Bengal’s very good fight-back win over Uttar Pradesh will encourage it in opposition to Himachal Pradesh within the Ranji Trophy Group-A match, beginning on the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Tuesday.
Despite the absence of its common skipper and prolific opener Abhimanyu Easwaran, Bengal, below the management of stand-in captain Manoj Tiwary, fought grittily to gather six factors within the season opener.
In its second residence match, Bengal will depend on in-form batters, together with opener Koushik Ghosh, Sudip Gharami, Anustup Majumdar and Tiwary, because the batting unit will attempt to decrease its errors in opposition to a greater assault.
Pacer Pritam Chakraborty, who offered important breakthroughs within the first match, has been dominated out because of a hamstring damage.
Nevertheless, Ishan Porel, who bowled fantastically to assert seven wickets in opposition to Uttar Pradesh, and Akash Deep will lead the tempo pack whereas trying to bowl with extra self-discipline.
All-rounders Shahbaz Ahmed and Sayan Shekhar Mandal will give stability to the aspect.
“We will take the positives out of the match against Uttar Pradesh. We now need to start afresh. Himachal will play after a good win. So we need to play with high intensity and look to not repeat the mistakes we have done in the previous match,” stated Tiwary.
The Rishi Dhawan-led Himachal, which recorded an innings victory over Haryana in its opening match, will likely be excessive on confidence.
The opening duo of Raghav Dhawan and Prashant Chopra, who smashed huge centuries, will lead the batting division.
The Himachal seamers, together with Dhawan, Vaibhav Arora and Siddharth Sharma, will likely be desirous to make the perfect use of circumstances right here whereas attempting to excel once more in an away match.
The toss could also be essential as each groups will wish to seize initiative on day one.