NEW DELHI, February 7: After being restricted to 300, Delhi allowed Bengal to declare their innings at 527 for six, for a handsome lead of 227 in the Ranji Trophy Group B Super League match at the Kotla here today.At the end of the penultimate day, Delhi survived 80 minutes and 17 overs to wipe off 31 of those runs without losing a wicket.
For Bengal, Devang Gandhi (176: 2x6, 15x4, 361m, 236b) top-scored while wicket-keeper Saba Karim (97: 1x6, 7x4, 267m, 187b) and skipper Saurav Ganguly (47: 2x6, 1x4, 75m, 52b) tore the Delhi attack to pieces.
Scoreboard
Delhi (1st innings): 300.
Bengal (1st Innings): Ajay Verma lbw Robin Singh 75, Alokendu Lahiri c & b Robin 87, Devang Gandhi c Robin b Ajay 176, Saba Karim c Manhas (wk) b Chopra 97, Saurav Ganguly c Bhandari b Chopra 47, Subroto Banerjee c & b Ajay 7, Arindam Sarkar not out 1, Utpal Chatterjee not out 2; Extras (b11, lb14, w2, nb8): 35.
Total (for 6 wickets decl): 527.
Fall of wickets: 1-173, 2-180, 3-405,4-516, 5-518, 6-524.
Bowling: Robin 18-5-57-2, Mehra 12-0-49-0, Bhandari 15-3-54-0, Sanghvi 34-4-128-0, Chopra 45-2-153-2, Ajay 11-2-29-2, Manhas 2-0-11-0, Malhotra 7-1-21-0.
Delhi (2nd Innings): Aakash Chopra batting 7, Raman Lamba batting 17; Extras (b2, lb4, nb1): 7.
Total (for no loss): 31.
Bowling: Arindam Sarkar 5-3-6-0, Subroto Banerjee 6-2-6-0, Saurav Ganguly 4-0-9-0, Utpal Chatterjee 2-1-4-0.
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