Overview
- Bengal bowled out Kerala for 120 to win by 287 runs after setting a target of 408, with Pradipta Pramanik finishing with 10 wickets and Shahbaz Ahmed contributing a match-winning all‑round performance.
- The hosts had earlier taken a 209‑run first‑innings lead after bowling Kerala out for 141 and Jalaj Saxena took a five‑for in Bengal’s bowling effort.
- Gujarat finished strongly at 227 for 3 with Aarya Desai unbeaten on 132, giving them an overall lead of 120 over Maharashtra going into the final day.
- Rain forced draws in other Group C fixtures, with Delhi’s bid for an outright win ended after they declared 515 for 5 following Ayush Badoni’s second successive double hundred and the Jharkhand game left unfinished.
- The round highlights how turning, deteriorating surfaces and spin bowling are producing quick results in the Ranji Trophy and shifting how teams earn full points, selection choices, and group standings.