tangi odisha bengal stormed into the ranji trophy semifinals by virtue of their first innings lead over odisha after only one session was possible on the final day which was interrupted by bad light on mondayresuming on 361 for seven bengal lost their remaining three wickets for 12 runs inside six overs to set odisha an improbable 456in reply odisha were 39 for no loss in 10 overs when bad light stopped play as both the teams agreed upon a draw with two more sessions left on the final day at the driems college ground here on the outskirts of cuttackbengal thus qualified by virtue of their crucial first innings lead of 82 runs setting up a clash with karnataka in the semifinal starting from february 29 at eden gardensanustup majumdar who smashed a careerbest 157 to script bengals stunning turnaround to reach 332 after being 46 for 5 in their first innings was adjudged manofthematchmajumdars lionhearted effort was then complemented well by bengal pace troika of ishan porel mukesh kumar and inexperienced nilkantha das as the trio shared nine wickets among them to secure the decisive leadplaying at their home turf odisha batsmen then wilted under pressure to be bowled out for 250 after being 135 for onebengal did not look back since then batting out the opposition in the second essaythe twotime former champions bengal last made the ranji semifinals in 201718 only to go down to delhibrief scoresbengal 332 and 373 138 overs shreevats goswami 78 shahbaz ahmed 64 abhishek raman 67 arnab nandi 45 koushik ghohsh 41odisha 250 and 39 for no loss 10 oversmatch drawn