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In 1999, when Railways began their day on 14th November, they were 3/0 and after having folded up for 216 in response to Madhya Pradesh's 538 in their first innings were staring down the barrel. MP with four spinners including Rajesh Chauhan and Narendra Hirwani on Day 4

would have expected an early end to the proceedings. But what they hadn't come prepared for was possibly a battle of attrition, something Railways opener Sanjay Bangar was quiet adept at. And with fellow opener Mohan Jha, he dropped anchor from the first over of the day. Jha fell

in the 13th over of the innings but that had little impact on Bangar who with Abhay Sharma continued to block. Sharma also fell after an hour to Sunil Lahore's left arm spin. Bangar remained unfazed and in the company of Yere Goud frustrated the daylights out of the MP bowlers.

In the 64th over, Bangar fell for 39. The team's score was 60. 60 in 64 overs. MP were still in with a chance. There were about 40 overs left in the day and with Bangar gone, they were within a couple of wickets to get to the lower order. But Goud and captain Prahlad Rawat outdid

Bangar's performance. Bangar had played 208 deliveries for his 39. Goud and Rawat ate up 291 balls and scored 15. The scorecard read 71/4 in 100 overs. Manish Majitha of MP sent down 20 overs and managed to pick up the wicket of Goud. AND DID NOT CONCEDE A SINGLE RUN IN HIS SPELL

Railways, who were forced to follow on, managed to save the match when they finished on 86/5 at the end of 119 overs. Their stonewalling effort made it to the record books as they took the world record for the least number of runs made in a day's uninterrupted play.

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