BEN vs PUN | Twitter in splits as twin arguments break out in both camps during chaotic mix-up

♒B‌engal accrued a massive first-innings lead of 152 runs, having bowled out Punjab for 190 on Day 1, in their final Ranji Trophy 2024/25 group stage encounter at the Eden Gardens on Friday. The hosts were themselves reeling at 145/5 at one stage but a quickfire half-century from Abhishek Porel and a maiden career ton for nightwatchman Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal propelled the side to 343 much to their rivals' frustration. However, the knock was not without upheavels or frustrations of its own either, all of which reached a head in the 73rd over of the innings during the second session on Day 2.

ꦚBatting on 61 and bearing the responsibility of scoring as many as possible while shepherding the tail, Suraj decided to go after legspinner Mayank Markande and attempted to heave a length delivery straying down leg over midwicket. The 25-year-old managed no more than a top-edge as the red cherry went soaring with short-midwicket settling under it. The resignation was immediately evident in Suraj's behaviour as he trot down the track while the eyes remained fixated on the ball as was the case for his tailender partner Vishal Bhati. However, with both halfway down the track, Bhati realized there was potential for the sitter to be dropped and began retracing his steps but by the time Suraj came to the same conclusion, he had already covered three-fourths of the pitch. A desperate scream made Bhati cognizant of the same as he turned around again and found a panic-stricker Suraj stranded alongside him. In a comedy of errors, Bhati thus began to run towards the striker's end again but stopped after a brief shuffle to gauge whether Suraj was on the same page, only for the the hesitation to create even more confusion. Eventually, the duo in unison began sprinting towards the wicket-keeper and by the time Bhati took his final roundabout turn, Markande had already dislodged the bails.

🦄Bhati was understandably livid as he hollered at a hunched and disappointed Suraj for the schoolboy-like mix-up but much to everyone's amusement, the duo was not the only one fighting. At the same time, Markande was spitting some harsh words at his teammate for letting go of an absolute dolly and depriving him of a deserved scalp, that too of the set batter. Twitterati, unsurprisingly, had a field day with the incident.

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