- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras43 (b 19, lb 10, nb 14)TOTAL473 all out (148.5 Overs, RR: 3.17, 661 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-133 (Shreevats Goswami, 37.2 ov), 2-203 (Abhishek Chowdhury, 63.6 ov), 3-327 (Arindam Das, 92.6 ov), 4-348 (Manoj Tiwary, 100.2 ov), 5-355 (Anustup Majumdar, 102.5 ov), 6-357 (Laxmi Shukla, 104.4 ov), 7-455 (Wriddhiman Saha, 142.2 ov), 8-455 (Iresh Saxena, 142.3 ov), 9-466 (Ranadeb Bose, 147.3 ov), 10-473 (Ashok Dinda, 148.5 ov)
01/11Result
Group A, Ranji Trophy Super League at Delhi, Nov 1-4 2010
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
473 & 92/3 (30 ov) -
![Delhi]( "Delhi")
Player of the Match
01/11Result
Group A, Ranji Trophy Super League at Delhi, Nov 1-4 2010
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![Bengal]( "Bengal")
473 & 92/3 (30 ov) -
![Delhi]( "Delhi")
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 4, lb 6, nb 4, w 9)TOTAL459 all out (148.1 Overs, RR: 3.09, 703 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Chetan Sharma, 3.1 ov), 2-124 (Shikhar Dhawan, 40.3 ov), 3-261 (Virat Kohli, 77.5 ov), 4-279 (Gaurav Chabra, 82.6 ov), 5-281 (Mithun Manhas, 85.2 ov), 6-295 (Punit Bisht, 89.5 ov), 7-414 (Sumit Narwal, 134.2 ov), 8-436 (Rajat Bhatia, 139.1 ov), 9-437 (Chetanya Nanda, 140.4 ov), 10-459 (Parvinder Awana, 148.1 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras4 (nb 3, w 1)TOTAL92/3 (30 Overs, RR: 3.06, 109 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-67 (Shreevats Goswami, 24.2 ov), 2-80 (Manoj Tiwary, 27.2 ov), 3-87 (Abhishek Chowdhury, 27.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB PJ Sangwan 5 1 12 0 2.40 1 1 S Narwal 4 1 10 0 2.50 0 0 C Nanda 9 0 45 2 5.00 0 2 V Kohli 10 1 23 1 2.30 0 0 M Manhas 2 1 2 0 1.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Bengal , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days
1,2,3,4 November 2010 (4-day match)
First-class debut
Match Referee
Points
Bengal 3, Delhi 1
Close of Play
- Mon, 1 Nov - day 1 - Bengal 1st innings 313/2 (Arindam Das 150*, MK Tiwary 47*, 88 ov)
- Tue, 2 Nov - day 2 - Delhi 1st innings 89/1 (S Dhawan 33*, V Kohli 51*, 24 ov)
- Wed, 3 Nov - day 3 - Delhi 1st innings 328/6 (R Bhatia 24*, S Narwal 13*, 106 ov)
- Thu, 4 Nov - day 4 - Bengal 2nd innings 92/3 (30 ov) - end of match
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBengal win battle for first-innings points
The game was eventually and predictably drawn and it was the unfashionable Bengal team that left Delhi with bruised ego, limb and three points from their Ranji Trophy season opener
Kohli stars on day of two halves
Virat Kohli dominated the Bengal bowlers but his dismissal for 173 gave Bengal the upper hand in a day of contrasts, with Delhi still trailing by 145 runs
Delhi hit back on second day
The Delhi bowlers ran in and made the ball seam, swing and cut to limit Bengal to 473 after visitors had started the day on 313 for 2
Das and placid Kotla track make Delhi toil
On a Feroz Shah Kotla wicket which on its typical days, does little other than exist, Bengal scored 313 for 2 versus Delhi with opener Arindam Das's well-paced, unbeaten 150 the central note of a composed batting performance
The Kotla wicket has a mind of its own
In the melodrama that is life around it and the lamentations that echo during the course of its normal day, the Feroz Shah Kotla wicket lay undeterred by slander and unimpressed by prediction
