West Bengal Sports Minister Manoj Tiwary starred in the Ranji Trophy quarter-final match towards Jharkhand, scoring seventy three and 136 in the two innings of the ongoing match. Tiwary was once elated after scoring his 28th fine century and did a Shikhar Dhawan-like “thigh-five” party after reaching the milestone.
Meanwhile, Bengal have stretched their lead over the 750-run mark on the final day of the fourth quarter-final of the Ranji Trophy towards Jharkhand. The Bengal minister walked again after an remarkable 136 runs off 185 balls. This is his first fantastic hundred after becoming the Sports Minister of Bengal.
His last triple-digit score was once an unbeaten 303 in opposition to Hyderabad in the 2019-20 season. Manoj has been a central figure for the Bengal group for years when he has been guiding the team’s batting line-up as well as the youngsters in the team.
The 36-year-old former Bengal captain joined the TMC beforehand of the Assembly polls and received the Shibpur constituency, beating BJP’s Rathin Chakraborty in 2021. He is currently serving as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs in the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government.
Earlier in 2021, Manoj Tiwary was named in the 21-man Bengal squad for the Ranji Trophy earlier than the tournament was once rescheduled. He was once section of Bengal’s Ranji Trophy final against Saurashtra in 2020.
Tiwary lower back to aggressive motion in the course of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021 and remaining performed competitive cricket in January closing year. He performed 12 ODIs and 3 T20Is for India, with his ultimate look coming in 2015. Tiwary has performed one hundred twenty five quality matches and 163 List A matches, scoring over 14000 runs in domestic cricket.
