Date : 12/15/09
- Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and Wriddhiman Saha hit unbeaten centuries to take Bengal out of the rut after a top order collapse against Delhi on the opening day in their Ranji Trophy Super League encounter at the Jadavpur University ground in Salt Lake on Tuesday.
Ganguly was unbeaten on 110 while wicketkeeper-batsman Saha gave him fine support at the other end, remaining not out on 106.
The duo shared an unbroken fifth-wicket stand of 222, as Bengal finished the day with 265 for 4 ..Electing to bat in the last round Group B match, Bengal had a miserable first session, losing four wickets for 43, as Delhi medium-pacer Parvinder Awana scalped two.
But, from there on, Delhi's bowlers found the going tough as Ganguly shared a fluent partnership with Saha.
It was vintage Ganguly, as he hit two sixes and 11 boundaries in his unbeaten knock that came off 158 balls.
Saha was at his defiant best at the other end and played the perfect foil to Ganguly. He hit 16 boundaries in his 206-ball knock.
Earlier, Pradeep Sangwan gave Delhi the first breakthrough when Arindam Das (4) edged one to Puneet Bisht at team's score of 10.
Ishant Sharma evicted Rohan Banerjee (5) in similar fashion and Bengal were 12 for two in 7.2 overs.
Awana castled Dibyendu Chakraborty (18) and Manoj Tiwary (8) to have Bengal in trouble before the duo of Ganguly and Saha scripted a turnaround.
Delhi need at least three points (a first innings lead) to make the quarter-finals, while one point will suffice for Bengal to avoid a probable relegation threat.
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