new delhi leftarm pace duo of jaydev unadkat and chetan sakariya ripped apart bengal top order to give saurashtra upper hand on the opening day of the fiveday ranji trophy title clash in kolkata on thursdaybengal who lost half of their side at the score of 34 in one hour and 13 minutes were bundled out for a paltry 174 it would have been more embarrassing for bengal but spin allrounder shahbaz ahmed 69 and wicketkeeper abhishek porel 50 saved the hosts from the blushes with gritty halfcenturiesthe duo showed the way for the toporder in a 101run stand for the seventh wicket and batted close to four hours to frustrate saurashtrasaurashtra were 81 for 2 at stumps on day 1 trailing bengal by 93 runsopting to bowl unadkat 344 returning after being released from the test side came up with a terrific opening spell of 5272 while sakariya 333 made the bengal batters danced to his tunes as the hosts were soon reduced to 17 for 4 inside 31 minutes at the iconic eden gardenssaurashtra wrapped up bengal innings at 174 with third seamer chirag jani 233 also making good use of the lively eden surface and leftarm spinner dharmendrasingh jadeja 219 scalping two wicketssaurashtras inform opener harvik desai 38 who has more than 600 runs this season was at the crease with night watchman sakariya 2the duo survived some late charge by bengal pace duo of akash deep and mukesh kumar to bring the deficit under 100with their leading rungetter of the season aprit vasavada 826 runs at 7506 yet to come along with the prolific duo of sheldon jackson 529 and chirag jani 509 saurashtra would definitely fancy a first innings leadbengal bowlers looked pedestrian at start but akash deep and mukesh kumar took some purchase in the fag end of the day to dismiss jay gohil 6 and vishvaraj jadeja 25 respectivelyafter winning a good toss on a green top unadkat along with fellow leftarm pacer sakariya set the tone in the morning session dismissing their topfour batters inside 17 runssurviving the firsthours play when the ball swings viciously on the eden strip was always going to be key and bengal are wellversed with the home conditionsbut it was the visitors who exploited the conditions well bowling a probing line that teased the batters offstumpthe need of the first hour was to show some patience and judge the ball well but the topfour bengal batters went on with premediated shots and lasted just 29 ballsabhimanyu easwaran showed sheer lack of application and fell for a duck becoming unadkats victim in the fifth ball of the daythe spirited start pumped up the saurashtra camp and sumanta gupta making a debut in the final could not sustain the pressure succumbing to a peach of a delivery from sakariya at the other end to be out for onesakariya was on a roll as he cleaned up sudip kumar gharamis offstump two balls laterskipper manoj tiwary became unadkats second victim