Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Barrington Rowland	c †Dasgupta b Bose	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Bharat Chipli	lbw b Sarkar	3	15	28	0	0	20.00
KB Pawan	c Tiwary b Bose	1	5	7	0	0	20.00
C Raghu	lbw b Bose	11	43	61	1	0	25.58
Yere Goud (c)	c Arindam Das b Sarkar	0	39	53	0	0	0.00
Thilak Naidu †	c Jhunjhunwala b Bose	33	57	132	7	0	57.89
Balachandra Akhil	b Sarkar	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Vinay Kumar	lbw b Bose	23	42	61	4	0	54.76
Sunil Joshi	c Tiwary b Sarkar	0	9	12	0	0	0.00
Raju Bhatkal	not out	2	8	16	0	0	25.00
Srinivasa Dhananjaya	c Tiwary b Bose	9	8	12	2	0	112.50
Extras	(lb 6, nb 1)	7
Total	38.5 Ov (RR: 2.29, 199 Mins)	89
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Barrington Rowland, 0.5 ov), 2-4 (KB Pawan, 2.1 ov), 3-6 (Bharat Chipli, 5.6 ov), 4-18 (C Raghu, 16.2 ov), 5-18 (Yere Goud, 17.6 ov), 6-24 (Balachandra Akhil, 19.1 ov), 7-76 (Vinay Kumar, 32.5 ov), 8-77 (Sunil Joshi, 35.5 ov), 9-77 (Thilak Naidu, 36.1 ov), 10-89 (Srinivasa Dhananjaya, 38.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ranadeb Bose	16.5	5	38	6	2.25	86	7	0	0	0
0.5 to BM Rowland, . 2/1 2.1 to KB Pawan, . 4/2 16.2 to C Raghu, . 18/4 32.5 to R Vinay Kumar, . 76/7 36.1 to VST Naidu, . 77/9
Sourav Sarkar	15	8	24	4	1.60	79	3	0	0	0
5.6 to B Chipli, . 6/3 17.6 to YKT Goud, . 18/5 19.1 to B Akhil, . 24/6 35.5 to SB Joshi, . 77/8
Ashok Dinda	4	0	13	0	3.25	19	2	0	0	1
Laxmi Shukla	3	1	8	0	2.66	16	2	0	0	0

Bengal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Subhomoy Das	b Vinay Kumar	2	8	13	0	0	25.00
Arindam Das	c Rowland b Joshi	88	204	330	14	0	43.13
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	c Bhatkal b Dhananjaya	2	13	15	0	0	15.38
Manoj Tiwary	c †Naidu b Vinay Kumar	0	11	18	0	0	0.00
Rohan Gavaskar	c Rowland b Dhananjaya	63	75	112	12	0	84.00
Laxmi Shukla	c & b Dhananjaya	41	161	202	5	0	25.46
Deep Dasgupta (c)†	lbw b Akhil	14	47	78	3	0	29.78
Saurasish Lahiri	c Vinay Kumar b Joshi	20	51	85	4	0	39.21
Sourav Sarkar	c †Naidu b Akhil	0	12	19	0	0	0.00
Ranadeb Bose	c †Naidu b Akhil	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Ashok Dinda	not out	2	14	11	0	0	14.28
Extras	(lb 2, nb 1, w 3)	6
Total	100.1 Ov (RR: 2.37, 450 Mins)	238
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Subhomoy Das, 2.2 ov), 2-15 (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, 5.5 ov), 3-16 (Manoj Tiwary, 8.5 ov), 4-99 (Rohan Gavaskar, 33.4 ov), 5-192 (Arindam Das, 73.4 ov), 6-207 (Laxmi Shukla, 81.5 ov), 7-229 (Deep Dasgupta, 91.2 ov), 8-235 (Sourav Sarkar, 95.2 ov), 9-235 (Ranadeb Bose, 97.2 ov), 10-238 (Saurasish Lahiri, 100.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vinay Kumar	27	8	69	2	2.55	136	13	0	0	1
2.2 to SG Das, . 6/1 8.5 to MK Tiwary, . 16/3
Srinivasa Dhananjaya	18	5	45	3	2.50	61	4	0	1	0
33.4 to RS Gavaskar, . 99/4 81.5 to LR Shukla, . 207/6
Raju Bhatkal	9	4	22	0	2.44	46	4	0	0	0
Balachandra Akhil	27	9	52	3	1.92	137	7	0	2	0
91.2 to D Dasgupta, . 229/7 95.2 to SS Sarkar, . 235/8 97.2 to RR Bose, . 235/9
Sunil Joshi	14.1	4	32	2	2.25	68	4	0	0	0
73.4 to Arindam Das, . 192/5 100.1 to SS Lahiri, . 238/10
Bharat Chipli	3	0	6	0	2.00	15	1	0	0	0
C Raghu	2	0	10	0	5.00	8	2	0	0	0

