Kolkata: Celebrating the Christmas spirit in style, Bengal batsman Pankaj Shaw cracked an unbeaten 413 in a local cricket league game here on Sunday.
Shaw, who made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bengal last season, played the massive innings turning out for Barisha Sporting against Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) in the three-day first division league tournament conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal.
The 28-year-old middle-order batsman plundered 44 boundaries and 23 sixes during his blistering knock.
Barisha Sporting were overnight 192/2 with the No. 4 batsman on 44 as he carried forward his sublime knock today.
Shaw shared 203 for the sixth wicket with Ajmer Singh (47) and 191 for the eighth wicket with Shreyan Chakraborty (22) as Barisha Sporting piled on a mammoth 708/8 declared in 115 overs at the Oxford Mission Douglas ground at Behala.
Put in, Dakshin Kalikata Sansad were bundled out for 369 in 114.1 overs to concede a first innings lead to Barisha who returned with four points.
DKS were 96/2 after 20 overs at close as they settled for two points.
Shaw, who made his Ranji debut against Rajasthan last season, has played 12 First-Class, four List A and 12 Twenty20 matches for Bengal.
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