Amit Kuila

The Bengal Under-23 side entered the semifinals of the National One-day meet beating Jammu and Kashmir by six wickets in Kanpur on Wednesday. Bengal bowlers did well to bowl out their rivals for 135 in 40.4 overs after skipper Saurabh Singh won the toss and put the rivals in.

The Bengal Under-23 side held nerves to pull off a sensational three-run victory against Kerala to make the finals of the National One-day meet in Kanpur on Sunday.

Bengal's only hope of a silverware for the 2016-17 season now rests with the Under-23 side, who will play Punjab in the final of the National One-day meet at the Green Park stadium in Kanpur on Tuesday.

A 134-run stand between opener Shivakant Shukla (83) and middle-order batsman Arindam Ghosh (51) brought Railways back in the match as they require 119 runs to win against Bengal on what promises to be a exciting final day of the Ranji Trophy group A encounter, tomorrow.

Bengal's last hope of silverware this season went up in smoke as their under-23 side lost to Punjab by four wickets in the final of the national one-day league-cum-knockout meet at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Tuesday.

Skipper Manoj Tiwary showed the way as Bengal produced a much improved batting performance in the second innings against Mumbai in a Ranji Trophy group A encounter, here today.

The Bengal probables began their preparation for the Ranji Trophy at the Jadavpur University campus ground on Monday under CAB Vision 2020 consultant VVS Laxman.

Desperate time calls for desperate measures. The Bengal selectors called up three players from the senior team for the next Col CK Nayudu Trophy (U-23) match against Andhra in Kalyani, near Kolkata, which will begin on Thursday.

Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary had been named the best cricket of the year by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) for the 2016-17 season.

There were no surprises in the 15-member Bengal squad announced on Friday for their next Ranji Trophy match, against Tamil Nadu in Chennai from Wednesday.

The Bengal Under-23 side will miss Abhimanyu Easwaran as he rejoined the senior Bengal team for the upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy (One-dayers) meet beginning next week.

While a large number of seats are lying vacant in technical and general colleges across the state, the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has broken the trend with almost all seats of most of its streams filled up.

Manoj Tiwary has been appointed skipper of Bengal for the entire 2018-19 domestic season.

Bengal team will be aiming for an improved performance against Irfan Pathan led Baroda in a group A Ranji Trophy encounter in what will be the 400th first-class match for the senior state team since its inception.

Bengal bowlers were frustrated by No 10 Krishnamoorthy Vignesh and No 11 Thangarasu Natarajan as they added 38 runs for the unbroken final wicket stand to ensure three points for Tamil Nadu in a Ranji Trophy group A encounter, here today.

Bengal's most potent match winner Ashok Dinda rose to the occasion when it mattered the most as his five-wicket burst ensured a 43-run win against Railways in a Ranji Trophy Group A league encounter on Sunday.

Rajasthan rode on career-best centuries from Manender Singh and Mahipal Lomror to crush Assam by 142 runs and brighten their hopes for knock-out berth in the Vijay Hazare Trophy national one-dayers on Sunday.

It has been yet another season of disappointment for Bengal as they ended the 2016-17 domestic cricket season without any major trophy.

The inability of second rung of domestic batsmen to cope with movement on a green top came to the fore once again as the Ranji Trophy encounter between Bengal and Baroda saw as many 23 wickets falling on first day.