Saurashtra Squad: Harvik Desai, Kishan Parmar, Avi Barot (w), Vishvaraj Jadeja, Sheldon Jackson, Arpit Vasavada, Chirag Jani, Prerak Mankad, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Jaydev Unadkat(c), Chetan Sakariya, Cheteshwar Pujara, Snell Patel, Kamlesh Makvana, Parth Bhut
Bengal Squad: Abhishek Raman, Abhimanyu Easwaran(c), Sudip Chatterjee, Arnab Nandi, Manoj Tiwary, Anustup Majumdar, Shreevats Goswami(w), Shahbaz Ahmed, Akash Deep, Mukesh Kumar, Ishan Porel, Wriddhiman Saha, Ashok Dinda, Koushik Ghosh, Boddupalli Amit
End of play on the third day of the Ranji Trophy final. Sudip Chatterjee and Wriddhiman Saha take Bengal to the end of the day. Bengal are 134/3 at the end of Day 3, trailing Saurashtra by 291 runs.
Saha Survives! Big relief for Bengal as the umpire reckons height is an issue. Unadkat's delivery came back in and Saha was caught on the move - brought his bat down with the angle, was pad first, but Saha was a long way down the pitch - the ball struck him above the knee-roll as well, think it's a good call in the end. Score after 62 overs BEN 133/3
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Chirag Jani over-stepped when he cleaned up Manoj Tiwary but he has taken the wicket of Bengal's most experienced batsman. He added 17 more runs in his kitty. Jani has finally got rid of Manoj Tiwary for 35, Bengal are 124/3
Bengal digging in after the initial setbacks. A fluid drive from the bat of Tiwary as Unadkat pitches it wide outside off. The ball is past the extra cover region but Sheldon Jackson is there to protect it from crossing the boundary. 3 runs and with that Bengal reach 100. Score after 44 overs
BEN 104-2
A much better session for Bengal as they end on 94/2 after 42 ovs.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja to Chatterjee and there is a loud shout for lbw! Saurashtra review: It is for a bat-pad catch. Jadeja did not seem interested but the close in fielders have asked Unadkat to go for the review. Fair delivery. Right off the flap of the pad and straight to short leg. Not Out!
Concedes just two runs of the over and Bengal continues to move at a snails pace. For the neutral viewers, this match is slowly taking a toll with social media users calling it 'boring'. "Exactly the tactics Mourinho applied to win trophies! I Aesthetics go out of the window! Slow death for a neutral," says Abir on Twitter.
Chirag Jani had the biggest wicket of the game - Manoj Tiwari. Until the third umpire ruled no ball. This is basic school boy stuff. But what a massive escape for Bengal and Tiwary. Score after 36 overs BEN 80/2
The third-wicket stand has so far fetched 29 runs off 85 balls for the visitors. Bengal 64/2 (29 overs) trail Saurashtra (425) by 361 runs in Rajkot. Manoj Tiwary (14*), Sudip Chatterjee (10*)
Sudip survives a close run-out chance before Bengal bring up the team 50! Bengal 51/2 (23 overs) trail Saurashtra (425) by 374 runs in Rajkot. Manoj Tiwary (13*), Sudip Chatterjee (2*). Pretty slow going so far for Bengal.
Back again live! Manoj Tiwary, right-handed bat, comes to the creaseDharmendrasinh Jadeja to bowl with a slip, FSL and silly-point are the close-in fielders.
And with that dismissal, the umpire have called for the end of the first session. So far, it has seen 74 runs and four wickets. Bengal still trail Saurashtra by 390 runs in their first innings. Sudip Chatterjee is on the crease on 0*. BEN: 35/2.
SAURASHTRA ARE ON A ROLL NOW! The danger man Abhimanyu Easwaran is off after he was trapped between the wickets by Prerak Mankad! The Bengal captain asks for a review but to no avail. He goes back to the pavilion after scoring 9 from 46 balls. BEN: 35/2.
A wicket-maiden for Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, and that's the breakthrough Saurashtra were looking for! Gharami has been dismissed at the stroke of lunch as his inside edge lands safely in the hands of Vishvaraj Jadeja! The opener departs for 26, and Sudip Chatterjee's in. BEN: 35/1.
So far, so good as both Easwaran (8*) and Ghirami (18*) have settled in quite well keeping the menace of Unadkat well at bay. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja has come in and has got a maiden first over, but still no breakthrough for Saurashtra. BEN: 26/0.
Bengal have started their innings in Rajkot with captain Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Kumar Gharami, and they have been off to a fine start with the former hitting a boundary to Chetan Sakariya already. BEN: 10/0.
After batting for more than 170 overs in their first innings, Saurashtra's resilience finally comes to an end. Although Unadkat and Jadeja formed a 38-run tenth-wicket partnership, it was finally broken down by Shahbaz Ahmed who bowled the Saurashtra captain over for 20. Saurashtra end their first innings on 425-all out. Next up, Bengal with the bat.
Jaydev Unadkat has done well ever since he has come on, hitting Akash Deep for a brilliant boundary too a couple of overs back. Jadeja is standing tall on the other side and would hope to prolong their innings as much as they can. SAU: 400/9.
Akash Deep bowls and Akash Deep gets wickets! The equation is that easy. Third ball of the day, and he cleans up Chirag Jani. The ball just didn't bounce enough for the Saurashtra all-rounder and he walks away on 14. SAU: 387/9.
Now, Day 3 sees another umpire accompanying umpire Anantha Padmanabhan, and it is Yeshwant Barde. Saurashtra's Chirag Jani deals with the variance of Mukesh Kumar quite well and he takes a single. Dharmendrasinh Jadeja also follows suit. SAU: 386/8.
Day 2 of the Ranji Trophy final was filled with moments, comebacks, and even unfortunate injuries. After two days, the first innings is yet to be completed, 178 runs trickled on a pitch where the ball started to keep low and played a bit slow and it's all down to Pujara-Vasavada's heads-down-graft-hard approach. On the other hand, because of an abdomen injury to umpire C Shamsuddin, his on-field partner KN Ananthapadmanabhan was the only one officiating in the middle in the first session on day two.
Saurashtra ended Day 2 on 384/8 after Cheteshwar Pujara (66 off 237) and Arpit Vasavada gave (106 off 287) a masterclass in defensive batting with a five-hour partnership. Can Bengal finally break them down and start with their first innings? It's all to play for in Rajkot now. Stay tuned for live commentary of Day 3!