After scoring a century in the match against Madhya Pradesh, Tiwary celebrated his century by lifting the bat and lifting a letter from his pocket. Tiwari highlighted a letter from I Love You Sushmita (my beloved wife) and the names of the children, expressing support for the family, which includes his wife and children.
Alur, First Published Jun 16, 2022, 2:39 PM IST
Kolkata: Batters often find ways to celebrate the century. Excited fists and jumps all over. Others dedicate everything to the wife or girlfriend in the dressing room. But in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals, former Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary, who is also Bengal’s Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, celebrated his century a little differently.
After scoring a century in the match against Madhya Pradesh, Tiwary celebrated his century by lifting the bat and lifting a letter from his pocket. Tiwari highlighted a letter from I Love You Sushmita (my beloved wife) and the names of the children, expressing support for the family, which includes his wife and children.
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Tiwary, who scored 102 off 211 balls against Madhya Pradesh, kept Bengal out of the fray. This is Tiwary’s second consecutive century, scoring 136 against Jharkhand in the quarters. Tiwary, who scored his 29th century in first-class cricket, put on a crucial 183-run stand with Shahbaz Ahmed for the sixth wicket to help Bengal win the toss.
In reply to Madhya Pradesh’s first innings score of 341, Tiwary and Shahbaz put on 273 for the loss of 54-5. Shahbaz Ahmed was the top scorer for Bengal with 116 runs. Apart from the two, captain Abhimanyu Ishwaran (22) was the only batsman to cross the two-wicket mark.
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Tiwari, 36, who joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021, contested and won last year’s assembly elections from Shibpur constituency. In the first round itself, Tiwari was made the Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Tiwary has played in 12 ODIs and three T20I matches for India.
Last Updated Jun 16, 2022, 2:42 PM IST
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