Overview
- Bengal won by an innings and 90 runs at the Bengal Cricket Academy ground in Kalyani after Andhra were bowled out for 244 on Day 5.
- Sudip Kumar Gharami’s 299 anchored Bengal’s 629 and created a 334-run first-innings lead that decided the contest.
- Left-arm spinner Shahbaz Ahmed closed out the match on a wearing surface with 4 for 72, with support from Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal and others.
- Nitish Kumar Reddy resisted with 90 for Andhra, while injured wicketkeeper K S Bharat did not bat.
- Bengal will face Jammu & Kashmir in the semifinal starting February 15 in Kalyani, with Karnataka meeting Uttarakhand in the other tie.