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[caption id="attachment_6187" align="alignnone" width="580"] Bengal skipper Manoj Tiwary coming back after an injury lay off failed with the bat . Image Source : Xtra Time[/caption] Mumbai : Bengal’s Ranji Trophy campaign for this season are almost as over . Only a miracle can take Manoj Tiwary and his team to the semi finals . It was once again  a meek surrender by the Bengal batsman against some controlled fast bowling from Madhya Pradesh pacers . Naman Ojha and his side  have already taken a lead of 227 runs after day 2 and looked to be in total control of the match . MP bowling spearheaded by Ishwar Pandey skittled the Bengal innings for 121 runs in 45.2 overs  . Pandey who took 4 wickets for 45 runs was ably supported by Puneet Dateyand debutant Chandrakant Sakure . Both of them took 3 wickets each . MP chose to not enforce the follow on, and went to stumps with all their wickets in tact in their second dig. Bengal started the day on a positive note with Dinda removing overnight batsman Harpreet Singh in the third over of the day . The India discard made the most of his good rhythm to remove Bundela soon after, but handy contributions from Ankit Dane (39), Ankit Sharma (17) and Pandey (13) - aided by some sloppy catching from Bengal - took MP close to 350 . Veer Pratap Singh, who had wrapped up MP's tail, claimed his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket. In reply Bengal started their run chase on a disastrous note . Datey removed opener Sayan Sekhar  Mondal with a delivery that cut in sharply and clipped the bells off . Bengal after losing Mondal steadied the scoresheet with Sudip and Iswaran . But the dismissal of Sudip , who has been Bengal's highest run-getter this season, had a brain freeze and top-edged a pull off  Sakure to be caught by Dane for 7 runs . Soon to follow was skipper Manoj Tiwary , who was caught behind off Pandey . The tall pacer removed Indian stumper Saha in his next over , getting him plumbed in front of the wicket . Although the Bengal team management feel the ball may have  pitched outside the leg stump . Easwaran had played admirably until his dismissal, holding his shape when blocking rising deliveries and leaving the ones that bounced a little too much. However, Datey, much like Pandey, bowled an offcutter that caught Easwaran on the back leg. Datey bowled a similar delivery soon after to Pankaj Shaw that homed into his stumps. Bengal had slipped to 72 for 6, and it was only thanks to three dropped catches, including two from captain Devendra Bundela, they managed three figures. Sakure later told the reporters that MP's seamers learnt from Bengal's mistakes and ensured they consistently hit the good length on a pitch that still carried help for the seamers. Bahutule on the other hand complimented MP's bowling, and said Bengal now had to try to push hard to force a result.  Brief scores :   Mumbai 416 v Jharkhand 150/8 (63 ov) Jharkhand trail by 266 runs with 2 wickets remaining in the 1st innings . M. Pradesh 348 & 14/0 (6 ov) v Bengal 121 Madhya Pradesh lead by 241 runs with 10 wickets remaining . Vidarbha 151 & 17/0 (7 ov) v Saurashtra 375 Vidarbha trail by 207 runs with 10 wickets remaining . Assam 323 & 23/4 (11 ov) v Punjab 137 Assam lead by 209 runs with 6 wickets remaining .