http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 Trophy Elite - Group B - Baroda v Bengal – 2nd Day’s Update
Baroda 284 v Bengal 264/4 (87.0 ov) - Bengal trail by 20 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
In the ongoing Ranji Trophy Elite, Bengal trail by 20 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings against Baroda after posting 264 runs for the loss of four wickets in the first innings on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara.
After Baroda posted 284 runs at stumps on the first day of play, the side failed to add a run to their score as they lost the wicket of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gagandeep-Singh-c58301 in the morning.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098, was the most successful bowler from Bengal as he grabbed five wickets in 24 overs, to leave the batting side in ruins.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Baroda-c769 and then gain a daunting lead against the rivals.
Openers, Jayojit Basu and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Arindam-Das-c1077 gave their side a stand of 31 runs, before Basu lost his wicket after scoring 17 runs off 33 deliveries.
The demise of Basu, brought middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shreevats-Goswami-c2518 on the crease who, batted well against the bowlers and seemed destined to craft a befitting partnership with Das, however, with 71 runs on the board, the latter lost his wicket after posting a 17-run knock.
This followed the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mayank-Goswami-c75433, who found his way back to the pavilion after playing an innings of 38 runs. At the time of his demise, Bengal had managed to post only 75 runs on the board.
With three wickets down, Bengal desperately needed a well tamed innings from some of the remaining batsmen, in order to come closer to the first innings tally of their opponents.
With a batting meltdown in the making, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anustup-Majumdar-c1071 crafted a resilient batting performance as they hammered their opposition and took the sting out of the Baroda bowlers.
After playing a tentative knock of 60 runs, Ganguly, had to retire, leaving Majumdar (71) to partner with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Laxmi-Shukla-c1829 (37) till stumps.
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