Mohammed Shami’s incisive five-wicket haul helped Bengal register an innings and 46-run bonus-point win over Services to seal their place in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals. Andhra climbed to the top of Group A with a convincing win over Vidarbha, while Madhya Pradesh thrashed Karnataka by 217 runs

Lanky spinner Himanshu Singh returned with superb figures of 27-10-39-3 while pacer Tushar Deshpande (2-68) and Mohit Avasthi (2-54) chipped in as well, bowling out Hyderabad for 267 in their first innings after the hosts had resumed the third day’s play on 138-2 in reply to Mumbai’s 560. Hyderabad conceded a huge lead of 293 runs