kolkata shahbaz ahmed had claimed a hattrick in bengals previous ranji trophy elite group a match against hyderabad in kalyani the leftarm spinner stands on the brink of an encore as he dismissed kshitiz sharma and simarjeet singh with what turned out to be the last two deliveries of the second day to bring bengal back into the game at eden gardens after delhi seemed to have the upper hand for most of tuesdaydelhi began the day well by restricting bengal to 318 picking up their last five wickets within the first hourthen a 60run thirdwicket stand between nitish rana and dhruv shorey saw them take control with both batsmen playing some good cricketbut they lost four wickets for 57 runs in the days final session to hand the advantage back to the home sidepacer mukesh kumar produced a beauty in the fifth over after tea forcing rana the hero of delhis last match to edge to wicketkeeper shreevats goswami mukesh then had skipper shorey caught behind as wellno 3 shorey who walked in after the dismissal of kunal chandela in the sixth over was quickly into his stride as he stroked five boundaries to be unbeaten on 23 at lunch the righthander continued in the same vein after the break finding the gaps almost at will and scoring most of his runs through the cover and midwicket regionrana too was middling the ball well as the runs flowed but things changed once these two departed in quick successionthe match is still open but i am a bit disappointed at the way we let go all the good work earlier in the day delhi coach kp bhaskar said after stumpsbengal debutant nilkantha das castled openers kunal chandela 9 and hiten dalal 40 with incoming deliverieslate in the day shahbaz had kshitiz caught by anustup majumdar at first slip when the righthander failed to negotiate one that bounced a little more than he expected nightwatchman simarjeet perished next ball as youngster kazi junaid saifi took a magnificent catch at forward short leg on second attempt as an inside edge flew off the pad the umpires called stumps at that point with three balls left in shahbazs overin the morning it was heartbreak for anustup as he was run out on 99 after resuming on 94 credit for the dismissal should go to dalal who ran in from midwicket picked the ball up and threw in one action to hit the single stump visible from his position to catch the diving anustup short of the creasepacer simarjeet picked up three wickets in the morning to finish with figures of four for 77