India, Nov. 2 -- Prithvi Shaw was looking cagey. Overcast conditions at Eden Gardens can do that to the most technically efficient batter. Dank skies in the afternoon are never good news, even when the temperature hovers at 30 degrees Celsius.

More so when Mohammed Shami has the new ball in hand. Straightaway on the money, he was getting the ball seam away before getting one to jack back in. The in-cutting delivery was the one that made Shami, and that has never changed all these years.

Maharashtra opener Shaw should have taken note early, especially when a delivery jumped off good length and hit the splice of the bat to almost reach the fielder at mid-on. Shami was making the ball talk by then.

Bengal had been dismissed for 143 and de...