Odisha beat Bengal by 7 wickets in Ranji Trophy, fast bowler Basant Mohanty’s 15-year-long career ended.
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Many cricketers dream of wearing the jersey of the Indian team, but these dreams are fulfilled only for some and remain incomplete for some players. With such unfulfilled dreams, a big Indian domestic cricketer has retired. We are talking about Basant Mohanty, who is a fast bowler from Odisha and he bowled brilliantly in his last match. Basant Mohanty He took a total of 3 wickets against Bengal and his contribution was important in the team’s victory.
After the match was over, special honor was given to Basant Mohanty. His companions took this player out of the field by sitting on his shoulder. Mohanty’s contribution will probably not be forgotten by Odisha cricket. Mohanty served the Odisha cricket team for 15 years.
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Career of Basant Mohanty
Basant Mohanty made his debut against Bengal in the year 2007. This right-arm fast bowler played a total of 105 first class matches in the next 15 years. Basant took 403 wickets during this period. He managed to do the feat of taking 10 wickets in the match three times. At the same time, he took five wickets in an innings 23 times. Obviously this record of Basant Mohanty shows his talent.
📷Basant Mohanty is carried off the field after his last bowling innings for Odisha.
Maiden First-Class wicket: Manoj Tiwary Last First-Class wicket: Manoj Tiwary
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Manoj Tiwari became the first and last victim
Let us tell you that Basant Mohanty played his first Ranji match against Bengal in the year 2007 and he got his wicket in the form of Manoj Tiwary. The interesting thing is that his last victim also became Manoj Tiwari. Manoj Tiwari also tweeted saluting this bowler. At the same time, Odisha Cricket Association also honored Basant Mohanty. Let us tell you that Basant Mohanty won the last match of his career. Odisha beat Bengal by 7 wickets. Odisha had to score only 112 runs in the second innings and achieved this target by losing just 3 wickets.