Bengal v Chandigarh – Day- 1 Ranji Trophy.
Bengal 1st Innings- 329/6 in 85 overs.
AEaswaran 114(172), AMajumdar 95(149), MTiwary 42*(80), SMandal 33*(43).
JSandhu 3/53.
Bengal head coach Arun Lal’s quote about Ranji trophy match against Chandigarh:
Batting is a concern for us right now, we’re hoping to connect and get into rhythm. Our bowling and fielding is going perfectly for us, batting is sporadic. This is a terrific batting side, once it gets into rhythm, gets confidence then we will be a real tight unit. We are all looking forward to that.
The game has moved on so much that not only in limited over cricket but also in 4-days match it’s all about all-rounders. Our all-rounders have been playing crucial role for us and they’ve been superb.
It’s difficult to read the wicket. We have the advantage of playing matches here before, so we can act accordingly. It asks few questions before the lunch and after that it gets hard to get a batter out. Bowling first will be preferable.
Bengal skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran who smashed a ton against Chandigarh today said:
It feels good to score 300-plus runs on the first day, it gives us the advantage, let’s us control the game more. We did a pretty decent job while batting today, losing a couple of wickets less would’ve made things even better. How Anustup Majumder played today was very important for us, we stitched a good partnership. Manoj Tiwary and Sayan Sekhar Mondal made a crucial partnership that gotten us closer to the total we expected. It was a decent day for us.
I am not at all satisfied. I had the opportunity to score big and take my team to a bigger total, I missed out on that. We’ll make sure we get a good total on the board. The wicket helped the fast bowlers for an hour and a half, not much help for the spinners.
