Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohan Kunnummal	c Tiwary b Jaiswal	19	21	-	3	0	90.47
Jalaj Saxena	c †Abishek Porel b Ankit Mishra	40	118	-	5	0	33.89
Rohan Prem	c †Abishek Porel b Akash Deep	3	15	-	0	0	20.00
Sachin Baby	c Tiwary b Karan Lal	124	261	-	12	1	47.50
Sanju Samson (c)	c Tiwary b Shahbaz Ahmed	8	17	-	0	0	47.05
Akshay Chandran	b Shahbaz Ahmed	106	222	-	9	0	47.74
Mohammed Azharuddeen †	c Akash Deep b Ankit Mishra	13	29	-	1	0	44.82
Shreyas Gopal	c Tiwary b Shahbaz Ahmed	2	12	-	0	0	16.66
Basil Thampi	lbw b Shahbaz Ahmed	20	40	-	1	1	50.00
Nedumankuzhy Basil	c Tiwary b Ankit Mishra	16	24	-	3	0	66.66
MD Nidheesh	not out	3	7	-	0	0	42.85
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	9
Total	127.3 Ov (RR: 2.84)	363
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Rohan Kunnummal, 6.5 ov), 2-40 (Rohan Prem, 11.4 ov), 3-82 (Jalaj Saxena, 36.4 ov), 4-112 (Sanju Samson, 48.1 ov), 5-291 (Sachin Baby, 103.1 ov), 6-312 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 110.3 ov), 7-317 (Shreyas Gopal, 113.1 ov), 8-324 (Akshay Chandran, 117.1 ov), 9-351 (Nedumankuzhy Basil, 124.5 ov), 10-363 (Basil Thampi, 127.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal	19	3	53	1	2.78	-	-	-	0	0
Akash Deep	24	8	65	1	2.70	-	-	-	1	1
Ankit Mishra	35	5	84	3	2.40	-	-	-	0	0
Shahbaz Ahmed	23.3	2	73	4	3.10	-	-	-	0	0
Karan Lal	20	2	52	1	2.60	-	-	-	0	0
Ranjot Khaira	6	0	29	0	4.83	-	-	-	0	0

Bengal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c Kunnummal b Jalaj S Saxena	72	93	-	11	0	77.41
Ranjot Khaira	b Nidheesh	6	19	-	0	0	31.57
Sudip Kumar Gharami	c Kunnummal b Jalaj S Saxena	33	79	-	3	1	41.77
Manoj Tiwary (c)	c Chandran b Jalaj S Saxena	6	17	-	0	0	35.29
Abishek Porel †	c Kunnummal b Jalaj S Saxena	2	8	-	0	0	25.00
Anustup Majumdar	c Sachin Baby b Jalaj S Saxena	0	2	-	0	0	0.00
Shahbaz Ahmed	c Prem b Jalaj S Saxena	8	19	-	1	0	42.10
Karan Lal	b Jalaj S Saxena	35	36	-	4	0	97.22
Akash Deep	c Samson b Jalaj S Saxena	4	7	-	1	0	57.14
Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal	c Kunnummal b Jalaj S Saxena	9	27	-	1	0	33.33
Ankit Mishra	not out	0	1	-	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, nb 1)	5
Total	51.1 Ov (RR: 3.51)	180
Fall of wickets: 1-43 (Ranjot Khaira, 8.6 ov), 2-107 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 31.1 ov), 3-118 (Sudip Kumar Gharami, 33.2 ov), 4-122 (Abishek Porel, 35.2 ov), 5-122 (Anustup Majumdar, 35.4 ov), 6-129 (Manoj Tiwary, 37.4 ov), 7-145 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 41.5 ov), 8-151 (Akash Deep, 43.4 ov), 9-173 (Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, 49.6 ov), 10-180 (Karan Lal, 51.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Basil Thampi	2	0	16	0	8.00	-	-	-	0
Jalaj Saxena	21.1	3	68	9	3.21	-	-	-	1
MD Nidheesh	9	1	35	1	3.88	-	-	-	0
Shreyas Gopal	7	0	30	0	4.28	-	-	-	0
Nedumankuzhy Basil	11	2	25	0	2.27	-	-	-	0
Akshay Chandran	1	0	2	0	2.00	-	-	-	0

Kerala 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rohan Kunnummal	lbw b Shahbaz Ahmed	51	68	-	6	0	75.00
Jalaj Saxena	lbw b Shahbaz Ahmed	37	63	-	3	0	58.73
Sachin Baby	c Akash Deep b Ankit Mishra	51	75	-	4	0	68.00
Akshay Chandran	lbw b Karan Lal	36	72	-	1	0	50.00
Shreyas Gopal	not out	50	56	-	4	1	89.28
Mohammed Azharuddeen †	c Shahbaz Ahmed b Khaira	18	41	-	0	1	43.90
MD Nidheesh	c Gharami b Shahbaz Ahmed	11	8	-	1	1	137.50
Nedumankuzhy Basil	not out	6	5	-	0	1	120.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2)	5
Total	64.2 Ov (RR: 4.11)	265/6d
Did not bat: Rohan Prem, Basil Thampi, Sanju Samson (c)
Fall of wickets: 1-88 (Rohan Kunnummal, 20.4 ov), 2-91 (Jalaj Saxena, 22.4 ov), 3-178 (Sachin Baby, 45.2 ov), 4-180 (Akshay Chandran, 46.5 ov), 5-234 (Mohammed Azharuddeen, 59.2 ov), 6-257 (MD Nidheesh, 62.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Shahbaz Ahmed	23.2	3	80	3	3.42	-	-	-	2
Ankit Mishra	23	0	98	1	4.26	-	-	-	0
Karan Lal	15	1	59	1	3.93	-	-	-	0
Manoj Tiwary	1	0	6	0	6.00	-	-	-	0
Ranjot Khaira	2	0	19	1	9.50	-	-	-	0

