Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kunal Chandela	b Dinda	0	4	-	0	0	0.00
Hiten Dalal	c †Pan b Dinda	23	49	-	3	0	46.93
Anuj Rawat †	lbw b Dinda	7	13	-	1	0	53.84
Nitish Rana (c)	c & b Gani	21	17	-	5	0	123.52
Himmat Singh	c †Pan b Mukesh Kumar	4	17	-	0	0	23.52
Jonty Sidhu	b WB Chatterjee	85	165	-	11	0	51.51
Shivam Sharma	c Pramanik b Tiwary	42	114	-	5	0	36.84
Shivank Vashisht	not out	34	99	-	3	0	34.34
Suboth Bhati	b Pramanik	1	7	-	0	0	14.28
Akash Sudan	b Dinda	9	13	-	2	0	69.23
Kulwant Khejroliya	c & b Mukesh Kumar	4	4	-	1	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 8, nb 1, w 1)	10
Total	83.3 Ov (RR: 2.87)	240
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Kunal Chandela, 0.4 ov), 2-23 (Anuj Rawat, 6.1 ov), 3-58 (Nitish Rana, 11.2 ov), 4-62 (Hiten Dalal, 14.4 ov), 5-73 (Himmat Singh, 18.2 ov), 6-169 (Shivam Sharma, 54.4 ov), 7-211 (Jonty Sidhu, 72.5 ov), 8-218 (Suboth Bhati, 75.3 ov), 9-231 (Akash Sudan, 80.5 ov), 10-240 (Kulwant Khejroliya, 83.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashok Dinda	22	5	62	4	2.81	-	-	-	0	0
Mukesh Kumar	22.3	8	74	2	3.28	-	-	-	1	1
Aamir Gani	15	3	37	1	2.46	-	-	-	0	0
Pradipta Pramanik	15	2	42	1	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Manoj Tiwary	5	2	9	1	1.80	-	-	-	0	0
Writtick Chatterjee	4	0	8	1	2.00	-	-	-	0	0

Bengal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhishek Raman	c †Anuj Rawat b Khejroliya	11	22	-	2	0	50.00
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c †Anuj Rawat b Vashisht	40	62	-	5	0	64.51
Sudip Chatterjee	c †Anuj Rawat b Bhati	56	102	-	9	0	54.90
Manoj Tiwary (c)	b Khejroliya	15	21	-	2	0	71.42
Anustup Majumdar	b Khejroliya	4	19	-	0	0	21.05
Writtick Chatterjee	c †Anuj Rawat b Bhati	17	36	-	0	1	47.22
Agniv Pan †	c Jonty Sidhu b Shivam Sharma	14	28	-	3	0	50.00
Aamir Gani	c †Anuj Rawat b Bhati	6	8	-	1	0	75.00
Pradipta Pramanik	not out	37	38	-	2	2	97.36
Ashok Dinda	c †Anuj Rawat b Vashisht	4	12	-	0	0	33.33
Mukesh Kumar	run out (Jonty Sidhu)	2	4	-	0	0	50.00
Extras	(b 10, lb 4)	14
Total	58.4 Ov (RR: 3.75)	220
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Abhishek Raman, 6.2 ov), 2-81 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 20.6 ov), 3-112 (Manoj Tiwary, 27.3 ov), 4-131 (Anustup Majumdar, 32.6 ov), 5-147 (Sudip Chatterjee, 41.4 ov), 6-162 (Writtick Chatterjee, 45.1 ov), 7-168 (Aamir Gani, 47.1 ov), 8-186 (Agniv Pan, 52.4 ov), 9-198 (Ashok Dinda, 56.4 ov), 10-220 (Mukesh Kumar, 58.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kulwant Khejroliya	19	2	87	3	4.57	-	-	-
Suboth Bhati	14	2	28	3	2.00	-	-	-
Akash Sudan	12	3	40	0	3.33	-	-	-
Shivank Vashisht	7.4	1	24	2	3.13	-	-	-
Shivam Sharma	6	1	27	1	4.50	-	-	-

Delhi 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Kunal Chandela	c Tiwary b Pramanik	25	83	-	3	0	30.12
Hiten Dalal	lbw b Dinda	11	22	-	2	0	50.00
Anuj Rawat †	c Tiwary b Dinda	10	17	-	1	0	58.82
Nitish Rana (c)	lbw b Dinda	17	67	-	2	0	25.37
Himmat Singh	c †Pan b Mukesh Kumar	51	92	-	7	0	55.43
Jonty Sidhu	st †Pan b Pramanik	42	90	-	5	1	46.66
Shivam Sharma	lbw b Dinda	27	68	-	4	0	39.70
Shivank Vashisht	c Majumdar b Mukesh Kumar	9	63	-	0	0	14.28
Suboth Bhati	run out (Dinda)	62	53	-	5	6	116.98
Akash Sudan	c †Pan b Dinda	8	9	-	2	0	88.88
Kulwant Khejroliya	not out	21	18	-	3	1	116.66
Extras	(b 1, lb 12, nb 2, w 3)	18
Total	96.4 Ov (RR: 3.11)	301
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Hiten Dalal, 6.5 ov), 2-31 (Anuj Rawat, 12.5 ov), 3-65 (Kunal Chandela, 29.3 ov), 4-72 (Nitish Rana, 32.6 ov), 5-157 (Himmat Singh, 58.4 ov), 6-160 (Jonty Sidhu, 63.6 ov), 7-201 (Shivank Vashisht, 83.2 ov), 8-201 (Shivam Sharma, 84.1 ov), 9-221 (Akash Sudan, 86.4 ov), 10-301 (Suboth Bhati, 96.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ashok Dinda	30	7	88	5	2.93	-	-	-	0	1
Mukesh Kumar	23.4	8	71	2	3.00	-	-	-	1	1
Pradipta Pramanik	18	5	45	2	2.50	-	-	-	0	0
Aamir Gani	11	1	38	0	3.45	-	-	-	2	0
Manoj Tiwary	1	0	7	0	7.00	-	-	-	0	0
Writtick Chatterjee	12	3	31	0	2.58	-	-	-	0	0
Anustup Majumdar	1	0	8	0	8.00	-	-	-	0	0

