Rain washes out play

The two umpires R Parthasarathi of Chennai and K G Laxminarayan of Hyderabad inspected the ground conditions a few times before taking the decision to abandon the first day8217;s play.

With rains lashing the city in the afternoon, chances of play beginning tomorrow also look quite bleak.

Both Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have five points to their credit and even a draw would take them to the quarter final stage of the championship.

Maharashtra, the other team in the group, have six points from two matches.