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Frustrating day for Bengal

Special Correspondent

— Photo: K. Pichumani

EXULTANT: Tamil Nadu’s Yomahesh celebrates on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: Umpires held the spotlight on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Plate semifinal between Bengal and Goa at the Karnail Singh Stadium here on Saturday.

With play reduced to just 25 overs due to poor light, Goa, resuming its first innings at 95 for five, was 166 for seven, leaving Bengal frustrated.

Ranadeb Bose and Manoj Tiwari accounted for a wicket each even as Ryan Ninan (66 off 133 balls with eight 4s and one 6) and Robin D’Souza stood firm to keep the contest alive. Bengal, having scored 337, was obviously sitting pretty but frequent interruptions on account of weather left the team in an anxious state.

TN in command

Mediumpacer V. Yomahesh rocked the Railways innings with a four-wicket haul as the visitor was bundled out for 314 in reply to the host’s 475 for six declared in their Elite group match.

The scores: Bengal — 1st innings: 337.

Goa — 1st innings: S. Kamat lbw b Bose 0, S. Asnodkar b Bose 1, A. Katkar c Saha b Bose 9, J. Arun Kumar b Bose 16, A. Ratra lbw b Bose 0, A. Desai lbw b Bose 37, R. Ninan (batting) 66, S. Jakati lbw b Tiwari 4, R. D’Souza (batting) 25, Extras (lb-7, nb-1) 8; Total (for seven wkts. in 56 overs) 166.

Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-5, 3-27 4-27, 5-34, 6-124, 7-136.

Bengal bowling: Bose 19-4-50-6, Dinda 17-2-47-0, Sarkar 5-2-6-0, Kundu 4-1-19-0, Choudhary 2-0-7-0, Ganguly 5-0-21-0, Tiwari 4-1-9-1.

Other scores: Super League: At Bangalore: Karnataka 252 and 229 in 70.3 overs (B. Akhil 62, S.A. Agharkar four for 56) bt. Maharashtra 210 and 116 in 36.5 overs (Sunil Joshi seven for 29); Points: Karnataka 5, Maharashtra 0.

At Mumbai: Punjab 202 and 363 for eight in 91 overs (S. Sohal 51, U. Kaul 117, A. Kakkar 58) vs. Mumbai 436 for nine decl.

At Bhubaneshwar: Orissa 162 vs. Gujarat 382 for eight in 182 overs (P.K. Panchal 59, Parthiv Patel 206).

At Jaipur: Rajasthan 295 vs. Delhi 505 for five in 125 overs (A. Chopra 210, S. Dhawan 118, V. Kohli 83).

At Chennai: Tamil Nadu 475 for six decl. and 33 for no loss in six overs vs. Railways 314 in 111.5 overs (V. Cheluvaraj 65, Yere Goud 97, V. Yomahesh four for 90).

Plate semifinals: At Nagpur: Madhya Pradesh 228 vs. Himachal Pradesh 576 for eight in 188 overs (B.J. Thakkar 111, Vinit Indulkar 80, Mukesh Sharma 161, A. Mannu 93).

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