Sandipan Das

Bengal's Sandipan Das is the only new face in the Unmukt Chand-led India U-19 squad which will participate in the U-19 Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur.

Off spinner Ashis Yadav claimed a hat-trick to help Jharkhand bowl out Bengal for 386 on day two of their four-day Cooch Behar Trophy elite group B match on Sunday.

Skipper Cheteshwar Pujara struck his 2nd unbeaten ton as India 'B' posted a 21-run win over Bengal to set up a title clash with India 'A' in the Challenger Trophy.

Mohun Bagan emerged champions of the JC Mukherjee T20 Tournament after they beat Bhowanipore Club by 59 runs in the summit clash at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

The Bengal Under-23 boys marched into the semifinals of the one-day meet beating Tamil Nadu by four wickets via the VJD method at Dehradun on Wednesday. They will play Chandigarh in the semifinal on Friday.

Rajasthan staged a good come back through some incisive bowling to overcome Bengal by 14 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament Group B game.

Unmukt Chand was selected as captain of the India cricket team, which would compete in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Australia next month.

Left-handed batsman Kazi Saifi was on Sunday named Bengal skipper for the upcoming Under-25 one-day domestic tournament in Hyderabad from November 12.

Bengal were knocked out of Vijay Hazare Trophy (50-over) meet after Mumbai defeated Railways in a Group ‘E’ match in Ranchi on Wednesday.

Calcutta high court on Wednesday asked the state government to apprise it of the steps taken in the alleged fake vaccination case masterminded by Debanjan Deb. The state government will have to reply by July 2.

A 34-year-old software engineer was abducted on his way back from office at Rajarhat New Town on Friday night, sending jitters through the 24x7 sector.

Oz bowler Pat Cummins and talented Windies opener Kraigg Brathwaite are the two Test cricketers who feature in the list of provisional squads announced by their respective countries for the U-19 World Cup.

Shikhar Dhawan remained unbeaten on 99 after Ishant Sharma returned a four-wicket haul as India A thrashed Bengal by eight wickets in the opening match of the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy.

The detective department has made one more arrest in the kidney selling racket. Mridula Bhattacharya was arrested from 15 Garfa 3rd Lane.

It cannot get closer than this as Adamas Howrah Warriors edged past Shrachi Rarh Tigers by just one run in the Bengal Pro T20 League in a high-scoring thriller at the Eden Gardens here on Monday. The win helped the Warriors catch up with Lux Shyam Kolkata Tigers as both teams gathered eight points from seven games. However, Avishek Porel-led Kolkata Tigers edged past Anustup Majumdar-led Warriors for a place in the semis, thanks to their better net run-rate.

The CAB on Sunday honoured ex-India football captain Chuni Goswami with the Kartick Bose lifetime achievement award, while Laxmi Ratan Shukla and Ashok Dinda were jointly given the best players of the season 2011-12 honours.

The abduction of techie Sandipan Das is shocking, but it may just be the tip of the iceberg. Similar incidents have happened in the area in the recent past and the modus operandi suggests that some of the taxi drivers may well be actively helping the gangs.

Assam will be led by medium pacer Abu Nechim Ahmed, as Orissa and Bengal too have named their respective squads for 2011 edition of the Buchi Babu cricket tournament.

Cricket Association of Bengal president Sourav Ganguly is ecstatic about Bengal U-19 team's triumph in the Cooch Behar Trophy, "I congratulated the team on a great win. This win augurs well for Bengal cricket," Ganguly told TOI on Monday.