BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gitimoy Basu †	lbw b Shah	6	34	-	0	0	17.64
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c Indrajith b Rangarajan	17	76	-	1	0	22.36
Subhomoy Das	c Mukund b Shah	36	49	-	6	1	73.46
Sudip Chatterjee	not out	34	73	-	3	0	46.57
Arnab Nandi	c Aparajith b Rangarajan	14	23	-	2	0	60.86
Laxmi Shukla (c)	st †Karthik b Shah	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Writtick Chatterjee	c Shah b Rangarajan	9	29	-	1	0	31.03
Saurasish Lahiri	c Shah b Rangarajan	5	11	-	1	0	45.45
Ashok Dinda	st †Karthik b Rangarajan	0	9	-	0	0	0.00
Iresh Saxena	b Rangarajan	0	7	-	0	0	0.00
Jitender Shaw	b Shah	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 6, lb 2, nb 1)	9
TOTAL	52 Ov (RR: 2.50)	130
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Gitimoy Basu, 11.5 ov), 2-56 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 24.2 ov), 3-64 (Subhomoy Das, 29.1 ov), 4-85 (Arnab Nandi, 34.6 ov), 5-86 (Laxmi Shukla, 35.6 ov), 6-101 (Writtick Chatterjee, 44.4 ov), 7-107 (Saurasish Lahiri, 46.5 ov), 8-117 (Ashok Dinda, 48.5 ov), 9-123 (Iresh Saxena, 50.6 ov), 10-130 (Jitender Shaw, 51.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Lakshmipathy Balaji	7	2	14	0	2.00	-	-	-	0
Vijay Shankar	6	2	13	0	2.16	-	-	-	1
Rahil Shah	23	5	65	4	2.82	-	-	-	0
Malolan Rangarajan	16	2	30	6	1.87	-	-	-	0

Tamil Nadu 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Baba Aparajith	b Saxena	8	24	-	1	0	33.33
Abhinav Mukund	c Das b Saxena	14	56	-	2	0	25.00
S Badrinath	c Shukla b Lahiri	3	19	-	0	0	15.78
Baba Indrajith	c Easwaran b Lahiri	3	22	-	0	0	13.63
Dinesh Karthik †	c Das b Nandi	28	54	-	4	0	51.85
Vijay Shankar	b WB Chatterjee	6	33	-	0	0	18.18
Ramaswamy Prasanna	c SD Chatterjee b Nandi	0	6	-	0	0	0.00
Malolan Rangarajan	c Shukla b Nandi	2	5	-	0	0	40.00
Lakshmipathy Balaji (c)	c Das b Nandi	1	8	-	0	0	12.50
Rahil Shah	not out	8	12	-	1	0	66.66
Aushik Srinivas	c Nandi b Lahiri	4	16	-	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 8)	8
TOTAL	42.3 Ov (RR: 2.00)	85
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Baba Aparajith, 10.1 ov), 2-29 (Abhinav Mukund, 15.6 ov), 3-29 (S Badrinath, 16.3 ov), 4-45 (Baba Indrajith, 23.1 ov), 5-66 (Vijay Shankar, 34.3 ov), 6-66 (Dinesh Karthik, 35.1 ov), 7-67 (Ramaswamy Prasanna, 35.5 ov), 8-69 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 37.4 ov), 9-69 (Malolan Rangarajan, 37.6 ov), 10-85 (Aushik Srinivas, 42.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Ashok Dinda	4	1	4	0	1.00	-	-	-
Saurasish Lahiri	16.3	5	33	3	2.00	-	-	-
Iresh Saxena	10	2	21	2	2.10	-	-	-
Jitender Shaw	2	1	1	0	0.50	-	-	-
Arnab Nandi	6	1	9	4	1.50	-	-	-
Writtick Chatterjee	4	1	9	1	2.25	-	-	-

Bengal 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Gitimoy Basu †	lbw b Shah	3	10	-	0	0	30.00
Saurasish Lahiri	c †Karthik b Shah	15	26	-	1	1	57.69
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c †Karthik b Rangarajan	5	24	-	0	0	20.83
Sudip Chatterjee	c †Karthik b Rangarajan	39	82	-	3	0	47.56
Subhomoy Das	lbw b Shah	1	12	-	0	0	8.33
Laxmi Shukla (c)	c †Karthik b Shah	46	25	-	5	2	184.00
Writtick Chatterjee	c Shankar b Rangarajan	8	23	-	0	0	34.78
Arnab Nandi	lbw b Shah	5	5	-	1	0	100.00
Ashok Dinda	c Balaji b Shah	8	14	-	0	0	57.14
Iresh Saxena	c Mukund b Rangarajan	6	16	-	1	0	37.50
Jitender Shaw	not out	1	6	-	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 2)	2
TOTAL	40.3 Ov (RR: 3.43)	139
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Gitimoy Basu, 1.4 ov), 2-22 (Saurasish Lahiri, 9.2 ov), 3-24 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 10.5 ov), 4-31 (Subhomoy Das, 13.6 ov), 5-89 (Laxmi Shukla, 21.6 ov), 6-108 (Writtick Chatterjee, 30.1 ov), 7-118 (Arnab Nandi, 31.6 ov), 8-132 (Sudip Chatterjee, 36.3 ov), 9-132 (Ashok Dinda, 37.2 ov), 10-139 (Iresh Saxena, 40.3 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Lakshmipathy Balaji	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-
Rahil Shah	18	4	64	6	3.55	-	-	-
Malolan Rangarajan	14.3	0	48	4	3.31	-	-	-
Aushik Srinivas	5	0	16	0	3.20	-	-	-

