Bengal fail in bid for victory over Delhi

Bengal fail in bid for victory over Delhi
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CALCUTTA, FEB 19: Failing to chase a victory target of 124 runs in 13 overs, Bengal kept themselves happy with five points by virtue of their first innings lead in their Group B match against Delhi which ended in a draw here on Saturday.

Delhi bagged three points from their opening encounter.

SCOREBOARD :

Delhi: (1st innings) 236
Bengal: (1st innings) 374-8 decl
Delhi: (2nd innings) Akash Chopra b Chatterjee 42, Ashu Dani lbw Ganguly 17, Akash Malhotra c Gandhi b Chatterjee 15, Ajay Sharma c Karim b Ganguly 0, Virender Sehwag c Majumdar b Chatterjee 25, Vijay Dahiya c Kalyani b Ganguly 32, Mithun Manhas c Lahiri b Chatterjee 46, Nikhil Chopra b Lahiri 39, Rahul Sanghvi c Karim b Ganguly 20, Sanjay Gill c Karim b Ganguly 17, Robin Singh (Jr) not out 1. Extras: (lb 4, nb 2, w 1) 7. Total (all out in 87.5 overs) 261
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-63, 3-68, 4-90, 5-109, 6-163, 7-215, 8-236, 9-241
Bowling: Ganguly 24-2-91-5, Shukla 20-6-56-0, Chatterjee 35.5-9-84-4, Lahiri 6-2-18-1, Panda 1-0-5-0, Majumdar 1-0-4-0.

Bengal: (2nd innings) Debang Gandhi c Akash Chopra b Gill 28, Saurav Ganguly b Gill 17, Nikhil Haldipur c sub (Harinder) b Robin 18, LR Shukla c Nikhil b Robin 13, Saba Karim not out 0, Wrichik Majumdar not out 1. Extras: (nb 1, w 1, lb 3) 5. Total (for four wkts in 11 overs, 52 minutes) 82
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-59, 3-72, 4-81
Bowling: Robin Singh (Jr) 6-0-45-2, Gill 5-0-35-2

Karnataka win
BANGALORE: Rajasthan's tailenders Devender Pal Singh 85 (87b, 1x6, 14x4) and Anup Dave (18 not out) delayed the inevitable in a ninth wicket stand that brought 82 runs in 69 minutes. Sunil Joshi picked up both the wickets to help Karnataka win their Group A match by 139 runs.
Scoreboard
Karnataka: (1st innings) 243
Rajasthan: (1st innings) 211
Karnataka: (2nd innings) 326-6 decl
Rajasthan: (2nd innings) Anshu Jain c Barrington b A Vijay 32, Nikhil Doru c Dravid b Prasad 4, Kuldeep c A Vijay b Kumble 28, Rahul Kanwat b Kumble 0, Krishnakumar run out 13, Gagan Khoda c Naidu b Srinath 3, Jhalani lbw Srinath 0, Gaurav c Akhil b Prasad 13, DP Singh c Dravid b Joshi 85, Anup Dave not out 18, Shamsher c Akhil b Joshi 12. Extras: (b 4, lb 4, nb ) 11. Total (all out in 68.4 overs) 219
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-62, 3-63, 4-68, 5-73, 6-73, 7-96, 8-114, 9-196
Bowling: Srinath 8-3-14-2, Prasad 8-2-20-2, Joshi 21.4-6-78-2, Ganesh 7-2-23-0, Kumble 21-10-61-2, A Vijay 3-0-15-1.

Baroda surpass Rlys
NEW DELHI: Replying to Railways' 506, Baroda played to a plan to reach 516 for nine in the 11th mandatory over to win their Group B match.
Brief scores: Railways 506 drew with Baroda 516-9 (Connor Williams 123, Himanshu Jadhav 109, Milap Mewada 37, Atul Bedade 51, Tushar Arothe 41, Ajit Bhoite 52, Rakesh Patel 53; Harvinder Singh 2-96, Balaji Rao 2-97, Yere Goud 2-29)

Bihar escape
HYDERABAD: A defiant Bihar drew with Hyderabad in Group B.
Brief scores: Bihar 381 & 247-9 (Amir Hasmi 58, Rajeev Kumar 34, Sunil Kumar not out 89; Satwalkar 3-43, Kanwaljit Singh 4-88)) drew with Hyderabad 440-8 decl.

Saurashtra triumph
CHANDIGARH: Saurashtra scored a nine-wicket victory over Haryana in their Group C match at Rohtak. Chasing a target of 94 runs, Saurashtra achieved the target for the loss of Vasan Kumar's (38) wicket.
Brief scores: Saurashtra 405 & 97-1 (Altaf Mechant not out 41, Vasant Kumar 38) bt Haryana 224 & 274 (Rajesh Puri not out 114, Satish Ohlan 36; Firoz Bambhania 5-19, Niraj Odedara 2-46)

UP down Orissa
KANPUR: Uttar Pradesh earned full eight points with a 10-wicket victory over Orissa on the final day of their Group C match.
Brief scores: Orissa 241 & 257 (Sanjay Raul 82, RR Parida 69, P Jaychandra not out 65; Ashish Winston Zaidi 2-55, Salabh Srivastava 2-49, Musi Raza 5-49) vs Uttar Pradesh 487 & 14-0.