FIrst-Class Matches India 2005/06 and 2006/07

BENGAL v TAMIL NADU Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, January 3, 4, 5, 6, 2006. Ranji Trophy 2005/06 - Elite Group A Tamil Nadu won by 222 runs. (Points: Bengal 0, Tamil Nadu 4) TAMIL NADU R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s S.Sriram lbw b Ganguly 5 38 57 - - (2) b Shib S.Paul 96 140 211 12 - K.Vasudevadas b Bose 5 19 26 1 - (7) run out (Shukla) 62 134 161 6 - *S.Badrinath lbw b Ganguly 17 32 62 3 - c Das b Ganguly 17 34 49 3 - S.Sharath c Ganguly b Shib S.Paul 8 31 40 1 - lbw b Ganguly 1 5 8 - - H.K.Badani c Subhojit S.Paul b Lahiri 67 107 169 10 - not out 157 232 372 16 1 R.Sathish lbw b Ganguly 22 40 59 4 - c Das b Shib S.Paul 0 11 11 - - †K.D.Karthik c Jhunjhunwala b Dinda 21 44 52 2 - (8) b Lahiri 0 4 6 - - M.R.Shrinivas c Dasgupta b Dinda 16 42 63 2 - (9) not out 41 56 77 7 - A.R.Kapoor c and b Bose 25 28 41 4 - (1) lbw b Shib S.Paul 18 23 38 1 - V.Y.Mahesh ‡ not out 14 14 23 1 - R.Jesuraj c Dasgupta b Bose 0 4 7 - - Extras lb 12, nb 6 18 b 3, lb 9, w 10, nb 9 31 (65.3 ov; 307 mins) 218 (7 wkts dec; 105 ov; 470 mins) 423 BENGAL R B M 4s 6s R B M 4s 6s A.S.Das b Jesuraj 0 6 4 - - c Vasudevadas b Jesuraj 1 9 26 - - Subhojit S.Paul ‡ b Jesuraj 3 19 32 - - c Badrinath b Jesuraj 0 3 5 - - A.A.Jhunjhunwala c Sathish b Mahesh 35 92 130 7 - b Shrinivas 38 71 121 7 - R.S.Gavaskar c Karthik b Jesuraj 0 1 6 - - (6) c Sathish b Jesuraj 9 19 25 1 - S.C.Ganguly b Shrinivas 59 95 158 9 - st Karthik b Kapoor 88 129 194 13 1 *†D.B.Dasgupta lbw b Mahesh 0 1 2 - - (7) c Karthik b Jesuraj 47 96 152 6 - L.R.Shukla c Karthik b Sathish 5 20 33 1 - (8) lbw b Kapoor 11 23 23 2 - S.S.Lahiri c Sriram b Jesuraj 10 30 40 1 - (4) c Mahesh b Jesuraj 39 30 30 9 - R.R.Bose b Sathish 7 31 44 - - c Mahesh b Kapoor 17 29 41 - 2 Shib S.Paul c Karthik b Jesuraj 8 24 34 1 - not out 1 11 15 - - A.B.Dinda not out 0 3 3 - - b Jesuraj 0 1 3 - - Extras b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 9 18 b 1, lb 9, w 1, nb 12 23 (52.1 ov; 247 mins) 145 (68.1 ov; 322 mins) 274 Bengal O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb Fall TN Ben TN Ben Shib S.Paul 20 3 47 1 - - 18 1 95 3 3 3 1 10 (2) 0 (1) 34 (1) 1 (2) Bose 14.3 5 43 3 - - 20 4 79 0 1 - 2 23 (1) 16 (2) 72 (3) 10 (1) Ganguly 15.5 3 62 3 - 6 14 3 32 2 - - 3 40 (3) 20 (4) 76 (4) 51 (4) Dinda 11 2 37 2 - - 18 1 69 0 - - 4 50 (4) 78 (3) 183 (2) 115 (3) Lahiri 4 1 17 1 - - 20 0 98 1 2 6 5 98 (6) 78 (6) 184 (6) 128 (6) Gavaskar 0.1 0 0 0 - - 13 3 34 0 - - 6 140 (7) 98 (7) 310 (7) 219 (5) Jhunjhunwala 2 0 4 0 - - 7 177 (5) 121 (5) 311 (8) 236 (8) 8 198 (8) 128 (8) 272 (7) Tamil Nadu O M R W wd nb O M R W wd nb 9 214 (9) 145 (9) 274 (9) Jesuraj 20.1 5 40 5 - 2 21.1 3 76 6 1 1 10 218 (11) 145 (10) 274 (11) Shrinivas 11 1 43 1 1 6 18 1 74 1 - 6 Mahesh 9 1 38 2 - - (4) 8 1 50 0 - 3 Kapoor 2 0 3 0 - - (5) 13 4 44 3 - - Sathish 10 4 13 2 - 1 (3) 8 2 20 0 - 2 Umpires: B.S.Bhatti and K.Hariharan. Referee: K.D.Mokashi. Toss: Bengal Close of Play: 1st day: Bengal (1) 32-3 (Jhunjhunwala 16, Ganguly 8, 14 overs); 2nd day: Tamil Nadu (2) 164-3 (Sriram 88, Badani 33, 39.3 overs); 3rd day: Bengal (2) 109-3 (Jhunjhunwala 34, Ganguly 25, 24.1 overs). S.C.Ganguly was banned from bowling in the Tamil Nadu first innings for running on the pitch. Subhojit S.Paul, on first-class debut above, is shown as such to distinguish him from Shib S.Paul, also playing for Bengal in this match. 86 India in 2005/06