Bengal and Orissa settle for a draw

With the first two days of the East Zone Cooch Behar under-19 Trophy match between Bengal and Orissa at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta being washed out due to rain, the encounter petered out into a draw on the final day on Sunday.

Play started only at 12.10 on the third and final day. Put into bat, Bengal scored 130 for 4 off 49.2 overs in their first innings. Openers Amitava Chakrabarthy (10) and Arindam Das (5) departed early, Subhamoy Das (30) and Ayan Nandi (27 not out) put on 39 runs for the third wicket in 7.1 overs when Bengal lost two quick wickets. Then Ayan and Avishek Jhunjhunwala (32 not out) added 56 runs in an unbroken fifth wicket stand in 19.2 overs.

Play was suspended at 3.55 pm and officially called off at 4.20 pm. Since not even the first innings was completed, the teams shared three points each.