami castled the in-form Rajat Patidar connected 32 but was frequented to the bound arsenic helium leaked runs successful excess of 4 runs per over.
The lucifer headed down to the ligament aft a 62-run concern for the eighth wicket betwixt Saransh Jain and Aryan Pandey, earlier left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed struck 2 wickets, leaving Madhya Pradesh needing 14 runs disconnected the past wicket.
Shami soon returned to prime up the last wicket, dismissing Kumar Kartikeya to container his seventh wicket of the match. Besides his bowling exploits of 7/156 successful the match, Shami besides registered his highest First-Class people for Bengal, knocking a quickfire 36-ball 37 successful the 2nd innings.
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