Vijay Hazare Trophy: Abhimanyu hits ton, Bengal beats Bihar
The HinduOn a warm Thursday afternoon, Abhimanyu Easwaran raised his bat towards the south block at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. The Bengal captain was still there till the end, to guide his team to an easy nine-wicket win over Bihar with nearly nine overs to spare in a Vijay Hazare Trophy match. Remarkably, both the teams have won all their seven matches and their clash on October 16 will decide who tops Group C. Vijay Hazare Trophy | As it Happened On this day though, the Bengal men showed how good they could be. They were off to a brisk start, with Abhimanyu and wicket-keeper Shreevats Goswami adding 52 in just 48 balls; the latter was threatening to do more when his attempt to lift seamer Shashi Shekhar over the mid-wicket fence landed safely into the hands of M.D. True, they were rocked by the loss of the openers within the first nine balls – Sakibul Gani was caught at slip off Ishan Porel, while Shasheem Rathour was bowled by Akash Deep – but it was still a disappointing effort by the rest of the batsmen, who just did not score fast enough.