Kalyani, Feb 15 (.) Riding on Sudip Kumar Gharami’s brilliant unbeaten 136, Bengal managed to post 249/5 at stumps on Day 1 against Jammu and Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy Elite semifinals.
Put into bat at the Bengal Cricket Academy, Kalyani, Bengal, lost opener Sudip Chatterjee early, but Gharami and skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran (49) showed great composure from there on.
Post lunch, although Bengal lost a few wickets, Gharami stood firm, scoring yet another brilliant ton to put Bengal in a good position at the end of the day’s play.

Enroute his 227-ball knock, Gharami hit 19 boundaries and 1 six.

Shahbaz Ahmed (42) gave Gharami fine support but departed just at close of play.
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