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Bengal in commanding position

Kolkata: Two superb centuries by Abhishek Jhunjhunwala (114) and Manoj Tiwary (182 batting) placed last year's finalist Bengal in a commanding position at the end of the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group `B' league match against Mumbai at the Eden Gardens here on Saturday.

Bengal ended the day at 540 for six.

Useful stand

The day's other highlight was the 177-run partnership for the sixth wicket between Tiwary and Laxmi Ratan Shukla that took the total past the 500 mark.

Jhunjhunwala's knock of 114 — his second century in first class cricket — was laced with 18 fours in a stay that lasted 20 minutes short of six hours.

Tiwary's maiden first class hundred had 21 hits to the fence and one six.

This is Bengal's highest total against Mumbai, surpassing the previous best of 387 scored in the 1968-69 final at Mumbai.

The scores:

Super League:

At Kolkata:

Bengal 540 for six in 181 overs (A. Jhunjhunwala 114, M. Tiwary 182 batting, L.R. Shukla 65, A. Chakraborty 81) v Mumbai.

At Delhi:

Delhi 299 in 103.5 overs (A. Chopra 150, V. Kohil 42, P. Kumar four for 62) v Uttar Pradesh 207 for five in 64 overs (T.M. Srivastava 72 batting, P. Kumar 54 batting).

At Vadodara:

Baroda 406 in 118.3 overs (C. Williams 198, J. Martin 64, S.P. Jobanputra four for 91) v Saurashtra 122 for two in 59 overs (S.D. Jogiyani 58, S.H. Kotak 53 batting).

At Mohali:

Gujarat 208 in 75.5 overs v Punjab 321 for two in 102 overs (R.S. Ricky 142 batting, K. Goel 95).

At Jaipur:

Hyderabad 385 in 142.4 overs (Anirudh Singh 87, A. Rayudu 62, M. Aslam five or 90) v Rajasthan 92 for one in 38 overs (G. Khoda 47 batting).

At Chennai:

Tamil Nadu 474 for nine decl. in 164.3 overs (M. Vijay 179, S. Badrinath 69) v Andhra 21 for one in eight overs.

Plate League:

At Jamshedpur:

Jharkhand 242 in 79.3 overs v Jammu & Kashmir 208 for three in 90 overs (Arshad Bhatt 50, Kanwaljit Singh 63, Majid Dar 41 batting).

At Goa:

Goa 306 in 105 overs (S.A. Asnodkar 43, R.D. Asnodkar 80, Damodar Redkar 73, Chandrasekar Atram four for 51) v Vidarbha 273 for three in 74 overs (Amit Deshpande 99, Madhusudan Acharya 118 batting).

At Palakkad:

Madhya Pradesh 307 in 125.1 overs (Naman Ojha 65, Devendra Bundela 106 n.o., S. Suresh four for 49) v Kerala 123 for two in 55.1 overs (S. Ramesh 71 batting).

At Guwahati: Assam 362 in 165.1 overs (J. Arun Kumar 138, Nishant Bordoloi 73, V. Saravanan 45, Murali Kartik five for 46) v Railways six for no loss in two overs.

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