Railways have their task cut out

To make things a bit tough for UP, the hosts have decided to stick with the same pitch used in their previous matches against Andhra and Baroda 8212; it has already been used twice and will assist spin.

The trio of the Railways spinners 8212; Murali Kartik, Kulamani Parida and Karan Sharma 8212; will again hold the key to the hosts8217; chances in this match. But the pitch would also be the same for the UP spinners, and Piyush Chawla and Pradeep Gupta are capable of troubling the hosts in their own den.

8220;They have a very good bowling attack, but our bowlers are capable too. At this point we are not thinking about winning. We will take it session by session,8221; Railways coach Abhay Sharma said.

This match would, in all probability, decide which of these two teams book a spot in the Ranji quarterfinals. Only two points separate them, and a win would go a long way in securing a knock-out spot.