- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras13 (b 4, lb 3, nb 4, w 2)TOTAL317 all out (101.5 Overs, RR: 3.11, 450 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Arindam Das, 2.5 ov), 2-3 (Subhomoy Das, 2.6 ov), 3-166 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 59.5 ov), 4-190 (Sudip Chatterjee, 64.3 ov), 5-211 (Laxmi Shukla, 69.6 ov), 6-212 (Writtick Chatterjee, 70.4 ov), 7-217 (Saurasish Lahiri, 73.6 ov), 8-233 (Sourav Sarkar, 80.5 ov), 9-279 (Ashok Dinda, 92.6 ov), 10-317 (Wriddhiman Saha, 101.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Anureet Singh 32.2 6 88 4 2.72 1 1 K Upadhyay 23.5 6 70 1 2.93 0 2 RL Mali 14 4 57 1 4.07 1 1 KV Sharma 13.4 4 37 1 2.70 0 0 M Kartik 18 3 58 2 3.22 0 0
08/01Result
2nd Quarter-final, Ranji Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 8-12 2014
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
317 & 267 -
![Railways]( "Railways")
314 & 222 (83.3 ov)
08/01Result
2nd Quarter-final, Ranji Trophy at Kolkata, Jan 8-12 2014
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
317 & 267 -
![Railways]( "Railways")
314 & 222 (83.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (lb 8, w 1)TOTAL314 all out (93.3 Overs, RR: 3.35, 454 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Amit Paunikar, 2.6 ov), 2-28 (Shivakant Shukla, 12.4 ov), 3-38 (Rongsen Jonathan, 18.1 ov), 4-38 (Nitin Bhille, 19.3 ov), 5-42 (Karn Sharma, 21.1 ov), 6-260 (Mahesh Rawat, 75.2 ov), 7-285 (Murali Kartik, 82.6 ov), 8-296 (Arindam Ghosh, 85.6 ov), 9-307 (Krishnakant Upadhyay, 89.6 ov), 10-314 (Ranjeet Mali, 93.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras12 (b 4, nb 7, w 1)TOTAL267 all out (90.4 Overs, RR: 2.94, 418 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Abhimanyu Easwaran, 4.4 ov), 2-7 (Arindam Das, 7.6 ov), 3-24 (Sudip Chatterjee, 18.1 ov), 4-36 (Subhomoy Das, 22.5 ov), 5-150 (Laxmi Shukla, 53.6 ov), 6-197 (Writtick Chatterjee, 73.6 ov), 7-214 (Wriddhiman Saha, 79.5 ov), 8-218 (Saurasish Lahiri, 82.1 ov), 9-255 (Sourav Sarkar, 88.2 ov), 10-267 (Shib Paul, 90.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB Anureet Singh 25.4 7 72 5 2.80 1 2 K Upadhyay 25 8 62 2 2.48 0 4 RL Mali 18 6 57 0 3.16 0 1 KV Sharma 15 2 45 2 3.00 0 0 M Kartik 7 1 27 1 3.85 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras5 (lb 4, nb 1)TOTAL222 all out (83.3 Overs, RR: 2.65)Fall of wickets: 1-100 (Murali Kartik, 32.4 ov), 2-103 (Amit Paunikar, 34.5 ov), 3-103 (Shivakant Shukla, 35.3 ov), 4-135 (Nitin Bhille, 52.1 ov), 5-169 (Mahesh Rawat, 64.6 ov), 6-179 (Arindam Ghosh, 67.5 ov), 7-190 (Rongsen Jonathan, 70.6 ov), 8-210 (Karn Sharma, 77.6 ov), 9-222 (Krishnakant Upadhyay, 83.2 ov), 10-222 (Ranjeet Mali, 83.3 ov)
Match Details
Series
Toss
Railways , elected to field first
Series result
Bengal advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
8,9,10,11,12 January 2014 (5-day match)
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Wed, 8 Jan - day 1 - Bengal 1st innings 274/8 (WP Saha 60*, AB Dinda 17*, 90 ov)
- Thu, 9 Jan - day 2 - Railways 1st innings 233/5 (AN Ghosh 78*, M Rawat 105*, 68 ov)
- Fri, 10 Jan - day 3 - Bengal 2nd innings 133/4 (WP Saha 30*, LR Shukla 61*, 51 ov)
- Sat, 11 Jan - day 4 - Railways 2nd innings 117/3 (NS Bhille 1*, AN Ghosh 14*, 43 ov)
- Sun, 12 Jan - day 5 - Railways 2nd innings 222 (83.3 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match News'I never used to take cricket seriously'- Anureet
From not taking cricket seriously and facing fitness issues, to emerging as Railways' leading wicket-taker and a key figure behind the team's journey to the quarter-finals this season, Anureet Singh has come a long way
Shukla lauds 'champions' of Bengal
As Laxmi Ratan Shukla sat down for the post-match press conference, he put his arms around Ashok Dinda and Wriddhiman Saha, who were seated either side of him and declared: "The two champions of Bengal"
Butter-fingered Bengal through to semi-finals
Laxmi Shukla and Shib Paul were the stars of the day as Bengal made it to their first semi-final since 2006-07, bowling out Railways for 222, for a 48-run win
Railways warned over ball-change controversy
The third day's play of the Bengal-Railways quarter-final witnessed controversy over a ball change during Bengal's second innings, for which Railways have been issued a warning and face a five-run penalty in case of a repeat offence.
Dinda, Shukla power Bengal to position of strength
Ashok Dinda picked up six wickets to bundle Railways out for 314 and help Bengal secure a first-innings lead of three runs
Ranji Trophy
| Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| KNTKA | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
| PNJB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 30 |
| MUM | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 29 |
| GUJ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 26 |
| DELHI | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| ODSA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| VIDAR | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| HRYNA | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| JHK | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| RLYS | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
| UP | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| BENG | 8 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24 |
| SAU | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| BRODA | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 20 |
| RAJ | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| TN | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| MP | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| SVCS | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MAHA | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 35 |
| J + K | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 28 |
| GOA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| HP | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| KER | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| HYD | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| AP | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 |
| ASSAM | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| TPURA | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 |