Tamil Nadu 2nd Innings (T: 185 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhinav Mukund	c Easwaran b WB Chatterjee	26	85	-	2	0	30.58
Dinesh Karthik †	c Dinda b Lahiri	62	148	-	7	0	41.89
S Badrinath	lbw b Lahiri	21	57	-	3	0	36.84
Baba Aparajith	c Easwaran b Nandi	33	83	-	4	1	39.75
Baba Indrajith	c Easwaran b Lahiri	2	23	-	0	0	8.69
Lakshmipathy Balaji (c)	lbw b Lahiri	1	4	-	0	0	25.00
Vijay Shankar	c †Basu b Lahiri	0	9	-	0	0	0.00
Ramaswamy Prasanna	c †Basu b Lahiri	5	16	-	1	0	31.25
Malolan Rangarajan	lbw b WB Chatterjee	11	43	-	0	0	25.58
Rahil Shah	c WB Chatterjee b Lahiri	1	9	-	0	0	11.11
Aushik Srinivas	not out	10	15	-	1	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 7, nb 1)	8
TOTAL	81.5 Ov (RR: 2.19)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (Abhinav Mukund, 28.5 ov), 2-110 (S Badrinath, 42.6 ov), 3-125 (Dinesh Karthik, 54.1 ov), 4-131 (Baba Indrajith, 60.6 ov), 5-133 (Lakshmipathy Balaji, 62.5 ov), 6-144 (Vijay Shankar, 66.2 ov), 7-156 (Baba Aparajith, 69.5 ov), 8-156 (Ramaswamy Prasanna, 70.5 ov), 9-158 (Rahil Shah, 72.5 ov), 10-180 (Malolan Rangarajan, 81.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Ashok Dinda	4	0	6	0	1.50	-	-	-	0
Saurasish Lahiri	33	10	62	7	1.87	-	-	-	0
Jitender Shaw	4	1	4	0	1.00	-	-	-	0
Arnab Nandi	12	1	34	1	2.83	-	-	-	0
Iresh Saxena	18	9	35	0	1.94	-	-	-	1
Writtick Chatterjee	6.5	0	24	2	3.51	-	-	-	0
Laxmi Shukla	4	1	8	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Mon, 30 Dec - day 1 - Tamil Nadu 1st innings 66/6 (Ramaswamy Prasanna 0*, 35.1 ov)

Tue, 31 Dec - day 2 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 102/1 (Dinesh Karthik 56*, S Badrinath 16*, 39 ov)

Wed, 01 Jan - day 3 - Tamil Nadu 2nd innings 180 (81.5 ov) - end of match

MATCH DETAILS

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai
Toss	Bengal, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2013/14
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	30,31 December 2013, 1 January 2014 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Jitender Shaw
Umpires	Anil Chaudhary Ulhas Gandhe
Match Referee	Balbir Singh
Points	Bengal 6, Tamil Nadu 0

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Tamil Nadu Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AB Dinda	4	0	6	0	1.5
SS Lahiri	33	10	62	7	1.87
JD Shaw	4	1	4	0	1
AA Nandi	12	1	34	1	2.83
I Saxena	18	9	35	0	1.94 (1 nb)
WB Chatterjee	6.5	0	24	2	3.51
LR Shukla	4	1	8	0	2

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Group A

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
KNTKA	8	5	0	3	38	1.355
PNJB	8	4	2	2	30	1.156
MUM	8	4	1	3	29	1.144
GUJ	8	2	1	5	26	1.214
DELHI	8	2	2	3	19	1.182
ODSA	8	1	3	4	12	0.730
VIDAR	8	1	3	4	12	0.699
HRYNA	8	1	5	2	10	0.950
JHK	8	0	3	4	9	0.759

Group B

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
RLYS	8	3	0	5	28	1.186
UP	8	2	1	5	24	1.130
BENG	8	2	0	5	24	1.037
SAU	8	2	1	5	22	1.333
BRODA	8	3	4	0	20	0.985
RAJ	8	2	2	4	20	0.947
TN	8	1	1	6	18	1.144
MP	8	0	2	6	12	0.895
SVCS	8	0	4	4	6	0.619

Group C

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MAHA	8	4	0	4	35	1.684
J + K	8	4	2	2	28	1.006
GOA	8	4	1	3	28	1.005
HP	8	3	3	2	24	1.164
KER	8	2	2	4	22	0.949
HYD	8	1	0	7	19	1.089
AP	8	1	2	5	14	1.029
ASSAM	8	1	4	3	14	0.805
TPURA	8	0	6	2	2	0.573