Puducherry 177 for 5 (Aman 74, Shreeram 45, Shami 3-34) beat Bengal 96 (Lal 40, Jayant 4-28, Sidak 3-9) by 81 runs

Bengal suffered a collapse of 9 for 38 to be bowled out for 96 in pursuit of 178 against Puducherry in Hyderabad. Offspinner Jayant Yadav bagged 4 for 28, which included the wicket Karan Lal , who top-scored with 40. The collapse started when Abhimanyu Easwaran was run out for 12, with no Bengal batter from Nos. 4-11 getting into double-figures.

The win was set up by Puducherry's captain Aman Khan , who smashed five fours and seven sixes in his 74 off 40 balls. Aman added 68 for the third wicket with Jashwanth Shreeram, who scored 45 off 34. Their stand was broken by Mohammed Shami , who, after getting Shreeram in the 15th over, also dismissed Aman in the 19th.

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