Ranji Trophy: Bengal-Kerala match ends in dull draw

Bengal – Kerala (ANI Photo) Kolkata: For the 2nd succeeding match, Bengal and Kerala needed to be content with simply one point each in their rain-affected Ranji Trophy Elite Group ‘C’ video game at JU’s Salt Lake school ground here that ended in a dull make use of Tuesday. Not even the very first innings of both the sides might be finished in the match in which just 7 sessions of play was possible after a washout on the very first day. The outcome saw Karnataka, who beat Bihar, surpass Bengal on the points table as the latter slipped to the 4th area with 5 points from 3 matches. Kerala stated their innings at 356 for 9, half-an-hour before lunch, leaving Bengal to get those runs in a minimum of 78 overs (63 + 15 necessary overs) in simply over 2 sessions of play. The hosts did not discover it sensible to go for the chase and chosen to simply play out the sessions getting 181 for the loss of 3 wickets when bad lights stopped play before the start of the necessary overs. Bengal openers Shuvam Dey and Sudip Chatterjee negated any opportunity of Kerala pushing for the first-innings lead by sewing together a 101-run collaboration in 31 overs. Debutant Dey played a mindful knock without attempting any heroics. Chatterjee continued his go
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