CALCUTTA, MARCH 5: Bengal batsmen notched up a big total of 525 in the first innings of their Ranji Trophy Super League tie against Maharashtra at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club here today. In reply, Maharashtra were 17 without loss at draw of stumps on the second day.Saba Karim (93) and Debang Gandhi (91), came up with sizeable contributions when Bengal began the day at 238 for three.Karim particularly enjoyed the CC&FC wicket, hitting three sixes in his 155-ball innings.SCOREBOARDBengal (1st innings; overnight 238-3): A Verma c Bhave b Kulkarni 45, A Lahiri c Bhave b Sane 94, D Gandhi lbw Sane 91, G Shome c Bhave b Dalvi 45, S S Singh lbw Kulkarni 3, S Karim c Kondhalkar b Siddique 93, S Kalyani c Kinikar b Kulkarni 76, A Das c Bhave b Siddique 15, U Chatterjee c Sugwekar b Kinikar 15, L R Shukla c sub (N Godbole) b Sane 26, S Banerjee not out 1; Extras: (b4, lb6, nb11) 21. Total: (all out in 168.3 overs) 525Fall of wickets: 1-144, 2-152, 3-230, 4-241, 5-322, 6-431,7-456, 8-479, 9-523Bowling: Kulkarni 37-8-97-3, Siddique 37-1-148-2, Dalvi 50-7-125-1, Sugwekar 3-0-3-0, Bhave 1-0-7-0, Sane 27.3-3-92-3, Jedhe 11-2-35-0, Kinikar 2-0-8-0Maharashtra (1st innings): H Kinikar batting 11, S Bhave batting 6; Total: (for no loss in 10 overs) 17Bowling: Banerjee 2-0-6-0, Shukla 3-1-5-0, Chatterjee 4-2-2-0, S S Singh 1-0-4-0.
