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Kolkata, Dec 6 (Ians) In a must-win game for both the teams, traditional rivals Mohun Bagan on Sunday rode on Anurag Tiwary's four wicket haul and Vivek Singh's quickfire half-century to defeat East Bengal once again in Bengal T20 Challenge at Eden Gardens to make two derby wins in a row and book their place in the semi-finals.

With this 36-run win, Bagan joined Tapan Memorial and Town Club in the semi-finals while the fourth spot is yet to be decided.

An elated Bagan skipper Anustup Majumder said to Cab Media: "I am very happy, everyone has played so well to help our team win. We have played very good cricket for last three matches and don't think any other team have played this quality of cricket. Two derby wins are obviously special for me and the whole team."

East Bengal won the toss and elected to bowl first. Vivek gave...

Kolkata, Dec 4 (Ians) East Bengal's three-legged spin attack bagged a total of seven wickets as they defeated Calcutta Customs by 41 runs to register their third win in a row in the ongoing Bengal T20 Challenge tournament being played at the Eden Gardens.

On Thursday evening, East Bengal opted to bat and could manage to post a paltry total of 118 all out in their quota of 20 overs. However, thanks to the spinners, the team was able to successfully defend the total as they bundled out Customs for mere 77 inside 18 overs.

Earlier, Shreyan Chakroborty and Saikat Banerjee bagged two wickets each for Customs while Shreevats Goswami was the highest scorer for East Bengal as he played a 20-run knock. For East Bengal, Sujit Kr Yadav who scored 19 with the bat earlier, picked up three for 13 while other two spinners Arnab Nandi and Akash Pandey bagged two wickets apiece.

For Customs, Prosenjit Das...

Kolkata, Nov 23 (Ians) Competitive cricket returns to revered Eden Gardens here on Tuesday after more than eight months, due to Covid-induced lockdown, with a Mohun Bagan-Calcutta Customs Club encounter of the first Bengal T20 Challenge.

The last competitive match played at the ground was a Ranji Trophy semi-final match between Bengal and Karnataka, from February 29 to March 3, before Coronavirus pandemic struck and the country went into a lockdown. Bengal won that game by 174 runs, but lost the final to Saurashtra on the basis of first-innings lead.

Six of the top club teams will compete in the bio-bubble ecosystem, and 30 matches will be played in a league phase over 13 days. Double headers will be played almost daily, starting at 4pm and 8pm, except on Thursday when the games will commence at 10 am and 2 pm.

Besides, triple headers will be played November 28 and Dec 6, with the first starting at 12 noon, followed by matches at 4pm and 8 pm.

Kolkata, Nov 22 (Ians) In the Bengal T20 Challenge, starting on Tuesday in a bio-bubble at the Eden Gardens, rotating players will be important as each of the six teams will play at least 10 matches in the league phase, say coaches of the six competing teams. They also feel that it is an opportunity for players to showcase their talent and get noticed.

The Cricket Association of Bengal (Cab) released the schedule of the league on Sunday. The competition gets over on December 9.

"With [a maximum of] 12 matches to play in this tournament we will have to keep fitness of the players in mind and I think rotating and shuffling of the players in playing XI will come normally. Due to this pandemic everyone got affected in some way or the other but the players have prepared well even in this situation. With the Cab pre-season some players got the chance to get ready...