Bengal 2nd Innings (T: 322 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhishek Raman	c Akash Sudan b Rana	52	73	-	7	0	71.23
Abhimanyu Easwaran	not out	183	211	-	23	2	86.72
Sudip Chatterjee	lbw b Khejroliya	2	9	-	0	0	22.22
Manoj Tiwary (c)	c Chandela b Khejroliya	5	7	-	1	0	71.42
Anustup Majumdar	not out	69	122	-	8	0	56.55
Extras	(b 10, lb 2)	12
Total	70.2 Ov (RR: 4.59)	323/3
Did not bat: Ashok Dinda, Agniv Pan †, Writtick Chatterjee, Aamir Gani, Mukesh Kumar, Pradipta Pramanik
Fall of wickets: 1-121 (Abhishek Raman, 27.4 ov), 2-127 (Sudip Chatterjee, 29.2 ov), 3-137 (Manoj Tiwary, 31.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s
Kulwant Khejroliya	16	0	68	2	4.25	-	-	-
Suboth Bhati	15	2	66	0	4.40	-	-	-
Akash Sudan	8	0	45	0	5.62	-	-	-
Shivam Sharma	8.2	0	33	0	3.96	-	-	-
Shivank Vashisht	15	1	77	0	5.13	-	-	-
Nitish Rana	8	0	22	1	2.75	-	-	-

Close of Play

Sun, 30 Dec - day 1 - Delhi 1st innings 240

Mon, 31 Dec - day 2 - Delhi 2nd innings 41/2 (Kunal Chandela 15*, Nitish Rana 5*, 19 ov)

Tue, 01 Jan - day 3 - Bengal 2nd innings 18/0 (Abhishek Raman 8*, Abhimanyu Easwaran 6*, 3 ov)

Wed, 02 Jan - day 4 - Bengal 2nd innings 323/3 (70.2 ov) - end of match

Match Details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss	Delhi, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2018/19
Player Of The Match	Abhimanyu Easwaran
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 2018, 1,2 January 2019 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Anil Dandekar Saiyed Khalid
TV Umpire	Abhijit Deshmukh
Match Referee	Gaurav Vashisht
Points	Bengal 6, Delhi 0

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Bengal Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Khejroliya	16	0	68	2	4.25
S Bhati	15	2	66	0	4.4
Akash Sudan	8	0	45	0	5.62
Shivam Sharma	8.2	0	33	0	3.96
S Vashisht	15	1	77	0	5.13
N Rana	8	0	22	1	2.75

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Elite, Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
VIDAR	8	3	0	5	29	1.332
SAU	8	3	0	5	29	1.108
KNTKA	8	3	2	3	27	1.316
GUJ	8	3	0	5	26	1.289
BRODA	8	3	1	4	26	1.057
MUM	8	1	2	5	17	0.925
RLYS	8	1	4	3	14	0.869
MAHA	8	0	4	4	8	0.700
CGR	8	0	4	4	6	0.635

Elite, Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
KER	8	4	3	1	26	1.156
MP	8	3	2	3	24	1.144
BENG	8	2	1	5	23	1.076
PNJB	8	2	1	5	23	1.017
HP	8	3	3	2	22	1.042
AP	8	1	2	5	17	0.900
HYD	8	1	1	6	17	0.840
TN	8	1	2	5	15	1.016
DELHI	8	1	3	4	14	0.822

Elite, Group C

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
RAJ	9	7	0	2	51	1.539
UP	9	5	0	4	41	1.964
JHK	9	5	1	3	40	1.266
ODSA	9	4	3	2	26	1.101
HRYNA	9	3	4	2	22	0.844
ASSAM	9	3	4	2	21	0.847
J + K	9	3	5	1	19	0.826
SVCS	9	2	3	4	19	0.936
TPURA	9	1	6	2	11	0.734
GOA	9	0	7	2	6	0.639

Plate Group

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
UKHND	8	6	0	2	44	2.435
BIHAR	8	6	1	0	40	2.307
PONDI	8	4	0	3	33	1.859
MEGHA	8	4	2	2	29	1.349
SIKM	8	4	3	1	27	0.757
MNPR	8	3	5	0	18	0.845
NAGA	8	2	4	2	18	1.039
ARP	8	0	7	1	3	0.436
MIZO	8	0	7	1	1	0.385