Karnataka 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Bharat Chipli	lbw b Bose	95	138	224	16	0	68.84
Barrington Rowland	c †Dasgupta b Bose	52	141	204	7	0	36.87
KB Pawan	c Shukla b Gavaskar	43	125	174	5	0	34.40
C Raghu	c †Dasgupta b Bose	85	246	345	12	0	34.55
Thilak Naidu †	c †Dasgupta b Sarkar	17	43	41	3	0	39.53
Balachandra Akhil	lbw b Sarkar	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Yere Goud (c)	b Bose	72	218	325	9	1	33.02
Sunil Joshi	c Dinda b Sarkar	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
Raju Bhatkal	c Lahiri b Sarkar	30	47	82	4	0	63.82
Vinay Kumar	c Shukla b Lahiri	32	36	59	2	2	88.88
Srinivasa Dhananjaya	not out	4	14	27	1	0	28.57
Extras	(b 2, lb 7, nb 3, w 13)	25
Total	168.5 Ov (RR: 2.69, 748 Mins)	455
Fall of wickets: 1-151 (Barrington Rowland, 43.6 ov), 2-164 (Bharat Chipli, 47.5 ov), 3-247 (KB Pawan, 83.6 ov), 4-271 (Thilak Naidu, 97.4 ov), 5-271 (Balachandra Akhil, 97.6 ov), 6-328 (C Raghu, 132.1 ov), 7-329 (Sunil Joshi, 133.3 ov), 8-379 (Raju Bhatkal, 150.6 ov), 9-434 (Vinay Kumar, 163.2 ov), 10-455 (Yere Goud, 168.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ranadeb Bose	51.5	17	116	4	2.23	258	16	0	4	0
43.6 to BM Rowland, . 151/1 47.5 to B Chipli, . 164/2 132.1 to C Raghu, . 328/6 168.5 to YKT Goud, . 455/10
Sourav Sarkar	38	12	87	4	2.28	188	12	0	1	0
97.4 to VST Naidu, . 271/4 97.6 to B Akhil, . 271/5 133.3 to SB Joshi, . 329/7 150.6 to RR Bhatkal, . 379/8
Laxmi Shukla	1	0	9	0	9.00	3	2	0	0	0
Ashok Dinda	24	3	69	0	2.87	107	10	0	1	0
Saurasish Lahiri	24	4	84	1	3.50	102	10	1	0	3
163.2 to R Vinay Kumar, . 434/9
Rohan Gavaskar	12	3	32	1	2.66	58	1	2	3	0
83.6 to KB Pawan, . 247/3
Manoj Tiwary	18	5	49	0	2.72	85	8	0	0	0

