Gavaskar, Kalyani prop up Bengal

A 99 run unbroken stand between Rohan Gavaskar and Srikant Kalyani helped Bengal recover to 193/3 on the opening day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy clash against Assam at Maligaon. Earlier Assam's last wicket pair added 19 more runs in the morning before the innings terminated at 291. Off spinner Saurashish Lahiri retained figures of 4/63.

Bengal opener Arijit Basu, fresh from a century on debut in the previous game, fell in the sixth over for 11. Amitava Banerjee and skipper Devang Gandhi, coming in at one-drop, added 75 for the second wicket before both fell in the space of six balls. Gandhi's 54 was collected off 118 balls, with five boundaries. Kalyani (50) and Gavaskar (41) played out the remaining two hours without further mishap.