Bengal beat Delhi by nine wickets in Ranji Trophy opener

Bengal defeated Delhi by nine wickets on the fourth day of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at Kalyani on Wednesday. The hosts chased down a target of 89 with 15.3 overs to spare after restricting Delhi to 277 in their second innings.

Ayush Badoni top-scored with 85 and took five wickets for 43 runs in Bengal's first innings of 429. Abhimanyu Easwaran remained unbeaten on 34 while Ankur Paul made 38 in the chase. Delhi had trailed by 189 runs after the first innings.

Bengal collected six points from the victory while Delhi finished with none from the match.