Uttar Pradesh were 197/3 in relply to the Bengal first innings score of 207 all out, on the second day of the Vijay Merchant under-16 knock-out quarterfinal match at Narendrapur, near Kolkata on Sunday.

Tahir Abbas with an unbeaten 71 off 157 balls with the help of seven boundaries and opening batsman Ravi Kant Shukla who made 64 (9 fours) in 129 balls were the arhcitects of the UP reply. Shiva Kant Shukla made 35 and Aris Alam 21 in the UP innings. Earlier in the day Bengal resumed at 176/6 and were bowled out for 207 in the 116th over. Praveen Gupta picked up two more wickets in the morning to finish with the figures of 39.4-23-44-5 to take the bowling honours.

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