Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hemal Watekar	b Paul	7	28	41	1	0	25.00
Prasad Reddy	b Chowdhary	21	67	106	4	0	31.34
Satyakumar Verma	lbw b Bose	0	9	13	0	0	0.00
Gnaneswara Rao	c †Saha b Bose	20	84	122	2	0	23.80
MSK Prasad (c)†	b Chowdhary	1	7	8	0	0	14.28
AG Pradeep	c †Saha b Bose	16	35	49	2	0	45.71
Bodapati Sumanth	b Dinda	30	33	56	5	0	90.90
Shankara Rao	c Tiwary b Paul	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna	b Chowdhary	16	20	32	4	0	80.00
Israel Raju	not out	1	4	8	0	0	25.00
Paidikalva Vijaykumar	b Chowdhary	0	6	4	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 8, w 1)	9
Total	49.2 Ov (RR: 2.45, 227 Mins)	121
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Hemal Watekar, 9.4 ov), 2-24 (Satyakumar Verma, 12.5 ov), 3-45 (Prasad Reddy, 24.2 ov), 4-47 (MSK Prasad, 26.2 ov), 5-73 (AG Pradeep, 37.1 ov), 6-80 (Gnaneswara Rao, 39.5 ov), 7-81 (Shankara Rao, 40.3 ov), 8-120 (Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, 47.3 ov), 9-120 (Bodapati Sumanth, 48.1 ov), 10-121 (Paidikalva Vijaykumar, 49.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ranadeb Bose	16	3	47	3	2.93	76	8	0	0	0
12.5 to AS Verma, . 24/2 37.1 to AG Pradeep, . 73/5 39.5 to Y Gnaneswara Rao, . 80/6
Shib Paul	14	5	20	2	1.42	73	3	0	0	0
9.4 to HH Watekar, . 21/1 40.3 to G Shankara Rao, . 81/7
Ashok Dinda	13	4	33	1	2.53	65	6	0	1	0
48.1 to B Sumanth, . 120/9
Rana Chowdhary	6.2	1	13	4	2.05	29	1	0	0	0
24.2 to LNP Reddy, . 45/3 26.2 to MSK Prasad, . 47/4 47.3 to D Kalyankrishna, . 120/8 49.2 to DP Vijaykumar, . 121/10

Bengal 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anustup Majumdar	c Vijaykumar b Raju	10	34	36	2	0	29.41
Arindam Das	lbw b Kalyankrishna	17	73	125	1	0	23.28
Wriddhiman Saha †	lbw b Vijaykumar	19	50	71	4	0	38.00
Priyankar Mukherjee	c †Prasad b Vijaykumar	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Manoj Tiwary	b Vijaykumar	0	9	18	0	0	0.00
Laxmi Shukla (c)	b Vijaykumar	4	27	53	0	0	14.81
Kamal Mondal	b Gnaneswara Rao	11	25	33	1	0	44.00
Rana Chowdhary	b Gnaneswara Rao	0	11	10	0	0	0.00
Ranadeb Bose	c Verma b Vijaykumar	1	7	17	0	0	14.28
Ashok Dinda	c Reddy b Raju	27	22	38	4	1	122.72
Shib Paul	not out	7	13	24	1	0	53.84
Extras	(lb 1, nb 1)	2
Total	45.2 Ov (RR: 2.16, 218 Mins)	98
Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Anustup Majumdar, 8.1 ov), 2-46 (Wriddhiman Saha, 24.2 ov), 3-46 (Priyankar Mukherjee, 24.4 ov), 4-48 (Arindam Das, 27.3 ov), 5-48 (Manoj Tiwary, 28.2 ov), 6-61 (Kamal Mondal, 35.3 ov), 7-63 (Rana Chowdhary, 37.6 ov), 8-63 (Laxmi Shukla, 38.2 ov), 9-72 (Ranadeb Bose, 40.3 ov), 10-98 (Ashok Dinda, 45.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna	12	3	27	1	2.25	60	4	0	0	0
27.3 to Arindam Das, . 48/4
Paidikalva Vijaykumar	16	5	31	5	1.93	81	3	1	0	1
24.2 to WP Saha, . 46/2 24.4 to P Mukherjee, . 46/3 28.2 to MK Tiwary, . 48/5 38.2 to LR Shukla, . 63/8 40.3 to RR Bose, . 72/9
Israel Raju	6.2	3	13	2	2.05	34	3	0	0	0
8.1 to AP Majumdar, . 15/1 45.2 to AB Dinda, . 98/10
Shankara Rao	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	1	0	0	0
Gnaneswara Rao	9	1	17	2	1.88	45	2	0	0	0
35.3 to KH Mondal, . 61/6 37.6 to R Chowdhary, . 63/7

