CAB take command in All-India cricket

Bengaluru, Aug 2 - Centuries by Sudip Chatterjee and Pankaj Shaw put Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in a commanding position against KSCA President's XI on the opening day of their four-day match in the All-India cricket tournament here on Sunday.

Chatterjee was unbeaten on 123 (196b, 13x4, 1x6) after Shaw made 112 (149b, 15x4, 3x6) as CAB, batting first, were 349 for four at stumps.

Andhra too batted themselves into strong position against KSCA Colts as Ricky Bhui slammed 128 (227b, 13x4, 2x6) and Srikar Bharat contributed 80 (79b, 11x4, 3x6).

Brief scores:

At Bengaluru: KSCA XI: 200 all out in 66.5 overs (CM Gautam 58, Zeeshan Ali Sayyed 37, Ronit More 34, Arup Das 2-33, Krishna Das 3-41, Pallab Kumar Das 2-18) vs Assam CA: 45 for 1 in 21 overs.

Orissa CA: 203 all out in 78.1 overs (Girija Roul 51, Prateek Das 31, Alok Chandra Sahoo 33, Ankush Bedi 6-71, Akash Vasist 2-53) vs Himachal Pradesh C A: 39 for 1 in 9 overs.

CA of Bengal: 349 for 4 in 90 overs (Koushik Ghosh 43, Sudip Chatterjee 123 not out, Ajmer Singh 33, Pankaj Shaw 112, David Mathias 2-64, Likith Bannur 2-60) vs KSCA President's XI.

Andhra CA: 316 for 8 in 90 overs (K Srikar Bharat 80, Ricky Bhui 128, Shashikanth 32, SL Akshay 3-55) vs KSCA Colts XI.

Tripura CA: 137 all out in 63.4 overs (Arindam Das 48, Jayant Yadav 5-46) vs Harayana CA: 69 for 1 in 28 overs (Guntash Veer Singh 39 not out).

Dr. DY Patil Academy: 151 for 3 in 39.1 overs (Vikrant Auti 32, Shashank Singh 43 not out, Shubham Ranjane 37 not out, Nathu Singh 2-62) vs National Cricket Academy. (Match started late due to wet ground).

At Mysuru: Kerala CA: 212 for 5 in 90 overs (Sachin Baby 64, DT Chandrasekhar 2-33, S Mohan Raj 2-33) vs Tamil Nadu CA.

Gujarat CA: 190 all out in 74.5overs (Samit Gohil 31, Priyank Panchal 51, Bhargav Meral 42, Yadvendra Tembhare 2-31, Akshay Wakhare 5-80) vs Vidarbha CA: 40 for no loss in 13 overs.