Wriddhiman Saha has been scoring runs with monotonic consistency after coming back from the tour of Australia. He says a share of the credit must go to India coach Duncan Fletcher.

Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda on Wednesday, expressed delight after being named in India's 15-member squad for the upcoming Asia Cup cricket tournament in Dhaka and hoped to cement his place in the national cricket team.

In a desperate bid to beat the drop, the Bengal selectors on Friday decided to continue with Sourav Ganguly as the captain of the state side for their match against Delhi from December 13-16 even though regular skipper Manoj Tiwary was available.

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly is keen to play the four-day and 50-over Ranji Trophy matches for his home side Bengal.

Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Sunday lamented that despite having the most passionate sports fans in the country, Bengal has not produced enough champions and blamed lack of infrastructure for the sorry state of affairs.

Sukumar Roy's goal helped Bengal beat Punjab 1-0 in the men's football final and pick up the gold medal in the 34th National Games on Friday.

An ugly incident of red card against Mizoram goalkeeper Vanlalhriata marred their group match against West Bengal which ended in a 1-1 draw in the 34th National Games at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Saturday.

Bengal defeated Assam by seven wickets in their final group match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy for East Zone at the Maharaja Bir Bikram Stadium here today.