Mohammed Shami’s industrious four-wicket haul and captain Abhimanyu Easwaran’s unbeaten half-century helped Bengal flip round a dreary Ranji Trophy Group-C match on the ultimate day and start its marketing campaign with an emphatic eight-wicket win over Uttarakhand on the Eden Gardens right here on Saturday.

Starting from 165 for 2, Uttarakhand was all out for 265 in its second innings. Chasing 156, Bengal achieved the goal comfortably to collect six factors.

On a sluggish pitch with the outdated ball, an impressed Shami, resuming from his in a single day three-over spell, bowled six extra tidy overs and acquired a significant breakthrough by trapping Uttarakhand skipper Kunal Chandela (72, 235b, 8×4) leg earlier than within the tenth over of the day.

Bengal’s Abhimanyu Easwaran, left, and Mohammed Shami have fun after successful the Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Uttarakhand, on the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

The script modified dramatically after Bengal took the second new ball within the 82nd over and secured 5 extra wickets by lunch. Bhupen Lalwani, Shashwat Dangwal and Jagadeesa Suchith fell in 83rd, 84th and eighty fifth overs respectively with Ishan Porel taking two and Akash Deep one.

Yuvraj Choudhary (35, 33b, 6×4, 1×6) and Abhay Negi (28, 23b, 5×4) counterattacked, forging a 49-ball 64-run stand, as Akash obtained some particular remedy.

Shami broke the stand by having Negi caught at third-man. Soon, Suraj Jaiswal eliminated Yuvraj, who was held spectacularly by Akash on the straight boundary.

Bengal’s Mohammed Shami bowls in the course of the fourth and final day of the Ranji Trophy match in opposition to Uttarakhand, on the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

In the post-lunch session, Uttarakhand’s innings lasted for 4 deliveries, as Shami claimed two-in-two. For his match haul of seven wickets, Shami was named the player-of-the-match.

The Bengal batters confirmed a constructive intent, scoring at a mean of 5.32 runs per over, to place strain on the guests. Abhimanyu (71 not out, 82b, 6×4), who lower, drove and flicked for his fours and ran effectively between the wickets, gathered 51 runs with Sudip Chatterjee and 76 with Sudip Gharami (46, 47b, 5×4, 1×6) to set the stage for Bengal’s Diwali celebrations.

“The hearth within the boys propelled us to the win,” mentioned Bengal coach L.R. Shukla.

The scores: Uttarakhand — 1st innings: 213.

Bengal — 1st innings: 323.

Bengal’s Ishan Porel celebrates after taking the wicket of Uttarakhand’s Jagadeesha Suchith in the course of the fourth and final day of their Ranji Trophy match on the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI

Uttarakhand — 2nd innings: Avneesh Sudha c Chatterjee b Akash 1, Prashant Chopra lbw b Bhati 82, Kunal Chandela lbw b Shami 72, Bhupen Lalwani c Abishek b Ishan 22, Shashwat Dangwal c Shami b Akash 6, Yuvraj Choudhary c Akash b Jaiswal 35, Jagadeesa Suchith b Majumdar b Ishan 1, Abhay Negi c Akash b Shami 28, Janmejay Joshi lbw b Shami 4, Devendra Bora (not out) 7, Rajan Chaudhary b Shami 0; Extras (b-1, lb-5, w-1): 7; Total (in 96.4 overs): 265.

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-147, 3-173, 4-188, 5-188, 6-189, 7-253, 8-253, 9-265.

Bengal bowling: Shami 24.4-7-38-4, Akash 19-3-79-2, Ishan 17-3-63-2, Jaiswal 22-6-40-1, Bhati 14-1-39-1.

Bengal — 2nd innings: Sudip Chatterjee b Negi 16, Abhimanyu Easwaran (not out) 71, Sudip Gharami c Chopra b Rajan 46, Vishal Bhati (not out) 16; Extras: (lb-5, w-2): 7; Total (for 2 wickets in 29.3 overs): 156.

Fall of wickets: 1-51, 2-127.

Uttarakhand bowling: Bora 8-1-37-0, Rajan 5-0-20-1, Negi 5-1-31-1, Janmejay 4-0-24-0, Suchith 3.3-0-17-0, Avneesh 4-0-22-0.

Bengal gained by eight wickets.

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