Bengal ride on Gharami's 299 to sail into semi-finals
Shahbaz Ahmed was Bengal's best bowler in the second innings, taking four wickets as Andhra were bowled out for 244 despite Nitish Kumar Reddy's fighting 90
05/02Result
3rd quarter final, Ranji Trophy at Kalyani, Feb 6-10 2026
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![Andhra]( "Andhra")
295 & 244 (72.2 ov) -
![Bengal]( "Bengal")
Player of the Match
05/02Result
3rd quarter final, Ranji Trophy at Kalyani, Feb 6-10 2026
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![Andhra]( "Andhra")
295 & 244 (72.2 ov) -
![Bengal]( "Bengal")
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
Best performances - Bowlers
Mukesh Kumar
- O22
- M5
- R66
- W5
- Eco3
| 1W | ||||
| 4W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
SK Rasheed
- O12.1
- M1
- R63
- W4
- Eco5.17
| 1W | ||||
| 1W | ||||
| 1W |
- FTFULL TOSS
- YYORKER
- FFULL LENGTH
- GGOOD LENGTH
- SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
- SSHORT LENGTH
| 1W | ||||
Match Details
Series
Toss
Bengal , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Bengal advanced
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.00 start, Lunch 11.30-12.10, Tea 14.10-14.30, Close 16.00
Match days
6,7,8,9,10 February 2026 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
ANDHRA 295 (88.4 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Srikar Bharat47 (57)
- Ricky Bhui83 (174)
- Mukesh Kumar5/66 (22)
- Akash Deep4/79 (21.4)
BENGAL 629 (199.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Sudip Kumar Gharami299 (596)
- Habib Gandhi95 (229)
- KV Sasikanth2/59 (20)
- Shaik Rasheed4/63 (12.1)
ANDHRA 244 (72.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Nitish Kumar Reddy90 (144)
- Tripurana Vijay46 (61)
- Shahbaz Ahmed4/72 (24)
- Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal2/42 (15)
Scorer: Chetan Kumar
72.2
W
Gupta to Vijay, OUT,
T Vijay c sub (RH Prasad) b Gupta 46 (61b 6x4 2x6) SR: 75.4
72.1
6
Gupta to Vijay, SIX,
END OF OVER:72 | (wicket maiden) | AP: 238/8
- Kavuri Saiteja0 (5b)
- Tripurana Vijay40 (59b)
- Shahbaz Ahmed24-3-72-4
- Sumanta Gupta5-0-29-0
71.6
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Saiteja, no run,
71.5
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Saiteja, no run,
71.4
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Saiteja, no run,
71.3
0
Shahbaz Ahmed to Saiteja, no run,
Match Coverage
All Match NewsBengal ride on Gharami's 299 to sail into semi-finals
Shahbaz Ahmed was Bengal's best bowler in the second innings, taking four wickets as Andhra were bowled out for 244 despite Nitish Kumar Reddy's fighting 90
Ranji Trophy
| Elite, Group A | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| AP | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 31 |
| JHK | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| VIDAR | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
| BRODA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 |
| UP | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| TN | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| ODSA | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| NAGA | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Elite, Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MP | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 28 |
| KNTKA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 27 |
| SAU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 26 |
| MAHA | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| KER | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| GOA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
| PNJB | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| CHD | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| Elite, Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| BENG | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
| UTK | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| HRYNA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| RLYS | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| SVCS | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| GUJ | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| TPURA | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| ASSAM | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Elite, Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MUM | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 33 |
| J & K | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| CGR | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 |
| HYD | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| RAJ | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| PONDI | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| DELHI | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| HP | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Plate Group | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | D | PT |
| MNPR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| BIHAR | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| MEGHA | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| SIKM | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| MIZO | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| ARP | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |