Calcutta: Subhamoy Das made the cut in the Bengal Ranji Trophy squad at the expense of young wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha in the match versus Andhra Pradesh starting in Vizag on Monday.

It was learnt that both coach Karsan Ghavri and captain Rohan Gavaskar were against making too many changes. But it is almost certain that Deep Dasgupta will open the innings along with Arindam Das pushing Nikhil Haldipur lower down the order.

THE SQUAD

Rohan Gavaskar (captain), Arindam Das, Nikhil Haldipur, Subhamoy Das, Deep Dasgupta, Anustup Majumdar, Sanjib Sanyal, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, Sourashish Lahiri, Murtaza Lodhgar, Rakesh Krishnan, Ranadeb Bose, Sabir Ali, Dilip Yadav, Ritam Kundu.

2 points for Jharkhand

Jharkhand collected two points against hosts Bengal by virtue of the their first innings lead in the under-17 Vijay Merchant Trophy match that concluded at the Eden on Thursday.

Brief scores

Bengal 175 & 266/8 decl. (overnight 69/5) (Writam Porel 123, B. Amit 42). Jharkhand 203 (B. Amit 8/78) 44/3. Match drawn.