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Ganguly fails as Bengal batsmen flounder

Mohali: Sourav Ganguly failed with the bat as Bengal was dismissed for 156 by Punjab on the opening day of the Ranji Trophy Super League Group `B' match at the PCA Stadium here on Thursday.

Ganguly, seeking to make a comeback into the national side, scored only six as the Bengal batsmen floundered on a sporting track after being put in to bat. It was Deep Dasgupta's heroic knock of 78, which earned Bengal some respectability after it had lost five wickets with just 18 on the board. For Punjab, Gagandeep Singh took four for 36.

In reply, Punjab was 75 for three at stumps. Ravneet Ricky (33) and Reetinder Singh Sodhi (five) were at the crease.

While opener Karan Goel was run out, Ganguly accounted for the wickets of Manish Sharma and skipper Pankaj Dharmani for a duck.

The scores:

Super League: At Mohali: Bengal 156 in 53.1 overs (D. Dasgupta 78, Gagandeep Singh four for 36) vs. Punjab 75 for three in 29 overs.

At Karad: Hyderabad 254 for three in 70 overs (Anirudh Singh 100 batting, Ravi Teja 84) vs. Maharashtra.

At Rohtak: Andhra 202 in 70.4 overs (A.S.K. Varma 105 not out, Joginder Sharma four for 54) vs. Haryana eight without loss in six overs.

At Vadodara: Karnataka 85 in 39.1 overs (R. Patel five for 35) vs. Baroda 128 for four in 48 overs (A. Bhoite 48). At New Delhi: Tamil Nadu 184 for three in 85.3 overs (M. Vijay 59, S. Badrinath 100 batting) vs. Delhi.

At Ahmedabad: Rajasthan 204 in 60.4 overs (Vikram Solanki 58, N. Doru 46, A. Makda five for 51) vs. Gujarat 43 for two in 28 overs.

At Kanpur: Saurashtra 298 for seven in 86 overs (J. Shah 124, S. Kotak 45) vs. Uttar Pradesh.

Plate Division: At Cuttack: Services 249 for three in 90 overs (P.M.S. Reddy 46, Yashpal Singh 112 batting, Sanjay Verma 60 batting) vs. Orissa.

At New Delhi: Railways 218 for five (Jai Prakash Yadav 58 batting) vs. Madhya Pradesh.

At Palakkad: Kerala 219 for six in 90 overs (S. Ramesh 47, Sreekumar Nair 56 batting) vs. Vidarbha.

At Guwahati: Goa 134 in 71 overs (Anand Katti five for 25) vs. Assam 38 for one in 18 overs.

At Dharmasala: Himachal Pradesh 285 for eight in 89 overs (P.Dogra 68, A. Mannu 45) vs Jharkhand.

At Agartala: Tripura 156 in 53.5 overs (R. Saha 51) vs. Jammu & Kashmir 64 for three in 19 overs. — Agencies

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