Sourav Ganguly completed a three-wicket haul and contributed 43 runs as Bengal were 113 runs ahead of Punjab with six wickets in hand in their second innings on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Super League B match at the PCA Stadium, Mohali on Friday.

At close of play, Bengal were 112 for four with Jhunjhunwala on 33 and Deep Dasgupta on 18 were at the crease.

Ganguly was associated in a 70-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Jhunjhunwala. The former India captain survived a confident lbw appeal but finally fell to Gagandeep Singh (1 for 37), trapped leg before wicket in the last session of the day.

The pair carried the Bengal total to 77 after medium pacer Love Ablash took three wickets to reduce them to seven for three.

Meanwhile, the ball continued to dominate as 14 wickets fell on the second day. On the first day 13 wickets, including three of Punjab, had fallen.

Earlier, resuming their first innings at overnight score of 75 for three, Punjab were bundled out for 157, gaining just one run lead.

Bengal new ball bowler Ranadeb Bose claimed four wickets for 47 runs as Punjab surrendered their last four wickets for just six runs.

Scorecard

Bengal 1st innings 156

Punjab 1st innings
R Ricky lbw b Ganguly 47
K Goel run out (Lahiri/Dasgupta) 1
M Sharma lbw b Ganguly 31
P Dharmani lbw b Ganguly 0
R Sodhi c Dasgupta b Bose 16
G Gupta c Dasgupta b Eklak Ahmid 9
A Uniyal not out 36
G Singh c Dasgupta b Eklak Ahmid 5
VRV Singh c Shukla b Bose 1
R Sharma c Das b Bose 0
L Ablash c Dasgupta b Bose 0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 1, nb 4) 11     
Total (all out; 70.2 overs; 337 mins) 157     

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-63, 3-64, 4-90, 5-103, 6-117, 7-151, 8-152, 9-156, 10-157

Bowling: Bose 20.2 6 47 4, Ahmid 15 6 23 2, Dinda 18 2 51 0 2, Ganguly 16 3 29 3, Lahiri 1 0 1 0

Bengal 2nd innings
S Das c Gupta b Ablash 6
Arindam Das c Dharmani b Ablash 0
A Jhunjhunwala not out 33
R Gavaskar lbw b Ablash 0
S Ganguly lbw b Gagandeep Singh 43
D Dasgupta not out 18
Extras (b 1, lb 4, nb 7) 12     
Total (4 wickets; 37 overs) 112     

Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-7, 3-7, 4-77

Bowling: Gagandeep Singh 13 3 37 1, Ablash 11 4 21 3, VRV Singh 7 0 33 0, Uniyal 5 1 12 0, Rajesh Sharma 1 0 4 0