Bengal hammer minnows Mizoram

Kolkata: A day after crashing to a big defeat against Mumbai, Bengal made some amends in their second Vijay Hazare Trophy Group E match in Ranchi on Sunday, hammering Mizoram by nine wickets.
Chasing only 58, Bengal achieved the target in just 6.2 overs, losing opener Sudip Gharami’s wicket in the process. It was a huge mismatch with Mizoram never really in the game.
Chosing to bat first, the Northeastern team managed only 57 in 21.2 overs.The batters were completely at sea while facing Bengal’s left-arm orthodox bowler Pradipta Pramanik, who finished with astounding figures for four wickets for two runs in his 2.2 overs. Pacers Geet Puri and Mukesh Kumar grabbed three and two wickets respectively.
For Mizoram, Joseph Lalthankhuma was the highest scorer with 21. Former Bengal wicketkeeper Shreevats Goswami, who is playing as a professional for Mizoram, could score only four.
Mizoram’s total was never going challenge Bengal, who galloped to their target in just 38 balls.
In another Group E matches, Shubam Rohilla and Ravi Chauhan struck centuries as Services beat Mumbai by eight wickets. Yashasvi Jaiswal also scored a century in Mumbai’s losing cause.
Railways beat Pondicherry by three wickets with Shivam Chaudhary scoring a century. Paras Dogra toos scored a ton for Pondicherry.Agencies
Summarised scores (GrOUp E)
Mizoram 57 all out in 21.2 overs (Pradipta Pramanik 4/2, Geet Puri 3/15). Bengal 59/1 in 6.2 overs (Ritwik Roy Chowdhury 26*, Agniv Pan 25*).
Bengal won by 9 wickets.
Pondicherry 289/9 in 50 overs (Paras K Dogra 102, K B Arun Karthick 80, G Chiranjeevi 30, Susheel 4/61). Railways 290/7 in 49.1 overs (Shivam Chaudhary 115, Upendra Yadav 61, Shubam Chaubey 36*, S Ashwath 4/55).
Railways won by 3 wickets.
Mumbai 264/9 in 50 overs (Yashasvi Jaiswal 104, Shams Mulani 48, Ajinkya Rahane 43, Diwesh G Pathania 3/48). Services 266/2 in 45.3 overs (SG Rohilla 135, Ravi Chauhan 100).
Services won by 8 wickets.