Bengal sports activities minister Manoj Tiwary named in state Ranji squad

Former Bengal captain Manoj Tiwary, who can also be a minister of Bengal in sports activities and youth affairs within the Mamata Banerjee-led authorities, will gear up for his seventeenth 12 months in top notch cricket when he was named in Bengal’s 21-member Ranji Trophy squad on Monday.
Tiwary final performed for Bengal of their Ranji closing in opposition to Saurashtra in March 2020. He joined TMC forward of the Assembly polls and gained from Shibpur constituency beating BJP’s Rathin Chakraborty.
He missed the Covid-interrupted final season as a consequence of an damage however he’s again once more within the Bengal aspect underneath Abhimanyu Easwaran.
Placed in Group B, together with Vidarbha, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana and Tripura, Bengal are slated to kick off their marketing campaign in opposition to Tripura in Bengaluru from January 13.
The Bengal Ranji squad (Express Photo)
Meanwhile, a number of members of the Bengal Ranji squad examined constructive for Covid and are presently isolating, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) knowledgeable.
“Keeping in mind the current pandemic situation, the Cricket Association of Bengal had conducted RT-PCR Tests of all Bengal cricketers as a safety measure,” CAB secretary Snehasish Ganguly mentioned.

He added: “The results have come out and it has been found that certain players had tested positive. The CAB is taking all necessary precautions and actions in this regard.”
Bengal are slated to face Prthivi Shaw-led Mumbai in a two-day warmup sport at CC&FC on January 6-7 earlier than leaving for Bengaluru.
Squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (c), Manoj Tiwary, Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Abhishek Raman, Sudip Gharami, Abishek Das, Writtick Chatterjee, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Abhishek Porel, Shahbaz Ahmed, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Akash Deep, Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Sakir Habib Gandhi, Pradipta Pramanik, Geet Puri, Nilakantha Das and Karan Lal.
(With PTI inputs)