RAIPUR: Slow left-arm orthodox bowler Ajay Mandal has completed 100 wickets, the first to achieve this milestone while playing only for Chhattisgarh, in the Ranji Trophy when the bowler claimed five scalps of Goa to guide his team to beat the visitors by eight wickets. The four-day match was played at Shaheed Veer Narayan International Cricket Stadium at Atal Nagar Nava Raipur from January 24 to 27.
Chhattisgarh won the toss and opted to bat first. The top four batters A G Tiwary (86 off 131), Shashank Chandrakar (101 off 191), Ashutosh Singh (55 off 140) and captain Harpreet Singh Bhatia (96 off 164) coupled with some crucial contribution from wicket-keeper batsman (MSS Hussain (40 off 71), Vasudev Bareth (48 off 105 unbeaten) and Ravi Kiran (46 off 36 unbeaten) in the rail helped Chhattisgarh post 531 for nine in their first innings.
