da blaze casino: Nilambar Saha and Rohan Gavaskar with unbeaten knocks of 54 and 49added 70 runs to put Bengal on course to make a fitting reply toBihar’s first innings total of 341 at stumps on the second day oftheir East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the
da betsul: 05-Jan-2000Nilambar Saha and Rohan Gavaskar with unbeaten knocks of 54 and 49added 70 runs to put Bengal on course to make a fitting reply toBihar’s first innings total of 341 at stumps on the second day oftheir East Zone Ranji Trophy league match at the Keenan stadium inJamshedpur on Tuesday. At stumps Bengal were 128 for one.Saha dominated a first wicket partnership of 58 runs in 17.3 overswith H Firozi (7) and then in association with Gavaskar, he helpedBengal consolidate. By close, Saha had faced 112 balls and hit tenfours while the left handed Gavaskar had faced 71 balls and had fourhits to the ropes.Earlier, Bengal skipper Utpal Chatterjee played a leading role inrestricting Bihar. Resuming at 223 for five, Bihar lost wickets atregular intervals and were 299 for nine. However a last wicket standof 42 runs off 15.3 overs between Avinash Kumar (32 not out) and SGupta (25) boosted the Bihar total. Chatterjee finished with five for90 off 54.1 overs with his left arm spinners, picking up three of thefive wickets to fall on the second day.






