f42810 rt2631	Bengal v Bihar
	Ranji Trophy 1996/97 (East Zone)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st December 1996 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Bengal won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Points	Bengal 5; Bihar 3
Umpires	KG Lakshminarayan, VK Ramaswamy
Referee	Inderjit Singh
Close of play day 1	Bihar (1) 238/8 (Rao 9*, Ranjan 8*)
Close of play day 2	Bengal (1) 266/1 (Varma 98*, Gavaskar 37*)
Close of play day 3	Bengal (1) 567/5 (Chatterjee 91*, Ferozie 62*)

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Bihar first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Chakraborty	c Haldipur b Sarkar	0
+Sunil Kumar	c Varma b Chatterjee	11
V Khullar	c Varma b Sarkar	24
Tariq-ur-Rehman	c Ferozie b Varma	53	143	171	8	-
Tarun Kumar	c Ferozie b Banerjee	36
Rajiv Kumar	b Hirwani	56	137	158	8	-
Avinash Kumar	c Gavaskar b Hirwani	20
Dhiraj Kumar	c Ferozie b Chatterjee	8
*KVP Rao	c Gavaskar b Hirwani	10
RK Ranjan	lbw b Hirwani	8
Anil Kumar	not out	4
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 4 nb)	13
Total	(all out, 96.4 overs)	243
Fall of wickets:
1-2, 2-38, 3-38, 4-104, 5-174, 6-208, 7-213, 8-227, 9-238, 10-243 (96.4 ov)

Bengal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarkar	20	9	42	2	-	-
Banerjee	11	2	27	1	-	-
Chatterjee	20	3	58	2	-	-
Hirwani	24.4	7	57	4	-	-
Shibsagar Singh	14	3	39	0	-	-
Varma	7	2	11	1	-	-

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Bengal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
A Varma	c Sunil Kumar b Ranjan	98	286	353	11	-
NL Haldipur	c Rao b Avinash Kumar	113	189	258	14	1
RS Gavaskar	c Tariq-ur-Rehman b Avinash Kumar	70	127	179	6	1
PK Amre	hit wkt b Avinash Kumar	78	133	161	4	1
SJ Kalyani	run out	35
*US Chatterjee	c Sunil Kumar b Khullar	120	215	299	10	-
+HA Ferozie	not out	152	285	370	12	1
ST Banerjee	st Sunil Kumar b Anil Kumar	50	95	132	6	-
AG Sarkar	did not bat
Shibsagar Singh	did not bat
ND Hirwani	did not bat
Extras	(23 b, 4 lb, 6 nb, 1 w)	34
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 232.5 overs)	750
Fall of wickets:
1-197, 2-266, 3-328, 4-389, 5-445, 6-645, 7-750 (232.5 ov)

Bihar bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ranjan	30	3	126	1	-	-
Dhiraj Kumar	17	0	70	0	-	-
Rao	58	9	154	0	-	-
Avinash Kumar	70	6	216	3	-	-
Anil Kumar	41.5	3	114	1	-	-
Tariq-ur-Rehman	8	0	23	0	-	-
Khullar	8	0	20	1	-	-

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Bihar second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
D Chakraborty	c and b Shibsagar Singh	15
+Sunil Kumar	not out	19
V Khullar	not out	5
Tariq-ur-Rehman	did not bat
Tarun Kumar	did not bat
Rajiv Kumar	did not bat
Avinash Kumar	did not bat
*KVP Rao	did not bat
Dhiraj Kumar	did not bat
RK Ranjan	did not bat
Anil Kumar	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 nb)	2
Total	(1 wicket, 26 overs)	41
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Chakraborty)

Bengal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Sarkar	3	1	5	0	-	-
Banerjee	2	1	2	0	-	-
Hirwani	10	5	10	0	-	-
Shibsagar Singh	9	4	17	1	-	-
Gavaskar	2	0	6	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Dhiraj Kumar made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> Dhiraj Kumar made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RK Ranjan made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RK Ranjan made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> RK Ranjan made his last appearance in Ranji Trophy matches
--> RK Ranjan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NL Haldipur (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in First-Class matches
--> NL Haldipur (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> NL Haldipur (1) passed his previous highest score of 91 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> NL Haldipur (1) made his first century in Ranji Trophy matches
--> NL Haldipur (1) passed 500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 110
--> RS Gavaskar (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in First-Class matches
--> RS Gavaskar (1) passed his previous highest score of 55 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> SJ Kalyani (1) passed 4000 runs in Ranji Trophy matches when he reached 29
--> US Chatterjee (1) passed his previous highest score of 64 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> US Chatterjee (1) made his first century in Ranji Trophy matches
--> US Chatterjee (1) passed his previous highest score of 72 in First-Class matches
--> US Chatterjee (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> HA Ferozie (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> HA Ferozie (1) made his first century in Ranji Trophy matches
--> HA Ferozie (1) passed his previous highest score of 43 in First-Class matches
--> HA Ferozie (1) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> ST Banerjee (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 15
--> Avinash Kumar reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when taking his 3rd wicket in the Bengal first innings

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