Tanmay baloda

At Maharaja Bir Bikram College: Veteran batter Sudip Chatterjee held firm with an unbeaten 77 as Bengal reached 168/5 in 58 overs against Haryana on a truncated opening day of their Elite Group C match in Ranji Trophy 2025-26 in Lahli in Haryana on Thursday.

Fog and poor light wiped out the first session before Chatterjee struck a patient half-century off 120 balls, guiding Bengal through difficult conditions. He struck the first two boundaries of the contest in the afternoon but otherwise relied on defence and strike rotation to anchor the innings.

Abhimanyu Easwaran and Sudip Gharami fell in quick succession to left-arm spinner Tanmay Baloda before tea, while Anustup Majumdar and Shahbaz Ahmed also departed in the final session. Sumanta Gupta was trapped lbw late in the day, leaving Bengal five down at stumps.