Bengal 2nd Innings (T: 307 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Subhomoy Das	lbw b Akhil	30	73	108	6	0	41.09
Arindam Das	lbw b Akhil	27	86	124	5	0	31.39
Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	lbw b Joshi	54	189	274	7	0	28.57
Manoj Tiwary	not out	151	268	367	24	2	56.34
Rohan Gavaskar	c †Naidu b Dhananjaya	12	38	46	2	0	31.57
Deep Dasgupta (c)†	not out	19	54	61	3	0	35.18
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, w 2)	14
Total	118 Ov (RR: 2.60, 492 Mins)	307/4
Did not bat: Laxmi Shukla, Saurasish Lahiri, Ranadeb Bose, Sourav Sarkar, Ashok Dinda
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Subhomoy Das, 24.1 ov), 2-57 (Arindam Das, 28.5 ov), 3-221 (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala, 88.4 ov), 4-249 (Rohan Gavaskar, 102.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Vinay Kumar	33	9	77	0	2.33	166	12	0	1	0
Srinivasa Dhananjaya	16.2	5	46	1	2.81	77	8	0	0	0
102.3 to RS Gavaskar, . 249/4
Balachandra Akhil	26.4	8	75	2	2.81	132	13	0	1	0
24.1 to SG Das, . 52/1 28.5 to Arindam Das, . 57/2
Raju Bhatkal	5	2	10	0	2.00	26	2	0	0	0
Sunil Joshi	30	11	58	1	1.93	154	10	0	0	0
88.4 to AA Jhunjhunwala, . 221/3
C Raghu	7	2	29	0	4.14	31	2	2	0	0

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Tue, 23 Jan - day 1 - Bengal 1st innings 121/4 (Arindam Das 45*, Laxmi Shukla 7*, 43 ov)

Wed, 24 Jan - day 2 - Karnataka 2nd innings 97/0 (Bharat Chipli 64*, Barrington Rowland 26*, 30 ov)

Thu, 25 Jan - day 3 - Karnataka 2nd innings 317/5 (C Raghu 78*, Yere Goud 14*, 120 ov)

Fri, 26 Jan - day 4 - Bengal 2nd innings 71/2 (Abhishek Jhunjhunwala 5*, Manoj Tiwary 9*, 35 ov)

Sat, 27 Jan - day 5 - Bengal 2nd innings 307/4 (118 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

Karnataka 50 runs in 112 mins, 24.1 overs
7th Wicket Partnership VST Naidu/R Vinay Kumar 50 runs in 55 mins, 73 balls
At Lunch: Karnataka 76/7 (VST Naidu 33*, 32.5 overs)
At Tea: Bengal 38/3 (Arindam Das 15*, RS Gavaskar 18*, 15 overs)
Bengal 50 runs in 105 mins, 21.4 overs
4th Wicket Partnership Arindam Das/RS Gavaskar 50 runs in 70 mins, 98 balls
RS Gavaskar 50 runs in 93 mins, 62 balls, 10x4
Bengal 100 runs in 164 mins, 33.6 overs

Day 2

Arindam Das 50 runs in 232 mins, 143 balls, 8x4
Bengal 150 runs in 261 mins, 55.6 overs
5th Wicket Partnership Arindam Das/LR Shukla 50 runs in 98 mins, 134 balls
Bengal 200 runs in 353 mins, 79.3 overs
At Lunch: Bengal 203/5 (LR Shukla 41*, D Dasgupta 4*, 80 overs)
New ball taken after 80.1 overs
Karnataka 50 runs in 80 mins, 16.3 overs
1st Wicket Partnership B Chipli/BM Rowland 50 runs in 80 mins, 99 balls
B Chipli 50 runs in 96 mins, 59 balls, 11x4

Day 3

Karnataka 100 runs in 145 mins, 30.6 overs
1st Wicket Partnership B Chipli/BM Rowland 100 runs in 145 mins, 187 balls
BM Rowland 50 runs 193 mins, 136 balls, 7x4
Karnataka 150 runs in 198 mins, 42.5 overs
1st Wicket Partnership B Chipli/BM Rowland 150 runs in 198 mins, 258 balls
Karnataka 200 runs in 283 mins, 60.6 overs
At Lunch: Karnataka 204/2 (KB Pawan 22*, C Raghu 21*, 64 overs)
Karnataka 250 runs in 387 mins, 86.5 overs
At Tea: Karnataka 271/3 (C Raghu 49*, VST Naidu 17*, 96 overs)
New Ball taken after 96 overs
C Raghu 50 runs in 199 mins, 143 balls, 8x4
Karnataka 300 runs in 463 mins, 107.1 overs

