Mohammed Shami asserted his class to capture five wickets as Bengal defeated Gujarat, its first in the last two decades, by 141 runs despite Urvil Patel’s maiden unbeaten century in the Ranji Trophy Group-C match at the Eden Gardens here on Tuesday.
Resuming the final day at 170 for seven, a defensive Bengal batted for half-an-hour and added 44, setting Gujarat a 327-run target.
The host relied on Shami’s five-for and Shahbaz Ahmed’s three wickets to restrict Gujarat to 185 and post its second successive win.
On a placid track, Bengal started well as Shami had Abhishek Desai caught behind. The promoted Urvil stunned Bengal with his counterattack, which was loaded with drives and cuts. With scant respect for international pacers Shami and Akash Deep, the wicketkeeper-batter, who donned Chennai Super Kings colours in the IPL, provided T20 entertainment.
Bengal applied the brakes as Akash claimed Aarya Desai and Shahbaz dismissed Gujarat skipper Manan Hingrajia caught and bowled.
Urvil (109 not out, 124b, 16×4), dropped on 72 off Shami, and Jaymeet Patel (45, 105b, 5×4) built an 118-run stand and frustrated Bengal.
The turning point came in the 35th over when Urvil retired hurt after scoring his century due to a cramp in his left hand. It opened the doors as player-of-the-match Shahbaz struck twice in the following over, dismissing Umang Kumar and Chintan Gaja, to return a nine-wicket haul.
Shami removed Vishal Jayswal as Gujarat lost three wickets in about half-an-hour and necessitated Urvil’s return.
The Urvil-Jaymeet partnership resumed before Shami, who moved the ball in to claim four left-handers, accounted for Jaymeet and Siddharth Desai. He surprised Arzan Nagwaswalla with a rising delivery to finish with four in his final four-over spell and log an overall eight wickets.
Priyajitsing Jadeja’s run out early in the third session ensured Bengal’s victory.
The scores: Bengal — 1st innings: 279.
Gujarat — 1st innings: Abhishek Desai lbw b Shami 0, Aarya Desai b Akash 8, Siddharth Desai b Shami 19, Manan Hingrajia (not out) 80, Umang Kumar c Chatterjee b Shahbaz 18, Jaymeet Patel b Shahbaz 0, Urvil Patel b Shahbaz 15, Vishal Jayswal c Saifi b Shahbaz 0, Chintan Gaja c Abhimanyu b Shahbaz 4, Arzan Nagwaswalla lbw b Shahbaz 12, Priyajitsing Jadeja c Abishek b Shami 0, Extras (b-9, lb-1, nb-1): 11; Total (in 76.3 overs): 167.
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-9, 3-39, 4-70, 5-76, 6-96, 7-96, 8-108, 9-146.
Bengal bowling: Shami 18.3-6-44-3, Akash 16-7-31-1, Ishan 11-4-25-0, Jaiswal 12-3-23-0, Shahbaz 19-5-34-6.
Bengal — 2nd innings: Sudip Gharami lbw b Nagwaswalla 54, Abhimanyu Easwaran c Nagwaswalla b Siddharth 25, Kazi Junaid Saifi c Urvil b Siddharth 1, Anustup Majumdar c & b Jayswal 58, Abishek Porel b Nagwaswalla 1, Sumanta Gupta lbw b Siddharth 11, Shahbaz Ahmed st. Urvil b Siddharth 20, Suraj Jaiswal st Urvil b Siddharth 7, Akash Deep (not out) 25, Mohammed Shami (not out) 4; Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-1): 8; Total (for eight wkts. in 54 overs): 214.
Fall of wickets: 1-55, 2-57, 3-95, 4-105, 5-129, 6-159, 7-171, 8-195.
Gujarat bowling: Gaja 6-0-20-0, Nagwaswalla 13-1-58-2, Priyajitsing 7-0-29-0, Siddharth 21-6-61-5, Jayswal 7-0-39-1.
Gujarat — 2nd innings: Abhishek Desai c Abishek b Shami 0, Aarya Desai c Abishek b Akash 13, Urvil Patel (not out) 109, Manan Hingrajia c&b Shahbaz 0, Jaymeet Patel c Porel b Shami 45, Umang Kumar c Majumdar b Shahbaz 0, Chintan Gaja c Sumanta b Shahbaz 0, Vishal Jayswal b Shami 1, Siddharth Desai b Shami 0, Arzan Nagwaswalla c Porel b Shami 0, Priyajitsing Jadeja (run out) 4; Extras (b-2, lb-9, w-2): 13; Total (in 45.5 overs): 185.
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-49, 3-50, 4-153, 5-153, 5-153, 6-162, 7-177, 8-177, 9-181.
Bengal bowling: Shami 10-1-38-5, Akash 10-0-38-1, Shahbaz 16.5-2-60-3, Ishan 7-2-22-0, Jaiswal 2-0-16-0.
Published – October 28, 2025 06:15 pm IST