Andhra 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Hemal Watekar	c †Saha b Mukherjee	67	112	155	9	0	59.82
Prasad Reddy	c †Saha b Paul	12	49	99	2	0	24.48
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna	lbw b Bose	12	28	49	2	0	42.85
Gnaneswara Rao	c Dinda b Bose	6	14	22	0	0	42.85
Satyakumar Verma	c †Saha b Bose	6	11	15	1	0	54.54
Bodapati Sumanth	lbw b Bose	1	13	17	0	0	7.69
MSK Prasad (c)†	c †Saha b Bose	54	81	136	8	0	66.66
AG Pradeep	c Mondal b Paul	22	47	72	4	0	46.80
Shankara Rao	c †Saha b Bose	2	9	13	0	0	22.22
Israel Raju	c Majumdar b Bose	0	5	4	0	0	0.00
Paidikalva Vijaykumar	not out	6	16	36	1	0	37.50
Extras	(lb 1, w 1)	2
Total	64.1 Ov (RR: 2.96, 318 Mins)	190
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Prasad Reddy, 20.1 ov), 2-88 (Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna, 30.1 ov), 3-98 (Hemal Watekar, 33.2 ov), 4-104 (Gnaneswara Rao, 34.3 ov), 5-104 (Satyakumar Verma, 36.4 ov), 6-109 (Bodapati Sumanth, 38.3 ov), 7-154 (AG Pradeep, 53.1 ov), 8-159 (Shankara Rao, 56.1 ov), 9-159 ( Israel Raju, 56.6 ov), 10-190 (MSK Prasad, 64.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ranadeb Bose	26.1	6	74	7	2.82	125	11	0	1	0
30.1 to D Kalyankrishna, . 88/2 34.3 to Y Gnaneswara Rao, . 104/4 36.4 to AS Verma, . 104/5 38.3 to B Sumanth, . 109/6 56.1 to G Shankara Rao, . 159/8 56.6 to I Raju, . 159/9 64.1 to MSK Prasad, . 190/10
Shib Paul	20	7	41	2	2.05	99	5	0	0	0
20.1 to LNP Reddy, . 47/1 53.1 to AG Pradeep, . 154/7
Ashok Dinda	9	2	38	0	4.22	38	6	0	0	0
Rana Chowdhary	3	1	19	0	6.33	13	4	0	0	0
Priyankar Mukherjee	6	2	17	1	2.83	26	1	0	0	0
33.2 to HH Watekar, . 98/3

Bengal 2nd Innings (T: 214 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Anustup Majumdar	c †Prasad b Vijaykumar	8	5	10	1	0	160.00
Arindam Das	c Shankara Rao b Vijaykumar	9	34	54	1	0	26.47
Wriddhiman Saha †	c Watekar b Vijaykumar	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Manoj Tiwary	b Gnaneswara Rao	35	63	87	5	0	55.55
Kamal Mondal	lbw b Vijaykumar	0	5	14	0	0	0.00
Laxmi Shukla (c)	lbw b Vijaykumar	39	42	78	7	1	92.85
Rana Chowdhary	c †Prasad b Gnaneswara Rao	1	7	16	0	0	14.28
Priyankar Mukherjee	lbw b Gnaneswara Rao	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
Ashok Dinda	c Watekar b Gnaneswara Rao	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Ranadeb Bose	lbw b Gnaneswara Rao	8	14	26	2	0	57.14
Shib Paul	not out	6	2	6	0	1	300.00
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1)	6
Total	29.5 Ov (RR: 3.75, 156 Mins)	112
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Anustup Majumdar, 1.4 ov), 2-9 (Wriddhiman Saha, 1.5 ov), 3-27 (Arindam Das, 10.6 ov), 4-35 (Kamal Mondal, 14.2 ov), 5-65 (Manoj Tiwary, 19.5 ov), 6-70 (Rana Chowdhary, 23.2 ov), 7-70 (Priyankar Mukherjee, 23.5 ov), 8-88 (Ashok Dinda, 25.3 ov), 9-98 (Laxmi Shukla, 28.4 ov), 10-112 (Ranadeb Bose, 29.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Doddapaneni Kalyankrishna	6	1	18	0	3.00	30	4	0	0	0
Paidikalva Vijaykumar	13	3	56	5	4.30	58	7	2	0	1
1.4 to AP Majumdar, . 9/1 1.5 to WP Saha, . 9/2 10.6 to Arindam Das, . 27/3 14.2 to KH Mondal, . 35/4 28.4 to LR Shukla, . 98/9
Israel Raju	4	0	15	0	3.75	18	3	0	0	0
Shankara Rao	1	0	2	0	2.00	5	0	0	0	0
Gnaneswara Rao	5.5	3	16	5	2.74	28	2	0	0	0
19.5 to MK Tiwary, . 65/5 23.2 to R Chowdhary, . 70/6 23.5 to P Mukherjee, . 70/7 25.3 to AB Dinda, . 88/8 29.5 to RR Bose, . 112/10

