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[caption id="attachment_19613" align="alignnone" width="580"] Mukesh Kumar continued his good form in this match too and scalped two wickets. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Bengal cricket team showed determination to win the last group match against Kerala in the Dr. K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament at Karnataka today. After a good show on the first two days in batting they bowled well to have a lead of 136 runs in the first innings. Yesterday Bengal ended their innings by scoring 402 runs. Chasing the run the Kerala Cricket Association innings ended with 266 runs today. Bengal also started their second innings and scored 170 runs for loss of three wickets. The team has one more day to win the match. Bengal bowlers today placed their team in a good position. Ishan Porel being out of the match the other bowlers barely made the team realized his absence. All the Bengal bowlers were amongst wickets. Mukesh Kumar, Amit Kuila, Pragyan Ojha and Aamir Gani got two wickets each. Writtick Chatterjee could not add any to the tally of one he got yesterday. Coming down to bat for the second innings they lost the wicket of Abhimanyu Easwaran. However, after that the batting line up made their mark. Skipper Manoj Tiwary took the charge of the match and is unbeaten after scoring a quickfire 58. Brief Score: Kerala: 266/10 Salman- 54(158) Aamir Gani- 25-10-45-2, Amit Kuila- 19-8-53-2 Bengal: 170/3; Manoj Tiwary- 58*(49), Pankaj Shaw- 38*(44), Sandeep S. Warrier- 7-0-26-2