Rain washes out play

The two umpires R Parthasarathi of Chennai and K G Laxminarayan of Hyderabad inspected the ground conditions a few times before taking the decision to abandon the first day’s play.

With rains lashing the city in the afternoon, chances of play beginning tomorrow also look quite bleak.

Both Bengal and Uttar Pradesh have five points to their credit and even a draw would take them to the quarter final stage of the championship.

Maharashtra, the other team in the group, have six points from two matches.