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Tue, 25 Dec - day 1 - Bengal 1st innings 46/1 (Arindam Das 15*, Wriddhiman Saha 19*, 24 ov)

Wed, 26 Dec - day 2 - Andhra 2nd innings 147/6 (MSK Prasad 26*, AG Pradeep 16*, 50 ov)

Thu, 27 Dec - day 3 - Bengal 2nd innings 112 (29.5 ov) - end of match

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General

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Match Details

Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss	Bengal, elected to field first
Series	Ranji Trophy Super League
Season	2007/08
Hours of play (local time)	09.30 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 16.30
Match days	25,26,27 December 2007 - day (4-day match)
FC debut	Priyankar Mukherjee
Umpires	Milind Pathak Suresh Shastri
Match Referee	B Raghunath
Points	Andhra 5, Bengal 0

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Bengal Innings

Player Name		R	B
AP Majumdar	caught	8	5
Arindam Das	caught	9	34
WP Saha	caught	0	1
MK Tiwary	bowled	35	63
KH Mondal	lbw	0	5
LR Shukla	lbw	39	42
R Chowdhary	caught	1	7
P Mukherjee	lbw	0	3
AB Dinda	caught	0	4
RR Bose	lbw	8	14
SS Paul	not out	6	2
Extras	(lb 5, nb 1)
Total	112(10 wkts; 29.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Kalyankrishna	6	1	18	0	3
DP Vijaykumar	13	3	56	5	4.3 (1 nb)
I Raju	4	0	15	0	3.75
G Shankara Rao	1	0	2	0	2
Y Gnaneswara Rao	5.5	3	16	5	2.74

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	9	Arindam Das	Anustup Majumdar
2nd	0	Arindam Das	Wriddhiman Saha
3rd	18	Arindam Das	Manoj Tiwary
4th	8	Kamal Mondal	Manoj Tiwary
5th	30	Laxmi Shukla	Manoj Tiwary
6th	5	Laxmi Shukla	Rana Chowdhary
7th	0	Laxmi Shukla	Priyankar Mukherjee
8th	18	Laxmi Shukla	Ashok Dinda
9th	10	Laxmi Shukla	Ranadeb Bose
10th	14	Ranadeb Bose	Shib Paul

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Ranji Trophy Super League

Group A

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
DELHI	7	3	0	4	23	1.510
SAU	7	3	0	4	23	0.955
MUM	7	2	0	5	19	1.128
KNTKA	7	2	1	4	16	1.345
MAHA	7	2	3	2	15	0.902
TN	7	1	2	4	13	1.214
RAJ	7	1	4	2	9	0.705
HP	7	0	4	3	5	0.634

Group B

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	Quotient
UP	6	3	1	2	19	1.410
BRODA	6	2	0	4	19	1.261
AP	6	2	1	3	17	1.237
ODSA	6	2	3	1	13	0.873
PNJB	6	1	1	4	13	0.810
HYD	6	1	2	3	10	0.778
BENG	6	1	4	1	8	0.793

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