Published: Nov 15, 2015, 08:34 AM (IST)
Edited: Aug 31, 2016, 04:37 PM (IST)
Hello and welcome to cricket country’s live coverage of the Ranji Trophy 2015-16 Group A match between Maharashtra and Bengal. We will bring you live updates of the match from Pune on Day One. Maharashtra has not been in the best of form this season having lost three of their five encounters and managing unattractive draws in the other two. On the other hand, Bengal are a vastly improved side having won one of their five games and managing to seal victory in one other. Bengal will be keen to stamp their authority over a wavering Maharashtra to scale the ranks in the Group A points table.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 239/3 in Overs 90; BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 51(116), Shreevats Goswami 21(53): Bengal are quite comfortably placed at a score of 239 for three after the passage of 90 overs, with Chatterjee completing his half-century and looking set to to guide his side to a major total on the second day along with Goswami, who is batting in the 20s at the moment.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 196/3 in Overs 75; BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 26(70), Shreevats Goswami 4(9): Chatterjee’s 56-run third-wicket stand with Tiwary comes to an end after the latter is dismissed for a 70-ball 30, getting caught by Motwani off the bowling of Muthuswamy. Shreevats Goswami walks out to bat alongside Chatterjee, who is currently batting on 26 off 70 balls at the end of 75 overs. OUT! Manoj Tiwary c RH Motwani b DJ Muthuswamy 30(70)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 150/2 in Overs 59; BATTING: Sudip Chatterjee 15(29), Manoj Tiwary 2(21): After appearing invincible against the Maharashtra bowlers for quite some time, the Bengal opening duo have finally fallen, with Eswaran and Mandal departing after scoring 65 and 58 respectively. Chatterjee and Tiwary are both new to the crease at the moment. OUT! AR Eswaran c RA Tripathi b SM Fallah 65(154), Sayan Shekhar Mandal b CG Khurana 58(153)
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 107/0 in Overs 40; BATTING: AR Eswaran 59 (119), Sayan Shekhar Mandal 44 (122): Eswaran and Mandal have added 107 runs for the opening wicket so far, with the Maharashtra bowlers having little to offer against the set first-wicket pair. Meanwhile, Eswaran has brought up his half-century, with Mandal next in line.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 83/0 in Overs 31; BATTING: AR Eswaran 41 (93), Sayan Shekhar Mandal 38 (94): The opening partnership between Eswaran and Mandal is now worth 83, as the duo look quite well-settled at the crease at the moment, with Maharashtra desperately needing a wicket at the moment!
TOSS: Maharashtra have won the toss and elected to field against Bengal, in their Group A match in the ongoing Ranji Trophy 2015-16 at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Ground in Pune.
LIVE CRICKET SCORE Bengal 39 for no loss in Overs 15; BATTING: AR Eswaran 19 (51), Sayan Shekhar Mandal 17 (40): Sayan Shekhar Mandal and AR Eswaran have provided the Bengal side a strong start in this clash. It is always wise to start slow and steady and Bengal are looking to do exactly that. Maharashtra have used as many as four bowlers so far but not of them have been able to make any mark.
Squads:
Bengal: Manoj Tiwary (c), Sudip Chatterjee, Ashok Dinda, Shreevats Goswami (wk), Pragyan Ojha, Pankaj Shaw, Parthasarathi Bhattacharjee, Abhishek Das, Aamir Gani, Naved Ahmed, Veer Pratap Singh, Sourav Sarkar, Laxmi Shukla, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Sayan Mondal, Mukesh Kumar, Pramod Chandila, Sayan Ghosh
Maharashtra (From): Samad Fallah, Akshay Darekar, Chirag Khurana, Rohit Motwani (c/wk), Kedar Jadhav, Shrikant Mundhe, Anupam Sanklecha, Rahul Tripathi, Ankit Bawne, Sangram Atitkar, Nikti Dhumal, Swapnil Gugale, Harshad Khadiwale, Domnic Joseph, Vijay Zol, Bharatkumar Solanki