Day 4

Karnataka 350 runs in 625 mins, 143.1 overs
At Lunch: Karnataka 386/8 (YKT Goud 45*, R Vinay Kumar 0*, 153 overs)
Karnataka 400 runs in 685 mins, 156.3 overs
YKT Goud 50 runs in 262 mins, 183 balls, 7x4, 1x6
9th Wicket Partnership YKT Goud/R Vinay Kumar 50 runs in 51 mins, 52 balls
Karnataka 450 runs in 739 mins, 166.4 overs
At Tea: Bengal 13/0 (SG Das 8*, Arindam Das 5*, 7 overs)
Bengal 50 runs in 102 mins, 22.3 overs
1st Wicket Partnership SG Das/Arindam Das 50 runs in 102 mins, 135 balls

Day 5

Bengal 100 runs in 228 mins, 50.4 overs
3rd Wicket Partnership AA Jhunjhunwala/M Tiwary 50 runs in 116 mins, 145 balls
M Tiwary 50 runs in 161 mins, 108 balls, 9x4
At Lunch: Bengal 144/2 (AA Jhunjhunwala 26*, MK Tiwary 56*, 70 overs)
Bengal 150 runs in 313 mins, 72.4 overs
3rd Wicket Partnership AA Jhunjhunwala/M Tiwary 100 runs in 198 mins, 279 balls
New Ball taken after 81 overs
Bengal 200 runs in 353 mins, 82.5 overs
3rd Wicket Partnership AA Jhunjhunwala/M Tiwary 150 runs in 237 mins, 335 balls
AA Jhunjhunwala 50 runs in 261 mins, 181 balls, 7x4
M Tiwary 100 runs in 248 mins, 176 balls, 18x4
At Tea: Bengal 244/3 (MK Tiwary 110*, RS Gavaskar 12*, 100 overs)
Bengal 250 runs in 433 mins, 102.4 overs
M Tiwary 150 runs in 364 mins, 268 balls, 24x4, 2x6
Bengal 300 runs in 489 mins, 116.6 overs

Match Details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss	Karnataka, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2006/07
Series result	Bengal advanced
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.30
Match days	23,24,25,26,27 January 2007 - day (5-day match)
FC debut	KB Pawan Srinivasa Dhananjaya
Umpires	Sanjeeva Rao Shashank Ranade
Match Referee	Sunil Chaturvedi

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Bengal Innings

Player Name		R	B
SG Das	lbw	30	73
Arindam Das	lbw	27	86
AA Jhunjhunwala	lbw	54	189
MK Tiwary	not out	151	268
RS Gavaskar	caught	12	38
D Dasgupta	not out	19	54
Extras	(b 6, lb 6, w 2)
Total	307(4 wkts; 118 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
R Vinay Kumar	33	9	77	0	2.33
S Dhananjaya	16.2	5	46	1	2.81
B Akhil	26.4	8	75	2	2.81
RR Bhatkal	5	2	10	0	2
SB Joshi	30	11	58	1	1.93
C Raghu	7	2	29	0	4.14

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	52	Arindam Das	Subhomoy Das
2nd	5	Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	Arindam Das
3rd	164	Abhishek Jhunjhunwala	Manoj Tiwary
4th	28	Rohan Gavaskar	Manoj Tiwary
5th	58	Deep Dasgupta	Manoj Tiwary

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Ranji Trophy Super League

Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
BRODA	7	4	1	2	17
KNTKA	7	3	1	3	17
DELHI	7	1	1	5	13
AP	7	2	1	4	12
UP	7	1	3	3	9
SAU	7	2	2	3	9
TN	7	1	1	5	8
HRYNA	7	1	5	1	7

Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT
BENG	6	3	0	3	17
MUM	6	3	1	2	15
HYD	6	2	1	3	12
PNJB	6	0	2	4	8
MAHA	6	1	1	4	7
GUJ	6	0	2	4	4
RAJ	6	1	3	2	4

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