Maharashtra’s united effort — highlighted by Pradeep Dhade and Hitesh Walunj’s four-wicket hauls and Sachin Dhas and Prithvi Shaw’s unbeaten half-centuries — earned it a comprehensive 10-wicket win over Bengal in their Ranji Trophy Elite Group-C cricket match at the Eden Gardens here on Thursday (November 5, 2026).

Bengal scored 186 in its second innings to set a target of 112, which Maharashtra achieved quickly and secured a bonus point even as bad light curtailed play for three days.

With seven points from its second outright win for a total of 19, the second-placed Maharashtra leapfrogged Bengal to the top of the table.

Maharashtra’s opening pair of Shaw-Dhas made a mockery of Bengal’s bowling with breezy knocks. Dhas (61 n.o., 68b, 10x4) played attacking strokes along the ground on both sides and reached his fifty in just 43 balls. Shaw (53 n.o., 50b, 3x4, 4x6), who executed lovely drives and hammered some straight sixes, reached his second half-century in 47 balls.

Maharashtra posted its biggest win of the season, while Bengal experienced its first defeat. 

In the morning, Abishek Porel and Sumanta Gupta’s fifties saved Bengal from a bigger embarrassment.

The host, resuming from 76 for four, lost two more wickets within half an hour. Seamer Dadhe trapped Suraj Jaiswal and Shahbaz Ahmed, who could not utilise a ‘life,’ leg before.

Porel (65, 84b, 5x4, 1x6), beginning from 23, and Sumanta (59, 93b, 5x4), dropped on 31, formed a 64-run partnership. Both played the balls on merit, rotated the strike and hit well-timed boundaries on either side.

Their partnership ended when left-arm spinner Hitesh Walunj’s ball jumped and hit Porel’s gloves on its way to the slip.

Maharashtra maintained pressure to push for victory. Dadhe, who bowled beautifully in a good channel and managed subtle movement from the pitch, and Walunj, who stuck to a tight line, played important roles

Bengal could not play out time and surrendered meekly.

The scores: Bengal — 1st innings: 143.

Maharashtra — 1st innings: 218.

Bengal — 2nd innings: Abhimanyu Easwaran c Nawale b Dadhe 9, Ankur Paul c Patil b Walunj 32, Sudip Gharami c Patil b Sanghavi 12, Sudip Chatterjee lbw b Sanghavi 0, Abishek Porel c Patil b Walunj 65, Suraj Jaiswal lbw b Dadhe 0, Shahbaz Ahmed lbw b Dadhe 0, Sumanta Gupta b Dadhe 59, Pradipta Pramanik c Bawne b Walunj 0, Mohammed Shami c Patil b Walunj 6, Mohammed Kaif (not out) 0; Extras (w-1, nb-2): 3; Total (in 54.4 overs): 186.

Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-25, 3-25, 4-74, 5-79, 6-87, 7-151, 8-166, 9-180.

Maharashtra bowling: Dadhe 17.4-3-48-4, Hangargekar 2-1-7-0, Sanghavi 15-1-59-2, Kate 1-0-13-0, Walunj 14-1-53-4, Veer 5-0-6-0.

Maharashtra — 2nd innings: Prithvi Shaw (not out) 53, Sachin Dhas (not out) 61; Total (for no loss in 19.4 overs): 114.