23/02Result

Semi-Final, Ranji Trophy at Kolkata, Feb 23-27 1957

Match drawn

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
DG Phadkar	36	15	64	2	1.77
PM Chatterjee	61	13	141	4	2.31
SK Shome	20	2	55	0	2.75
SN Ghoshal	20	4	61	2	3.05
A Bhattacharjee	18	3	62	1	3.44

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Surendranath	17	7	29	0	1.7
HT Dani	14	8	19	1	1.35
VM Muddiah	53	22	76	0	1.43
GN Kunzru	21	3	58	2	2.76
HR Adhikari	18	6	29	0	1.61
S Ganesan	11	2	41	0	3.72
Mohinder Singh	8	1	25	0	3.12
AK Khanna	1	0	3	1	3

Match Details

Services , elected to bat first

Services advanced

23,24,25,26,27 February 1957 (5-day match)

Close of Play

Sat, 23 Feb - day 1 - Services 1st innings 245/5 (G Atma Singh 106*, S Ganesan 0*)
Sun, 24 Feb - day 2 - Bengal 1st innings 102/1 (P Roy 54*, RM Chanda 28*)
Mon, 25 Feb - day 3 - Bengal 1st innings 161/1 (P Roy 83*, RM Chanda 51*)
Tue, 26 Feb - day 4 - no play
Wed, 27 Feb - day 5 - Bengal 1st innings 302/4 (143 ov) - end of match

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