da aviator aposta： The Indian selectors and BCCI officials always say that performance isthe best criteria for selection and not age
Sakyasen Mittra06-Mar-2000The Indian selectors and BCCI officials always say that performance isthe best criteria for selection and not age. Probably they do not keepin mind the name of Utpal Chatterjee. The left-arm spinnersingle-handedly guaranteed the first innings lead for Bengal againstKarnataka in their Ranji Trophy Super League group A match at the EdenGardens on Monday.Bowling unchanged for 30.1 overs, save for a break of two overs,Chatterjee ended the Karnataka innings at 268 giving Bengal a slimhope of making it to the next stage. He had figures of 61.1-19-102-6for the innings and his day’s spell read 30.1-8-58 4. This wasChatterjee’s fifth five-wicket haul in the season. He also brokeChetan Sharma’s record of 45 wickets in a season for Bengal, achievedin 1993-94. Chatterjee ended the day with 48 wickets.At the end of the day’s play, Saba Karim felt that Karnataka playedtoo defensively. Indeed, except for Dodda Ganesh and Venkatesh Prasadwho added 54 runs for the ninth wicket in 70 minutes all the othersallowed the bowlers to dominate.Chatterjee started the slide in the eighth over of the morning when hehad Barrington Rowland caught of the glove at slip. The batsman hadscored 53. Then Devang Gandhi, whom Chatterjee used as a part timebowler had A.Vijay caught at mid wicket. The batsman mistimed his pullshot.The new ball taken at 100 overs also provided a wicket as Abdul Masoodbowled B. Akhil with a ball that kept low. Then Chatterjee hadcounterpart Sunil Joshi leg before with a ball that straightened afterpitching for 34. Ganesh and Prasad however fought back gallantly. Bothhit left arm spinner Vishal Yadav for a six apiece. Ganesh however wasdistinctly lucky with three lives. Chatterjee and Shukla failed tohold caught and bowled chances. The former however, sustained ahairline fracture on his right thumb in attempting the catch. Ganeshwas finally caught by Haldipur at slip of Yadav. The innings finallyended when Chatterjee castled Prasad after the batsman had made 37with three boundaries and a six.Bengal lost Alokendu Lahiri early in the second innings. However,Devang Gandhi (39) and Haldipur (25) took the score to 75 without anyfurthur loss.