Bengal 2nd Innings (T: 449 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Abhimanyu Easwaran	c Basil b Jalaj S Saxena	65	119	-	7	0	54.62
Ranjot Khaira	c Basil Thampi b Jalaj S Saxena	2	15	-	0	0	13.33
Sudip Kumar Gharami	c Chandran b Gopal	31	50	-	3	1	62.00
Anustup Majumdar	c sub (Krishna Prasad) b Jalaj S Saxena	16	51	-	2	0	31.37
Manoj Tiwary (c)	c Samson b Jalaj S Saxena	35	69	-	2	0	50.72
Abishek Porel †	c & b Gopal	28	18	-	2	0	155.55
Shahbaz Ahmed	c Kunnummal b Basil Thampi	80	100	-	8	2	80.00
Karan Lal	c sub (Krishna Prasad) b Basil	40	78	-	2	2	51.28
Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal	b Basil Thampi	13	28	-	2	0	46.42
Akash Deep	run out (Basil Thampi)	1	1	-	0	0	100.00
Ankit Mishra	not out	0	0	-	0	0	-
Extras	(b 15, lb 10, nb 3)	28
Total	87.4 Ov (RR: 3.86)	339
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Ranjot Khaira, 6.2 ov), 2-77 (Sudip Kumar Gharami, 20.4 ov), 3-113 (Anustup Majumdar, 34.2 ov), 4-151 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 44.2 ov), 5-180 (Abishek Porel, 47.5 ov), 6-234 (Manoj Tiwary, 58.2 ov), 7-317 (Karan Lal, 79.6 ov), 8-335 (Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal, 85.6 ov), 9-337 (Akash Deep, 86.6 ov), 10-339 (Shahbaz Ahmed, 87.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Jalaj Saxena	36	3	104	4	2.88	-	-	-	1
Akshay Chandran	14	2	48	0	3.42	-	-	-	2
Shreyas Gopal	23	2	96	2	4.17	-	-	-	0
Sachin Baby	5	0	26	0	5.20	-	-	-	0
Sanju Samson	1	0	11	0	11.00	-	-	-	0
Nedumankuzhy Basil	6	2	21	1	3.50	-	-	-	0
Basil Thampi	2.4	0	8	2	3.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 09 Feb - day 1 - Kerala 1st innings 265/4 (Sachin Baby 110*, Akshay Chandran 76*, 90 ov)

Sat, 10 Feb - day 2 - Bengal 1st innings 172/8 (Karan Lal 27*, Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal 9*, 49 ov)

Sun, 11 Feb - day 3 - Bengal 2nd innings 77/2 (Abhimanyu Easwaran 33*, 20.4 ov)

Mon, 12 Feb - day 4 - Bengal 2nd innings 339 (87.4 ov) - end of match

Match Details

St Xavier's College Ground, Thumba
Toss	Kerala, elected to bat first
Series	Ranji Trophy
Season	2023/24
Player Of The Match	Jalaj Saxena
Match days	9,10,11,12 February 2024 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Ranjot Khaira
Umpires	Pranav Joshi Sundaram Ravi
Match Referee	Feroze Ghayas
Points	Kerala 6, Bengal 0

Language

English

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Bengal Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jalaj S Saxena	36	3	104	4	2.88 (1 nb)
AR Chandran	14	2	48	0	3.42 (2 nb)
S Gopal	23	2	96	2	4.17
Sachin Baby	5	0	26	0	5.2
SV Samson	1	0	11	0	11
NP Basil	6	2	21	1	3.5
Basil Thampi	2.4	0	8	2	3

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Elite, Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
VIDAR	7	5	1	1	33	1.351
SAU	7	4	1	2	29	1.592
SVCS	7	2	1	4	25	1.625
HRYNA	7	3	2	2	24	1.616
RAJ	7	2	2	3	19	1.028
JHK	7	2	2	3	16	0.717
MAHA	7	1	3	3	12	0.914
MNPR	7	0	7	0	0	0.224

Elite, Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MUM	7	5	1	1	37	1.647
AP	7	3	1	3	26	1.177
BENG	7	2	2	3	19	1.314
KER	7	1	1	5	17	1.093
CGR	7	1	1	5	16	1.082
UP	7	1	0	6	14	1.038
ASSAM	7	1	4	2	8	0.680
BIHAR	7	0	4	3	5	0.419

Elite, Group C

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
TN	7	4	1	2	28	1.782
KNTKA	7	3	1	3	27	1.252
GUJ	7	4	2	1	25	1.117
RLYS	7	3	2	2	24	1.211
TPURA	7	2	2	3	17	1.114
PNJB	7	1	3	3	9	0.781
CHD	7	0	1	6	6	0.343
GOA	7	0	5	2	4	0.754

Elite, Group D

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
MP	7	4	0	3	32	1.535
BRODA	7	3	1	3	24	1.149
DELHI	7	3	2	2	20	0.940
J + K	7	2	1	4	18	0.928
UKHND	7	2	2	3	17	1.007
PONDI	7	2	4	1	13	0.820
ODSA	7	1	4	2	12	0.870
HP	7	1	4	2	11	0.864