Ranji Trophy: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s minister Manoj Tiwary slams ton against Jharkhand

Bengaluru
India cricketer Manoj Tiwary, who is also Mamata Banerjee’s Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports in West Bengal, notched up a century for the state team in their second innings of the Ranji Trophy quarter-final clash against Jharkhand in Bengaluru on Friday.
Tiwary’s 152-ball ton included 14 boundaries and one six. Coming to bat on Day 5 with Bengal reeling at 129-4, he and Abhishek Porel added 72 for the fifth wicket before the latter was dismissed on 34 by Shahbaz Nadeem.
Earlier, courtesy of an impressive performance by the bowlers, Bengal obtained a massive 475-run first-innings lead. The overall lead after the day’s play stood at a staggering 551 runs.
The Abhimanyu Easwaran-led side seemed to have put one foot in the semi-final.
Bengal, who declared their first innings at 773-7, had created a global first-class record, when all the nine batsmen, who took guard, scored half-centuries.