KALYANI: Bengal was fighting to avoid an innings defeat as it was at 86 for three after following on and trailing by 206 runs on the third day of the Ranji Trophy Group ‘D’ match against Vidarbha at the Bengal Cricket Association (BCA) ground here on Saturday.
Resuming from 89 for three, Bengal was all out for 207 in its first innings. Asked to follow on, Bengal lost three wickets for only 10 runs before Sudip Chatterjee and captain Manoj Tiwary put up an unbeaten 76-run partnership for the third wicket.
Pacer Lalit Yadav took all three wickets inside seven overs in Bengal’s second innings.
The scores:
Vidarbha — 1st innings: 499.
Bengal — 1st innings: Abhishek Raman c & b Wakhare 27, Abhimanyu Easwaran lbw b Lalit 0, Sudip Chatterjee c Fazal b Lalit 15, Koushik Ghosh lbw b Neral 50, Manoj Tiwary b Gurbani 50, Wriddhiman Saha c Wath b Gurbani 0, Shreevats Goswami lbw b Wakhare 9, Aamir Gani c Wankhade b Wakhare 11, Kanishk Seth (not out) 20, Ashok Dinda b Sarvate 7, Ishan Porel lbw b Sarvate 0, Extras (b-8, lb-7, nb-3): 18, Total (in 81 overs): 207.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-43, 3-43, 4-132, 5-140, 6-165, 7-172, 8-200, 9-207.
Vidarbha bowling: Lalit Yadav 16-4-43-2, Rajneesh Gurbani 20-8-43-2, Akshay Wakhare 18-6-45-3, Siddhesh Neral 14-4-34-1, Aditya Sarvate 13-2-27-2.
Bengal — 2nd innings: Abhishek Raman lbw b Lalit 6, Abhimanyu Easwaran c Wath b Lalit 2, Sudip Chatterjee (batting) 40, Koushik Ghosh c Jaffer b Lalit 0, Manoj Tiwary (batting) 36, Extras (lb-2): 2, Total (for three wkts. in 29 overs): 86.
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-10, 3-10.
Vidarbha bowling: Lalit Yadav 7-1-16-3, Rajneesh Gurbani 6-2-7-0, Akshay Wakhare 7-1-23-0, Aditya Sarvate 7-1-27-0, Siddhesh Neral 2-0-11-0.
