Ironically, however, Chatterjee struck the first two boundaries of the contest – a glide past gully off Aman Kumar and chip over midwicket against Anshul Kamboj. In his next over, Baloda got turn against Sudip Gharami, who poked and was snared at slip. Baloda struck once more before close of play, getting Sumanta Gupta leg-before, to further chip away at Chatterjee’s support heading into the second day. The scores: Bengal – 1st innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Yuvraj b Baloda 26, Sudip Chatterjee (batting) 77, Sudip Gharami c Yuvraj b Baloda 1, Anustup Majumdar c Yuvraj b Kamboj 19, Shahbaz Ahmed lbw b Amit 15, Sumanta Gupta lbw b Badola 9, Shakir Habib Gandhi (batting) 1; Extras (b-6, lb-12, nb-1): 13; Total (in 58 overs, for five wkts): 168. Haryana bowling: Kamboj 16-8-16-1, Aman 11-2-38-0, Amit 16-0-51-1, Baloda 11-0-38-3, Shandilya 4-0-7-0.