Kalyani, Jan. 23 -- Sudip Chatterjee's maiden double century followed by a dominant effort by the bowlers put Bengal in the driver's seat at stumps on Day 2 against Services in the Ranji Trophy Elite match at the Bengal Cricket Academy, here on Friday.
Resuming the day from overnight score of 340/4, Bengal batters piled on quick runs to post a massive 519 on the board in their first innings.
Enroute his 209 off 327 balls, Sudip hit 18 fours and a six. Shakir Habib Gandhi, who scored a fine unbeaten 91 off 151 balls, missed out on a well-deserved maiden ton.
In reply, Services were struggling at 126/8 in their first innings at stumps, trailing by 393 runs.
Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal (3-29), Akash Deep (3-31), Md Shami (2-27) were superb with t...