kolkata the new format of ranji trophy has thrown up some exciting possibilities in the last round of group league matches which get under way on mondaywith only five teams from elite a and b to make the quarterfinals as many as 10 are still in contention with bengal and punjab who will face off at jus salt lake campus ground being two of themthe least that bengal 22 points and punjab 20 need to do is notch up a win and then hope the other results go their way both teams go into the match on the back of outright wins and are high on confidencethe pitch on offer is likely to play low and slow which will assist spinners as the game progressesinterestingly bengal were keen on a slow turner despite none of their spinners picking up a fifer this season its been their pacers led by ashok dinda who have mostly done the job so far the bengal think tank may be wary of the punjab pace attack comprising siddharth kaul sandeep sharma and manpreet gony even though spinner mayank markande has been the visitors highest wickettaker this season with 25 scalps in five matchesmarkande a legspinner did well in last months emerging asia cup too claiming 12 wickets in four matchesin comparison bengals aamir gani and pradipta pramanik lack experience and havent been among wickets although wrist spinner spinner prayas roy burman the teenaged crorepati at the ipl auctions is in the squad its unlikely that bengal will risk the 16yearold in this crunch game in writtick chatterjee anushtup majumdar and skipper manoj tiwary bengal have three parttime spinning optionstalking of parttimers punjab will feel confident to have someone like yuvraj singh in their ranks the former india allrounder is keen to bowl on this track suppose our spinners and pacers dont get wickets then i will definitely bowl a few overs here he statedpunjab may strengthen their spin department bringing in leftarmer vinay choudhary in place of pacer baltej singhthe visitors hold the edge in batting with yuvraj skipper mandeep singh jiwanjot singh gurkeerat mann all capable of making big hundreds but the focus will definitely be on youngster shubman gill who has been in scintillating form this season and is considered to be a definite india prospectthe former india u19 star has scored over 600 runs in only four matches this season at an astounding average of 12580bengal skipper tiwary is hopeful that his bowlers can restrict gill i will lose the battle if i begin thinking about his gills average we have done his video analysis and will look to get his wicket fast tiwary saidyuvraj is yet to post a 50 in four matches but skipper mandeep felt the southpaw can turn out to be an important batsman on this track he yuvraj will be very handy as he has the experience of playing on such pitch he statedmentor arun lal feels bengal are picking up at the