f20784 rt348	Madras v Bengal
	Ranji Trophy 1954/55 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Nehru Stadium, Madras on 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th March 1955 (4-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Madras won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Madras won by 157 runs
Umpires	M Anantaswamy Rao, MG Vijayasarathi
Close of play day 1	Madras (1) 242/3 (Kripal Singh 74*, Gopinath 110*)
Close of play day 2	Bengal (1) 98/6 (Roy 61*, Mitter 8*)
Close of play day 3	Madras (2) 139 all out

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Madras first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DL Chakravarti	b Bhattacharjee	19
J Ramakrishnan	b Chatterjee	12
M Suryanarayan	b Shome	9
AG Kripal Singh	c Bhattacharjee b Shome	98
CD Gopinath	c Roy b Shome	121
MK Balakrishnan	c Roy b Shome	40
*B Alaganan	c Roy b Chowdhury	2
BC Alva	b Chowdhury	3
SV Vaidyanathan	c Roy b Shome	7
AK Sarangapani	not out	9
MK Murugesh	b Chowdhury	2
Extras		25
Total	(all out, 144 overs)	347
Fall of wickets:
1-34, 2-38, 3-59, 4-274, 5-283, 6-294, 7-308, 8-331, 9-344, 10-347 (144 ov)

Bengal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatterjee	48	15	95	1	-	-
Shome	39	12	78	5	-	-
Das Gupta	1	0	3	0	-	-
Chowdhury	29	13	53	3	-	-
Bhattacharjee	14	1	46	1	-	-
Mitter	8	0	32	0	-	-
Datta	1	0	2	0	-	-
Ghoshal	4	2	13	0	-	-

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Bengal first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	c Balakrishnan b Alva	74
*PB Datta	b Ramakrishnan	1
SM Basu Thakur	b Alva	1
AK Das Gupta	c Chakravarti b Ramakrishnan	2
+SK Khanna	c Kripal Singh b Ramakrishnan	10
SN Ghoshal	b Alva	0
A Bhattacharjee	c Sarangapani b Alva	1
K Mitter	c and b Ramakrishnan	15
PM Chatterjee	c Kripal Singh b Balakrishnan	36
SK Shome	b Ramakrishnan	11
NR Chowdhury	not out	6
Extras		17
Total	(all out, 84.5 overs)	174
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-20, 3-25, 4-47, 5-48, 6-65, 7-111, 8-125, 9-153, 10-174 (84.5 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramakrishnan	32	11	66	5	-	-
Alva	36	11	59	4	-	-
Vaidyanathan	4	0	5	0	-	-
Murugesh	9	2	20	0	-	-
Sarangapani	3	0	7	0	-	-
Balakrishnan	0.5	0	0	1	-	-

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Madras second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
+DL Chakravarti	lbw b Chowdhury	0
J Ramakrishnan	lbw b Chatterjee	9
M Suryanarayan	b Chowdhury	1
AG Kripal Singh	st Khanna b Ghoshal	97
CD Gopinath	b Chowdhury	5
MK Balakrishnan	c Das Gupta b Chatterjee	0
BC Alva	c Das Gupta b Chowdhury	3
SV Vaidyanathan	c Khanna b Ghoshal	9
*B Alaganan	c Khanna b Chowdhury	3
AK Sarangapani	b Chowdhury	0
MK Murugesh	not out	0
Extras		12
Total	(all out, 60.2 overs)	139
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-2, 3-44, 4-55, 5-60, 6-77, 7-126, 8-139, 9-139, 10-139 (60.2 ov)

Bengal bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Chatterjee	18	4	43	2	-	-
Shome	8	4	13	0	-	-
Chowdhury	17.2	6	35	6	-	-
Bhattacharjee	2	0	8	0	-	-
Mitter	2	1	4	0	-	-
Ghoshal	13	2	24	2	-	-

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Bengal second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
P Roy	c Vaidyanathan b Murugesh	41
SM Basu Thakur	c Murugesh b Vaidyanathan	9
+SK Khanna	b Kripal Singh	50
*PB Datta	c Alaganan b Murugesh	1
AK Das Gupta	b Murugesh	0
PM Chatterjee	b Kripal Singh	20
SN Ghoshal	st Chakravarti b Murugesh	0
K Mitter	not out	16
A Bhattacharjee	c and b Kripal Singh	3
SK Shome	c Sarangapani b Murugesh	7
NR Chowdhury	st Chakravarti b Kripal Singh	4
Extras		4
Total	(all out, 50 overs)	155
Fall of wickets:
1-37, 2-61, 3-69, 4-69, 5-122, 6-125, 7-125, 8-130, 9-145, 10-155 (50 ov)

Madras bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ramakrishnan	9	0	35	0	-	-
Vaidyanathan	9	2	13	1	-	-
Murugesh	18	0	53	5	-	-
Balakrishnan	6	1	19	0	-	-
Gopinath	1	0	8	0	-	-
Kripal Singh	6	1	18	4	-	-
Alaganan	1	0	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> CD Gopinath (1) passed his previous highest score of 74 in Ranji Trophy matches
--> CD Gopinath (1) passed 2000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 13
--> MK Balakrishnan (1) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 37
--> SN Ghoshal made his debut in Ranji Trophy matches
--> SN Ghoshal made his debut in first-class matches
--> PM Chatterjee (2) passed 500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 15
--> SK Shome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Madras first innings (previous best was 5-110)
--> SK Shome achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Ranji Trophy matches in the Madras first innings (previous best was 5-110)
--> J Ramakrishnan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Ranji Trophy matches in the Bengal first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> J Ramakrishnan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Bengal first innings (previous best was 0-23)
--> AG Kripal Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Bengal second innings (previous best was 2-46)
--> MK Murugesh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in first-class matches in the Bengal second innings (previous best was 5-100)
--> AG Kripal Singh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Ranji Trophy matches in the Bengal second innings (previous best was 2-46)
--> MK Murugesh achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Ranji Trophy matches in the Bengal second innings (previous best was 4-50)

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