Published: Jun 18, 2016, 01:00 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 30, 2016, 07:17 PM (IST)
Hello and Welcome to Cricket Country’s live cricket coverage of Day-1 of Bengal Super League Final, which is being played between Mohun Bagan and Bhowanipore Club. The match which is organised by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata is a four-day final and the best part of it is that it will be played under lights with the Pink ball. Yes! Finally we’ll have a glimpse of day-night cricket in India after a lot of discussion and debate. After the BCCI decided that the Duleep trophy this year will be played under lights, and top players will be a part of it, it was to be seen how things shape up then. And this match will certainly, grab a lot of eyeballs. Bagan are the favorites to win the tie, but expectations are still too high from the contest.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 258/7 in 85.3 Overs, BATTING: Sanjib Sanyal 53 (79), Rajkumar Pal 5 (6): Mohammed Shami gets out after a run-a-ball 36. Sanyal gets to his half century. Mohun Bagan will be happy that they have gone past 250. Umpire has declared stumps on Day 1. Bagan will be hoping to reach 300 tomorrow. OUT! Mohammed Shami c Sujit Kumar Yadav b Ravikant Singh 36 (36)
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 258/7 in 80 Overs, BATTING: Sanjib Sanyal 39 (56), Mohammed Shami 35 (32): Majumdar is unfortunate to get run out when he was very close of reaching his hundred. Sanyal is nearing his fifty. Mohammed Shami, the new batsman at the crease, is batting at a brisk pace. In his 35-run knock, he has already hit four boundaries and a six. OUT! Anustup Majumdar run out Abhishek Das 83 (132)
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 199/6 in 70 Overs, BATTING: Anustup Majumdar 74 (125), Sanjib Sanyal 25(35): Majumdar is nearing his century. Batting on 74, he has hit seven shots to the fence. This seventh-wicket partnership is now worth 40 runs. Talking of Bhowanipore’s bowlers, Ravikant Singh and Geet Puri have taken a couple each. Their captain Writtick Chatterjee and Sujit Kumar Yadav have taken one each.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 162/6 in 60.2 Overs, BATTING: Anustup Majumdar 61 (99), Sanjib Sanyal 1(3): Debabrata Das is trapped leg-before by Sujit Kumar Yadav for 12. Sanjib Sanyal is the new batsman at the crease. Anustup Majumdar has went past his half century. Mahun Bagan would be aiming to go beyond 250. A lot many overs are still left today. Let’s see if Bagan are able to survive the day. OUT! Debabrata Das lbw Sujit Kumar Yadav 12 (40)
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 135/5 in 50 Overs, BATTING: Anustup Majumdar 46 (71), Debabrata Das 1 (9): New batsman in as Saha is dismissed as well by Chatterjee. Majumdar is nearing his half-century. Das is the new batsman in and he has scored just a single. Mohan Bagan are nearing their 150 mark. Bagan are aiming to finish at 200 on Day-1. Puri has been the leading bowler for Bhowanipore so far. Drinks break at the moment. Meanwhile, it was wonderful to find Arun Lal back on the field.
So good to have him back…#ArunLal #Fighter @StarSportsIndia #PinkWeekend pic.twitter.com/daTfEGFMpJ
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) June 18, 2016
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 112/4 in 39 Overs, BATTING: Wriddhiman Saha 28 (50), Majumdar 30 (32): Mohan Bagan have found momentum with another steady partnership building between Saha and Majumdar. Saha is smashing boundaries and is making good use of the pink-ball right away. Bowlers are helpless and giving away runs. They are already 100 runs up and pretty quick within 15 overs already.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 53/4 in 26 Overs, BATTING: Wriddhiman Saha 1 (12), Majumdar 0 (2): It is time for India’s Wriddhiman Saha to enter the crease as Subhomoy Das was picked for 2 for an lbw. It alsmost evening time and they are back from their tea break now. Puri has already grabbed two wickets out of the three wickets. Saha has managed to take a single run while Vivek Singh has been picked so now enters Majumdar on crease along with Saha. Mohammad Shami is also on Mohan Bagan team so this is going to be an interesting side to watch. Meanwhile, Bhowanipore is bowling excellently and have restricted Bagan at the regular intervals.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 35/2 in 18 Overs, BATTING: Singh 13 (56), Das 2 (2): Ghosh is also gone. Mohan Bagan are moving at slow rate. Singh has managed to score just 9 runs from 50 balls although he did have a boundary to his name. Das is the new batsman on crease. Bhowanipore are bowling at the right length not giving too many runs but yes the extras flowing away. Bhattacharya is the new bowler now and has conceded just 5 runs from 5 overs. Considering it is pink ball, batsmen are still getting used to the pace and ends with a boundary.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 10/1 in 5 Overs, BATTING: Singh 0 (9), Ghosh 0 (3): The game begins and rains have gone away. Both the batsman have still not achieved any runs yet. Too many extras from the other opponent. Mohan Bagan will want to get some runs on their hand.
Rain Halts Play!
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 9/1 in 4.2 Overs, BATTING: Singh 0 (7), Ghosh 0 (2): Puri gets his first wicket with the pink ball and Basu heads out for one run from 15 balls. He was struggling to find the right gap and was shown the way out. Ghosh is the new batsman who makes his way out. Just when the match was gaining moment, rains have played spoilsport once again. This halts the match. Wait for all the further updates here.
Live Cricket Score, Mohan Bagan 9/0 in 3 Overs, BATTING: Jayojit Basu 1 (15), Singh 0 (7): Playing with Pink ball for the first time in India and what a way to begin at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Mohan Bagan have started well with 7 runs from first two over. Singh started off the over and have already given too many leg byes and no balls. They will want to restrict the extras and pretty understandable with the new ball in place. A new ball takes 5 to 7 overs to get settled.
LIVE TOSS UPDATES: Bhowanipore Club win toss and elect to field first!
With India scheduled to play a day-night Test against New Zealand later in the year, according to reports, this match will be an important step in learning what venue might be chosen for the game. If the proceedings are carried out well, Sourav Ganguly-led CAB might just be given the opportunity of hosting that Test.
Also, Mohammad Shami and Wriddhiman Saha, who have been a part of the Indian team and played at the highest level will be taking part in the game. The duo will represent Mohun Bagan and might be the first Indian team players to experience the joy of the game with the Pink ball in hand. Meanwhile, most of the Indian players have shown interest in playing with the Pink ball and have said that they were looking forward to it. The first Day-Night Test might have been played at Adelaide between Australia and New Zealand, but looks like India is not far away from hosting a competitive match under lights on its soil.
