A sluggish batting effort denied Bengal a chance to gain the first innings lead as its Col. C.K. Nayudu Trophy (under-22) elite group ‘C' match against Andhra ended in a tame draw here on Tuesday.
Replying to Andhra's 501, Bengal was 468 for nine at stumps on the final day. Both teams did not get any point.
The scores:
Andhra 501 drew with Bengal 468 for nine in 186 overs (Jayojit Basu 110, Arjun Das 87, Amit Mehara 88, Sayan Sekhar Mandal 69, Aloke Sharma 33 n.o., K. Bharat Reddy three for 91).
At Perinthalmanna: Railways 163 & 314 in 128.5 overs (Awanish Singh 40, Sandeep Yadav 61, Pankaj Chowdhary 62, Gaurav Kumar 40, Monish seven for 87) drew with Kerala 228 & 102 for four in 44.3 overs (Vinoop Manoharan 43 n.o.).
