Indore: A fine spell of bowling from Ishwar Pandey helped Madhya Pradesh beat Bengal by 138 runs in a Group A Ranji Trophy match being played at Holkar Cricket Stadium. Pandey finished with the figures of 5-58.
Bengal needed to bat for only 58 overs to save the Test match but the whole team was bowled out in the 46th over.
Earlier, the two openers, Shreevats Goswami and P Bhattacharjee started the innings well adding 43 runs to the total, they scored at six runs an over and it looked as if Bengal will achieve a draw pretty easily.
But things changed drastically after the first wicket fell, as Pandey and other bowlers ran through the Bengal batting line up.
Brief Score:
Madhya Pradesh 342 (Ojha 99, Bundela 61, Birla 50, Ahmed 7-79) and 233 (Birla 74, Sharma 73, Ahmed 4-72, Singh 3-31)
Bengal 299 (Jhunjhunwala 107, Saha 87, Pandey 5-87, Rajan 3-94) and 138 (Pandey 5-58)
By Indian Sports News Network