Bengal's history making batsman wants to take one game at a time now. File Pic[/caption]Kolkata: Bengal middle order batsman Pankaj Shaw played a blistering knock of 413* in CAB First Division League game in Kolkata on Sunday. Shaw said his achievement is past now and he wants to take one step at a time.
"I got a congratulatory call from Dada (former India captain and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly and it felt good," Shaw told reporters on Monday.
"I am not thinking about my 400 yesterday. It's past now. I want to cement my place in Bengal side and then take it one step at a time," the 28-year old said.
Pankaj made his Ranji Trophy beginning for Bengal last season, played the massive innings turning out in the crease for Barisha Sporting Club against Dakshin Kalikata Sansad(DKS) in the first division league tournament managed by the CAB.
The middle order batsman hit 44 fours and 23 sixes during his fascinating knock.
"I have struggled to come," Shaw, who’s father runs a small grocery shop in Rajarhat, Kolkata, said.
"My father lost his job when I was very young and we grew up with limited resources. I have a big ground in front of my home and I used to play there. At times, my mother used to throw the ball at me and I used to bat as my friends were not around," Shaw said.
Bengal have failed to qualify for the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals in this season and their performance has been not up to the mark. Shaw's innings in the local league match can be thus taken as a belated balm in their wounds.
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