Rusty Ganguly fails on return

Never given enough room to work with,Ganguly also seemed uncomfortable against the sharp turn produced by leg-spinner Karan Sharma. He never once executed the cover drives he is renowned for. After facing only 30 deliveries,he perished for a scratchy 13,bowled off an inside edge while attempting to punch at a Anureet Singh delivery that was too close to him. Though his shots through the covers were missing,his passion of the older days remained — he was later seen practicing the same shots over and over again at the nets.

Of the Bengal batsmen only opener and top scorer Gitimoy Basu,with 58,and captain Manoj Tiwari ,who contributed with a patient 133-ball 42,seemed to get the measure of a pitch that took sharp turn into the second session of play and benefited the seamers by keeping low from time to time.

As Anureet Singh,who was the highest wicket taker for the Railways with three wickets,said.

“We really did not have to do much. We just delivered a tight line and the pitch did the rest.” Tomorrow,however,will see the Railways batsmen in action and they will have to perform to compliment their bowlers efforts.