KOLKATA: Bengal pacers were on song as they bowled out Baroda for 181 runs only on Day I of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B encounter at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. Skipper Abhimanyu Easwaran’s decision to send the rivals in after winning the toss was vindicated as the Bengal pace trio of Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar and Akash Deep took full advantage of the morning conditions and some assist from the pitch.
Ishan drew first blood by removing opener and skipper Kedar Devdhar and P Kumar in the same over. In his very next over he had Shivalik Sharma caught behind by India U-19 World Cup winning team member Abhishek Porel, who made his senior team debut.
