and that is the match, full ball outside off and Saxena drives it straight to Pujara at short cover
India B vs Bengal, at Rajkot, Oct 01 2012 - Ball by Ball Commentary
RESULT
(D/N), Rajkot, October 01, 2012, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy
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India B progress to the final of the Challenger Trophy after a 21-run win over Bengal. Cheteshwar Pujara has been named Man of the Match for his second successive hundred, a well-controlled innings where he took his time before exploding right at the tail-end of the innings. Praveen Kumar, however, was the batsman who made a difference for India B with an explosive half-century.
In response, Bengal were all at sea for the first few overs, but Wriddhiman Saha played another special innings to help Bengal get this far. He was helped along the way by the impressive youngster Sandipan Das, who scored a half-century along with the five wickets he picked up during India B's innings. A late assault by Debabrata Das threatened to shake India B of their seemingly stable perch, but unfortunately for Bengal, he ran out of partners. Munaf Patel used all his experience towards the end of the innings to intimidate the tail-enders with short-pitched stuff and accounted for four wickets, while Debabrata remained stuck at non-striker's end when big runs were needed.
The final will take place tomorrow and promises to be a cracking game between two evenly matched sides. Thank you for staying with us for this match. This is Devashish Fuloria signing off for now. Cheerios.
49.4
W
Praveen to Saxena, OUT
Iresh Saxena c Pujara b Kumar 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
49.3
1
Praveen to Das, 1 run
full toss outside off, driven straight to long off this time
49.2
2
Praveen to Das, 2 runs
full straight ball, driven straight to the left of long on
49.2
1w
Praveen to Das, 1 wide
full outside off
49.1
2
Praveen to Das, 2 runs
full toss, above waist height again, and Das swings at it and the balls goes high towards deep midwicket who fails to get to the ball. No no ball signalled? That was surely above the waist
end of over 491 run • 1 wicket
BENG: 301/9CRR: 6.14 • RRR: 28.00
Iresh Saxena0 (2b)
Debabrata Das44 (24b 2x4 3x6)
Munaf Patel 11-1-39-4
Praveen Kumar 9-3-54-1
Four wickets for Munaf after an ordinary first match. He has used the bounce available on the pitch to really test the tail-enders
48.6
•
Patel to Saxena, no run
slow and full, the batsman drives it to point
48.5
•
Patel to Saxena, no run
short slower ball, the batsman can't get his bat on that ball
48.4
W
Patel to Pratap, OUT
another short one, fourth wicket for Munaf, as the batsman makes room and find the ball following him. The ball, though, was slightly slower and the batsman was through with his swing by the time the ball arrived. The ball takes an under edge on to his body and goes straight to the keeper
Veer Pratap Singh c †Motwani b Patel 0 (3b 0x4 0x6 4m) SR: 0
48.3
•
Patel to Pratap, no run
short ball, with some pace, and the batsman takes a swing but the ball flies straight to the keeper.
48.2
•
Patel to Pratap, no run
full and outside off, and that was driven straight to Pujara at short cover, but his fluffs it
Munaf into his 11th over now
48.1
1
Patel to Das, 1 run
bowls it wide and full, the batsman drives it towards covers, where Pujara makes a diving stop
end of over 488 runs • 1 wicket
BENG: 300/8CRR: 6.25 • RRR: 14.50
Debabrata Das43 (23b 2x4 3x6)
Veer Pratap Singh0 (0b)
Praveen Kumar 9-3-54-1
Munaf Patel 10-1-38-3
47.6
1
Praveen to Das, 1 run
full toss, outside off, and Das wanted to hit it straight, but that took the leading edge and went towards the vacant deep extra cover region. There was no pace on the shot though and the fielder gets it back
How much is that last over going to haunt Bengal where they gave away 26 runs.
47.5
1W
Praveen to Das, 1 run, OUT
another full ball outside off, but that is driven towards deep extra cover. The batsmen come for a second, but Pujara's throw from the deep catches Ravikant short of his crease.
Ravikant Singh run out (Pujara) 12 (15b 1x4 1x6 20m) SR: 80
47.4
•
Praveen to Das, no run
full and outside off, Das fails to get a touch
47.3
1
Praveen to Ravikant Singh, 1 run
full toss, and the batsman gets an edge that runs towards the third man boundary, where Stuart Binny stops the ball with his feet and saves three
47.2
•
Praveen to Ravikant Singh, no run
same again
47.1
•
Praveen to Ravikant Singh, no run
full and the batsman misses it totally, goes through to the keeper
47.1
5nb
Praveen to Ravikant Singh, (no ball) FOUR runs
what a mess! full toss above waist height, Ravikant goes for his shot towards long on where Jadeja drops it very close to the boundary and the ball rolls over
end of over 478 runs
BENG: 292/7CRR: 6.21 • RRR: 12.33
Ravikant Singh7 (11b 1x6)
Debabrata Das41 (20b 2x4 3x6)
Munaf Patel 10-1-38-3
Stuart Binny 10-0-79-1
46.6
1
Patel to Ravikant Singh, 1 run
slower ball, hits it in the air towards deep cover, but the batsmen don't run.
46.5
•
Patel to Ravikant Singh, no run
another short ball, and Ravikant throws his bat at it, but can't get a touch
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