Bengal fail to break HP citadel
Dec 24, 2022, 08:14 (IST)
The bengal vs himachal pradesh elite group a’ ranji trophy match ended in a drab draw at the Eden Gardens on Friday. The skipper of bengal, Manoj Tiwary, saw it as a bad day in office as his bowlers failed to pick nine wickets for victory. He said, "We could have done better in the first session to put them under pressure. We did our best but things did not go our way as the pitch eased out a lot." Himachal gained three points by virtue of taking the first innings lead while bengal returned with one point. The overnight unbeaten himachal batters, Prashant Chopra and ankit Kalsi, frustrated the bengal bowlers as they negotiated the tricky first hour of the fourth day morning. Well, it was Kalsi who was more attacking of the duo getting some valuable boundaries as a matter of fact, it was himachal who had their nose ahead getting 141 runs in the first session of play losing only one wicket. The 146run secondwicket stand was finally broken when Kalsi edged pacer Sayan Sekhar Mondal to wicketkeeper Abhishek Porel after hitting a solid