The guests overcame the setback of shedding opener Avneesh Sudha, who was caught within the slips to change into Akash Deep’s first scalp, within the second over to shut the day at 165 for 2 in its second essay and keep forward by 55 runs.
Earlier, Bengal, resuming at 274 for six, completed at 323 to take a primary innings lead of 110 runs.
In the morning, Sumanta Gupta returned to the house pavilion with out including something to his in a single day 82 as pacer Devendra Bora accomplished his maiden five-for to complete with figures of six for 79. However, the Bengal tail-enders made helpful contributions and gathered 49 runs because the host’s lead crossed 100.
On a sluggish monitor that examined the endurance and self-discipline of each batters and bowlers, Prashant (82, 163b, 10×4) and Chandela (68 batting, 203b, 8×4) tailored effectively and performed deliveries on benefit by means of a sluggish grind. Their 146-run partnership resisted Bengal’s ambition for an outright win.
Chandela, who held one finish and gathered most of his runs by means of ones, obtained his boundaries predominantly on the leg-side.
Prashant, a former Himachal participant making his top quality debut for Uttarakhand, minimize and drove effectively for his boundaries despite the fact that his major focus was to work the ball round. He was trapped in entrance by left-arm spinner Vishal Bhati within the remaining hour.
The Bengal bowlers, together with the star duo of Mohammed Shami and Akash, labored exhausting with out a lot help from the floor. Shami, who bowled 15 overs in 4 spells together with a second spell of 5 overs, had a greater line and size and emerged as probably the most economical of the house bowlers.
The scores:
Uttarakhand — 1st innings: 213.
Bengal — 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Chopra b Bora 0, Sudip Chatterjee c Suchith b Bora 98, Sudip Gharami c Chopra b Bora 15, Anustup Majumdar lbw b Bora 35, Abishek Porel c Janmejay b Avneesh 21, Sumanta Gupta b Bora 82, Vishal Bhati b Rajan 15, Suraj Jaiswal (not out) 20, Akash Deep c Avneesh b Bora 19, Mohammed Shami c Avneesh b Janmejay 10, Ishan Porel lbw b Suchith 0; Extras (b-1, lb-4, nb-1, w-2): 8; Total (in 108.5 overs): 323.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-20, 3-63, 4-98, 5-254, 6-274, 7-274, 8-294, 9-322.
Uttarakhand bowling: Bora 25-4-79-6, Rajan 16-1-60-1, Janmejay 15-2-42-1, Negi 21.4-4-52-0, Avneesh 12.2-0-33-1, Suchith 15.5-1-40-1, Dangwal 3-0-12-0.
Uttarakhand — 2nd innings: Avneesh Sudha c Chatterjee b Akash 1, Prashant Chopra lbw b Bhati 82, Kunal Chandela (batting) 68, Bhupen Lalwani (batting) 12; Extras (lb-1, w-1): 2; Total (for 2 wkts. in 67 overs): 165.
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-147.
Bengal bowling: Shami 15-4-21-0, Akash 13-3-39-1, Ishan 12-2-39-0, Jaiswal 13-4-26-0, Bhati 14-1-39-1.
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