JAMSHEDPUR, NOV 25: The four-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match between Bihar and Bengal at Keenan Stadium ended in a draw. Bengal, however, had the upper hand after a huge first innings lead. Declaring their first innings at 460 for eight, the home team were sent reeling for 243. WB stumbled at 187-5 at close of play.

Brief scores: Bengal 460-8 & 187-5 (Tariqur Rahman 59 n.o., Arindam Sarkar 15-2); Bihar 243 (Sunil Kumar 92, Utpal Chattergee 7-88)

Rain mars Ranji tie

GURGAON: Only 71 minutes of play was possible on the third day of the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Haryana and Punjab at the Nehru Stadium here today. In the nine overs of play possible, Punjab moved from the overnight 35 for no loss to 89 for two, to take an overall lead of 186.

Brief scores: Punjab 286 & 89-2 (Ritender Sodhi 39); Haryana 189.

Play Washed Out

NEW DELHI: The penultimate day's play in the North Zone Ranji Trophy league match between Delhi and Jammu & Kashmir was abandoned at the Kotla here today without a ball being bowled owing to poor visibility and rain.

Brief scores: Jammu & Kashmir: 183 & 95-3 (Rajesh Gill 47, Ashish Nehra 2-41); Delhi: 140 (Ajay Sharma 27, Vijay Sharma 4-41)

TN get five points

CHENNAI: The four-day South Zone Ranji Trophy cricket match between Hyderabad and Tamil Nadu ended in a draw with the hosts getting five points for having obtained the first innings lead at the MA Chidambaram stadium.

Brief scores : Hyderabad 30-2 (Daniel Manohar 15, D Vasu 1-5); Tamil Nadu 33-1 (S Ramesh 17, Venka Pratap 1-22)

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