Railways Sports Promotion Board and Services Sports Control Board are against the Lodha panel

Anureet Singh (4/32) and Ashish Yadav (3/36) helped Railways beat Andhra Pradesh by 148 runs to pocket six points in Ranji Trophy.

The Ranji trophy clash between Mumbai and Railways will be held in Wankhede after the MCA had requested the match to be shifted to the BKC (Bandra-Kurla Complex) venue.

Vice-captain Yuvraj Singh will lead the team in the first match against Railways from October 1 as Harbhajan Singh will be away on national duty as a member of the Indian T20 team against South Africa.

Captain Harbhajan Singh hit a fiery 25-ball 51 and then bagged two wickets as Punjab beat Gujarat by 29 runs to set up last-eight clash against Railways.

There has been an intense rivalry between the two teams this season after Railway skipper Murali Kartik 'Mankaded' Sandipan Das and Bengal players refused the customary handshake after conceding three points in hot-tempered match in New Delhi.

Bengal had to wait for 51 years to clinch their second Ranji title in 1990 under Banerjee's leadership after they had won their first in 1939.

Manoj Tiwary was named as a 17th member in the squad, won't be available for Bengal's quarterfinal against Railways from January 8-12.

Riding on Shukla's superlative 117 off 119 deliveries with 16 fours and three sixes, Bengal scored 284 in their first innings to take a 72-run lead. The hosts then pegged UP back to 50 for three with Ashoke Dinda taking two wickets including one that saw Mohammed Kaif's stumps go for a walk. UP are 22 runs behind and have seven wickets in hand.

The home team got three important points by virtue of their first innings lead of 36 runs in a Ranji Trophy Group B encounter in New Delhi on Monday, a game that also witnessed some hostility between players from both camps after Murali Kartik 'Mankaded' a Bengal batsman.

At the end of the game when, the man in the eye of the storm, Murali Kartik went to each Bengal player to exchange handshakes he was asked to leave them alone.

Shukla hit 87 not out as Bengal require another 55 runs to take the first-innings lead but Railways still look favourites to take the final three wickets.

This is not the first time that Kartik has 'Mankaded' a player in a first-class game. He did the same playing for Surrey against Somerset last year, where he ran Alex Barrow out in the same fashion, which is widely believed to be a reason for the loss of his county contract.

Rajasthan's Pankaj Singh was mainly responsible for hurting Railways and he finished the opening day with figures of 3/69 to leave the visitors on 223/7.

Only 46 overs of play was possible after Railways opted to bowl on winning the toss.

Opener Satyam Choudhary hit an unbeaten double century to help Madhya Pradesh post a mammoth 510 for six declared.

Choudhary scored 19 boundaries in his 281-ball unfinished innings at the Holkar Cricket Stadium here. Mohnish Mishra cracked 97 in his 146-ball innings, which was studded with 14 fours and three sixes.

Railways wasted numerous scoring chances as they failed to convert as many as 10 penalty corners.