da cassino： Bengal were bowled out for 247 by two teenagers in reply to the hosts’total of 467 at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground on thethird day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Barodaon Monday
Staff Reporter12-Mar-2001Bengal were bowled out for 247 by two teenagers in reply to the hosts’total of 467 at the Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation Ground on thethird day of the Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match against Barodaon Monday.Baroda chose not to enforce the follow-on and were 121 for two whenstumps were drawn. SS Parab (33) and Jacob Martin (31) wereat the crease with the hosts having an overall lead of 341 runs.The wreckers-in-chief in the Bengal innings were 17-year-old IrfanPathan and 19-year-old Irfan Khan Pathan. Irfan Pathan bagged 3/40with his left arm medium pacers while the right handed medium pacerIrfan Khan Pathan picked up 4/59.Bengal resumed at one for no loss. Opener Nikhil Haldipur (2) wascastled by Irfan Khan Pathan to the first ball of his spell. Pathanbowled a tight spell but was not supported well by Rakesh Patel fromthe other end. Patel was guilty of overstepping and he had 17 no ballsand six wides in his spell.At the other end, opener AA Lahiri (10) and skipper Debang Gandhi (0),both fell prey to the accurate IK Pathan. Bengal were tottering at 24for three until Rohan Gavaskar (61) and Shrikant Kalyani (48) put on aface saving 101-run partnership for the fourth wicket. Both batsmenfell in quick succession just when the team wanted either of the twoto drop anchor and build on the innings.On their dismissal, Baroda put the pressure back on the Bengal middleorder. It was a brave fightback from the lower order in the shape ofveteran all rounder Utpal Chatterjee (52 not out) and AK Das (32) whoadded a crucial 69 runs for the eighth wicket. But this was not enoughas the Bengal innings folded up in 51 overs.Baroda in their second essay lost the wickets of Connor Williams (32)and H Jadhav (17), both falling to Laxmi Ratan Shukla.