Ranji Trophy 2024/25 UP vs Bengal: Bengal earn 3 points by virtue of first-inning's lead

Hello and welcome to Sportz Point's LIVE coverage of the Ranji Trophy 2024/25 season. 

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For the next four days, we will cover the Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal match, to be played at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. The last time Bengal had faced Uttar Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy match, Bhubneshwar Kumar had picked up 8/41 in the first inning. 

However, this time, he will not be there in the team, as UP decided to leave him out of the squad for the first two games of the season. Meantime, Bengal will be led by their most experienced batter in the team, Anustup Majumdar, who has top-scored for them in Ranji Trophy twice in the last three seasons.

Bengal will also be boosted by the presence of in-form Abhimanyu Easwaran, Abishek Porel and Mukesh Kumar, who were impressive in the Duleep Trophy. On the other hand, this will be the first time, UP will be led by their wicket-keeper batter Aryan Juyal. Priyam Garg, Nitish Rana, Ankit Rajpoot and Aaqib Khan will be other players to watch out from their team. 

This is Koushik Biswas, who will be bringing you all the LIVE updates of the Uttar Pradesh vs Bengal match from the web desk.