Kolkata: Chetan Bist struck an unbeaten 155 after Shrikant Mundhe stood tall with a career-best double century to place Nagaland within the driver’s seat of their Ranji Trophy plate group match in opposition to Arunachal Pradesh right here on Saturday. Resuming on the in a single day rating of 413 for 5 with Bist on 105, Nagaland bought one other important contribution from their decrease order with no 8 batter Imliwati Lemtur slamming a quickfire 50-ball 52.

Lemtur smashed two sixes and 7 fours as he together with wicketkeeper-batter Bist stitched 77 runs from 87 balls earlier than Nagaland declared their first innings at 536 for seven. In reply, Arunachal Pradesh had been tottering at 199 for 5, nonetheless needing 121 runs to keep away from a primary innings defeat. Brief Scores At Eden Gardens: Bihar 431/9 declared. Sikkim 539/6; 134 overs (Kranthi Kumar 270 batting, Ashish Thapa 101 batting, Liyan Khan 75; Abhijeet Saket 3/87). Match to proceed.

At Videocon Academy: Arunachal Pradesh 216 and 199/5; 73 overs (Kamsha Yangfo 74, Nazeeb Saiyed 60 batting; Rongsen Jonathan 3/34). Nagaland 536/7 declared; 128 overs (Shrikant Mundhe 207, Chetan Bist 155 not out, Imliwati Lemtur 52; Akhilesh Sahani 2/57, Yab Niya 3/127). Match to proceed. At Jadavpur University Second Campus, Saltlake: Manipur 197 and 425/9 declared; 121.4 overs (Al Bashid Muhammed 150, Johnson Singh 95, Kangabam Singh 50 not out; Taruwar Kohli 4/31). Mizoram 127 and 13 for no loss; 6.5 overs. Match to proceed.