Patient half-centuries by Wriddhiman Saha and Rohan Banerjee after an impressive morning spell by Shami Ahmed helped Bengal record their maiden outright win in this edition of Ranji Trophy.
Mumbai rode on Hiken Shah's third successive century to set Bengal a stiff victory target of 391 in their Group A Ranji Trophy league match, after declaring the second innings on 294 for 5, on the penultimate day in Mumbai, on Monday. Bengal were 47 without loss in the 16 overs in their second essay, with openers Arindam Das and Rohan Banerjee unbeaten on 19 and 23 respectively.
Bengal would consider themselves lucky to survive as they reached 129 for no loss in their second innings after being asked to follow, still needing 75 runs to avoid the innings defeat.
Skipper Subramaniam Badrinath led from the front with a sparkling innings of 152 to put Vidarbha in control against Rajasthan on the third day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match.
A round up of the second day's play from the Ranji Trophy games being played across the country.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches at different venues around the country.
Left-arm spinner Vishal Dabholkar shone with a four-wicket haul as Mumbai demolished Punjab by 180 runs to register their second successive win in the Ranji Trophy in Chandigarh.
A round-up of the opening day's actions of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
Captain Gautam Gambhir led from the front with a gutsy century to lift Delhi to 260 for six at stumps on the first day of their opening Ranji Trophy match against Saurashtra
A summary of the second day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches.
Robin Uthappa's 16th first-class century helped Karnataka take a big first-innings lead of 263 to take the home side to a strong position on second day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match against Jammu and Kashmir.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches played across the country.
A summary of the day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
Round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches being played in different parts of the country.
Chasing a tough victory target of 399, Punjab were tottering at 108 for four at stumps on the third day with Test discard Yuvraj Singh unbeaten on 19 in company of Uday Kaul, who is yet to open his account.