HAR 186/8 I Live Cricket Score Haryana vs Bengal, Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match, Day 2 at Rohtak; Stumps
Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live cricket blog of the Group A match in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16, between Haryana and Bengal. After winning the toss Haryana decide to bowl first. With good bowling show so far Haryana made early in roads into the Bengal team. Bengal were at one time 70/4 before P Chandial(65) and P Shaw(54) guided them to 257 for 8 at end of day play. Captain Manoj Tiwary could only contribute 24 runs before getting bowled by Hooda. Shreevats Goswami also chipped in 35 runs. Pragyan Ohja is putting up a bit of resistance bating on 22 along with Ashok Dinda on 5. Complete Coverage: Ranji Trophy 2015-16
Virender Sehwag was quick to make good use of a seemingly good paced track and was not disappointed. Sachin Rana triggered the downfall for Bengal batsman picking up three top-order wickets, Yuzevendra Chahal picked up 2 important wickets of Shaw and Chandila who were batting well. Ashish Hooda also picked up 2 wicket. Haryana will want to wrap up Bengal innings early in the morning after which Virender Sehwag can start demolishing the Bengal bowlers.
Live cricket scores: Haryana 186/8 | Overs 69 | RP Sharma 52(110), Yuzvendra Chahal 33(60): Haryana end day 2 on eight for 186. RP Sharma 52 not out and Yuzvendra Chahal 33 not out are battling it out in the middle. Haryana skipper Virender Sehwag disappointed his fans today as he could not go beyond 28 runs. His team still trails by 146 runs and would most likely end up behind Bengal’s first innings score. Bengal, though ahead at the moment, would be hoping for more than just the first innings lead and would go for an outright win and gaining clear seven points.
Live cricket scores: Haryana 185/8 | Overs 66 | RP Sharma 52(104), Yuzvendra Chahal 32(49): Current partnership between RP Sharma and Yuzvendra Chahal is now of 65 runs. It is increasingly getting frustrating for the Bengal bowlers, who have destroyed the Haryana top-order, but have failed ti wipe-off the tail so far. RP Sharma has just reached to his half-century and is taking attack to the opposition. Yuzvendra Chahal has showed he’s no bunny with the bat and can be a fighter.
Live cricket scores: Haryana 124/8 | Overs 52 | RP Sharma 31(70), Yuzvendra Chahal 0(0): The hosts are under big-big trouble as they suddenly find themselves eight down for 124. Lower-order batsman RR Dayal was the first to go while tailenders HV Patel and Mohit Sharma soon followed. Bengal are all set to earn huge points for their remarkable first innings performance , where they excelled both with the bat as well as ball.
OUT! Mohit Sharma ct Pramod Chandila b Veerpratap Singh 0(7)
OUT! HV Patel ct Shreevats Goswami b Mukesh Kumar 7(7)
OUT! RR Dayal lbw Mukesh Kumar 13(49)
Live cricket scores: Haryana 108/5 | Overs 46 | RP Sharma 29(58), RR Dayal 11(37): Haryana are fast losing the plot and it seems that Bengal are going to take a huge lead. During this phase of play, Haryana first lost Sachin Rana, who became Pragyan Ojha’s first victim in the match. He could score a mere four runs before handing a catch to Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary. Next to go was PY Tehlan, who couldn’t even open his account and fell to Ashoke Dinda.
OUT! PY Tehlan ct Shreevats Goswami b Ashoke Dinda 0(5)
OUT! SR Rana ct Manoj Tiwary b Pragyan Ojha 4(14)
Live cricket scores: Haryana 82/3 | Overs 32 | RP Sharma 18(27), SR Rana 1(2): Haryana have lost the big fish Virender Sehwag. They have actually lost two wickets during the last 10 overs. The first one was to go was Dewan, who fell to Mukesh Kumar after scoring 25. Next to go was the champion batsman Virender Sehwag, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket. He played his typical flashy cuts and drives during his brief, before falling once again to Mukesh Kumar. His 28 included three boundaries. RP Sharma and Sachin Rana are now playing. Bengal are slowly tightening their grip over the match.
OUT! Virender Sehwag b Mukesh Kumar 28(46)
OUT! RV Dewan ct Shreevats Goswami b Mukesh Kumar 25(96)
Live cricket scores: Haryana 45/1 | Overs 22 | RV Dewan 22(84), Virender Sehwag 14(26): Haryana have begun the post-lunch session with wickets of both its batsmen intact. Skipper Sehwag is at the crease along with Dewan and both the players would look to continue with the starts they’ve got. Dewan has been playing the anchor while Sehwag would take his chances and play his shots.
Live cricket scores: Haryana 25/1 | Overs 14 | RV Dewan 14(58), Virender Sehwag 1(4): Haryana have lost their first wicket in NR Saini, who was caught by Naved Ahmad off Sayan Shekhar Mandal’s bowling. Hold on to your breath now, as it is the Virender Sehwag show! The Haryana skipper is out now in the middle. We can expect some fireworks to begin shortly. The Bengal bowlers ought to have a plan to stop the big man, or else they’ll be blown away.
OUT! NR Saini ct Naved Ahmad b Sayan Shekhar Mandal 8(22)
Live cricket scores: Haryana 11/0 | Overs 7 | RV Dewan 10(28), NR Saini 1(14): Haryana have started their reply to Bengal’s 329 on a cautious note. Both its openers Dewan and Saini would be aware of the Bengal bowling and would look to give s good start to the team albeit playing cautiously. The team has one of the biggest match winners ever Virender Sehwag in its ranks, and the crowd may turn up in huge numbers later in the day just to see the legend bat.
Live cricket scores: Bengal 329 | Overs 103.3 | Mukesh Kumar 1(1) : Bengal have posted a respectable 329 on the board. Thanks to a fighting and gritty half-century by Pragyan Ojha and a quickfire cameo of 45 by Ashoke Dinda, the team has got some total to defend. Both international players added a valuable 78 for the ninth wicket.
OUT! Pragyan Ojha ct R P Sharma b S R Rana 51(103)
OUT! Ashoke Dinda lbw S R Rana 45(51)
Live cricket scores: Bengal 285/8 | Overs 97| Batting: Pragyan Ojha 26(82), Ashoke Dinda 28(34) : Bengal have started on a positive note from their overnight score of 8 for 257. Both Pragyan Ojha and Ashoke Dinda have shown mettle during their stay so far. Dinda has played aggressor this morning, scoring 28 runs in 34 balls so far. On the other end, Ojha is playing a perfect foil. The Bengal tail is wagging!
Playing XI :
Bengal: Naved Ahmed, SS Mondal, SP Goswami(WK), SD Chatterjee, MK Tiwary(C), P Chandila, PP Shaw, V Pratap Singh,PP Ojha, AB Dinda, Mukesh Kumar
Haryana: V Sehwag(C), N Saini, HV Patel, YS Chahal, AH Hooda, PY Tehlan, RR Dalal(WK), S Rana, R Dewan, RP Sharma, MM Sharma