Patient knocks by former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and all-rounder Laxmi Ratan Shukla failed to lift Bengal out of the woods as they ended the second day with a 95-run deficit against Mumbai in the Moin-ud-Dowla Gold Cup cricket tournament in Hyderabad on Thursday.
Replying to Mumbai's first innings total of 286 for 7, Bengal batsmen failed to raise to the occasion and the team finished with 191 for eight in the first innings.
Ganguly hit a patient 43 off 80 balls with five hits to the fence while Shukla played a defiant knock of 68 with six fours and one six.
Rajesh Verma picked up 3-38 while Avishkar Salvi and Bhavin Thakkar claimed two wickets apiece for Mumbai.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai 286 for 7 in 90 overs (Sahil Kukreja 55, Ashok Kadam 30, Bavin Takkar 77, Prashanth Naid 76, Ranadeb Bose 2 for 47, Sourav Ganguly 2 for 13) vs Cricket Association of Bengal 191 for 8 (LR Shukla 68, Manoj Tiwari 32, Sourav Ganguly 43: Rajesh Verma 3-38, Avishkar Salvi 2-40, Bhavin Takkar 2-23).
HCA 138 and 184 vs Vidarbha 133 and 51 for 1.
Hyderabad President's XI 228 vs Chemplast 347 (Hemang Badani 70, Avinash 65, Satish 62)
Maharshtra 276 for 7 vs KSCA 353 for 9 (Bharat C 58, Sri Raghu 100, Deepak Chougule 64, Devraj Patil 40
Railways 243 vs MRF 299 for 9 (Vasudeva Das 87 retd hurt, Goutam Gambhir 51, Vidyuth Sivaramakrishna 60, R Kundu 6 for 106).
Andhra 142 and 137 for 5 vs Tamil Nadu Colts 190
USA Colts 193 vs Tripura 82 for 1.