Published: Dec 18, 2015, 08:40 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 12:04 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live coverage of Bengal and Saurashtra, Group D match of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2015-16. Both the sides have played four games each with Bengal registering one win, while Saurashtra have managed two wins out of their four games. The latter stand fourth on the Group D points table where Uttar Pradesh are the table toppers withnfour victories from five games. On the other hand, Bengal are just above Goa who are at the bottom of the table. Bengal and Saurashtra are coming off defeats in the previous round so both the sides will aim to come back to winning ways when they meet at Rajkot. Vijay Hazare 2015-16: Full coverage here
Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal by five wickets in their previous fixture. Batting first, Bengal posted a first innings total of 262 with opening batsman Sayan Mondal top scoring for his side with 88 run in 109 balls. In reply to that, Madhya Pradesh comfortably chased down the target with 19 balls to spare. Meanwhile, Saurashtra lost their previous match by five wickets to Uttar Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh restricted Saurashtra to 189 runs in 48.5 overs before chasing down the total in 44.4 overs.Saur
Live Cricket Score: Saurashtra 244/4 | Overs 45 | Target 244 | BATSMEN: Cheteshwar Pujara 31(37), Chirag Jani 9(9): Pujara and Jani remained unbeaten as Saurashtra succesfully defeated Bnegal by six wickets. Samarth Vyas top scored for them who missed a century by just six runs. After the dimsissal of the openers of Saurashtra, Pujara took charge and he ensured his side won the game. With this victory, Jaydev Shah’s men have earned crucial four points.
Live Cricket Score: Saurashtra 217/4 | Overs 42 | Target 244 | BATSMEN: Cheteshwar Pujara 31(37), Chirag Jani 9(9): After an excellent 136-run partnership for the opening wicket, Sheldon Jackson was dismissed. Debabrata Das got him run out on the last delivery of the 27th over. That wicket was followed by fall of three quick wickets and suddenly Saurashtra were 202 for 4. The last batsman to get out was Ravindra Jadeja. He scored 10 from 16 balls before giving Bengal’s Sudip Chatterjee an easy catch. From here, Saurashtra need another 27 rusn to win. OUT! Sheldon Jackson run out Debabrata Das 50(72), OUT! Samarth Vyas c Shreevats Goswami b Ashoke Dinda 94(103), OUT! Jaydev Shah c Ashoke Dinda b Aamir Gani 11(16), OUT! Ravindra Jadeja c Sudip Chatterjee b P Pramanik 10(16)
Saurashtra 108/0 in 23 overs | Sheldon Jackson 40(61), Samarth Vyas 62(77): Saurashtra haven’t lost a wicket yet. Bengal have managed to cut the run flow but that’s not enough. Both Jackson and Vyas are helping Saurashtra march towards a win.
Saurashtra 58/0 in 11 overs | Sheldon Jackson 23(31), Samarth Vyas 31(35): Saurashtra have got off to a good start and Jackson continues his good form. They haven’t lost a wicket yet and if these aren’t good signs for Bengal.
Bengal 242/5 in 50 overs | LR Shukla 23(25), D Das 15(16): Bengal will not be happy with the total they got. They were cruising at one stage and looked set for a score in excess of 250. Shukla and Debabrata Das couldn’t help Bengal get to that. It has been a disciplined efford by both the Jadejas representing Saurashtra. However, Bengal have a good bowling line-up and the chase won’t be very easy for the home side. OUT! Sreevats Goswami c VM Jivarajani b Chirag Jani 42(55)
Bengal 205/4 in 43.3 overs | S Goswami 42(44), LR Shukla 2(3):Tiwary was playing a captain’s knock here. He was being well supported by Sreevats Goswami but Ravindra Jadeja dismissed the Bengal skipper. Bengal are still well placed for a score of over 250. All four wickets have been picked by the Jadejas. Ravindra Jadeja has finished with figures of 10-0-49-1, while Dharmendrasinh Jadeja has given away 46 runs from his 10 overs and picked up 3 wickets.
OUT! Sudip Chatterjee lbw b D Jadeja 29(35)
OUT! Manoj Tiwary b R Jadeja 43(66)
Bengal 113/2 in 26 overs | S Chatterjee 20(25), M Tiwary 6(18): After a steady start, Bengal have lost both their openers and now have some rebuilding to do. Both the well set batsmen have been dismissed by Dharmendrasinh Jadeja. Their in-form batsman Sudip Chatterjee and skipper Manoj Tiwary.
OUT! AR Eswaran lbw b D Jadeja 48(56)
OUT! SS Mandal lbw b D Jadeja 34(57)
Bengal 60/0 in 15 overs | AR Eswaran 39(46), SS Mandal 19(44): AR Eswaran and SS Mandal have got Bengal to a steady start. Eswaran is looking good and has scored at a brisk rate. The run-rate may not be soaring at the moment but the important point is they haven’t lost a wicket.
Toss: Bengal (Batting)
Bengal: Aamir Gani, A R Eswaran, Sudip Chatterjee, Manoj Tiwary (C), Laxmi Shukla, Ashoke Dinda, Debabrata Das, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Shreevats Goswami (W), Mukesh Kumar, P Pramanik
Saurashtra: Cheteshwar Pujara, A V Vasavada, Chirag Jani, D A Jadeja, Jaydev Shah (C), Ravindra Jadeja, Shaurya M Sanandia, Sheldon Jackson (W), V M Jivrajani, Samarth Vyas, Jaydev Unadkat
Squads:
Saurashtra: Cheteshwar Pujara, Avi Barot, A V Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Jaydev Shah (c), K R Makwana, Ravindra Jadeja, Shaurya M Sanandia, Sheldon Jackson (wk), Deepak Punia, Jaydev Unadkat
Bengal: Aamir Gani, A R Eswaran, Sudip Chatterjee, Manoj Tiwary (c), Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Laxmi Shukla, Ashoke Dinda, Pragyan Ojha, Sayan Shekhar Mandal, Mohammed Shami, Pankaj Kumar Shaw
