Kolkata: Sourav Ganguly sparkled with all-round performance and opener Subhamoy Das struck an unbeaten hundred as Bengal thrashed Jharkhand by nine wickets in their second East Zone Ranji Trophy One-Dayer in Kolkata on Monday.
Ganguly, the cynosure of all eyes, put up an all-round performance scoring a magnificient 72 and then returning with a figure of 2/39 while bowling as Bengal posted consecutive wins in their Ranji One-Day campaign.
Facing a modest target of 246, Bengal rode on a 159-run opening partnership between Das (126 not out; 132 b, 16x4, 2x6) and Ganguly (72; 91 b, 5x4, 4x6) to amass 248 for 1 in 43.2 overs.
Earlier electing to bat, Jharkhand survived early jolts as Sourav Tiwary (66; 86 b, 12x4) and captain Rajiv Kumar (77 not out; 109 b, 6x4) led their side to a decent total of 245 for 9 in 50 overs.
Apart from Ganguly, seamer Shib Shankar Paul, spinner Sourashis Lahiri picked up two wickets each.
In reply, Ganguly and Das made the spadework before the left hander was caught by substitute Shahid Khan off a Manish Vardhan delivery.
Youngster Avishek Jhunjhunwala (not out 26) joined Das in the middle to finish off the game.
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