Bengal beat Punjab by nine wickets in a Ranji Trophy Super League tie in Siliguri on Tuesday.

Chasing a modest 45 runs for an outright win the hosts reached their target for the loss of just one wicket.

Earlier, visitors Punjab resuming at their overnight score of 64/1 made 315 in their second innings.

Bengal get five points for their win.

Scorecard:
Punjab (1st innings): 291
Bengal (1st innings): 513/6 decl
Punjab (2nd innings, overnight 64 for one):
R Ricky c M Tewary b R Bose 19
K Goel lbw b A Dinda 21
R Singh c W Saha b S Sarkar 33
P Dharmani c S Ghosh b S Sarkar 43
U Kaul c M Tewary b R Bose 38
S Sohal c S Ghosh b A Dinda 95
A Kakkar c W Saha b R Bose 7
G Singh c S Ghosh b A Dinda 14
C Singh lbw b S Lahiri 18
M Gony b S Sarkar 17
VRV Singh not out 2
Extras: (b-2,lb-2, nb-3, w-1) 8
Total: (all out in 85.6 overs) 315

Fall of wickets: 1/36, 2/66, 3/78, 4/158, 5/176, 6/199, 7/220, 8/251, 9/270

Bowling: R Bose 27-8-55-3, S Sarkar 23-7-81-3, A Dinda 23-1-117-3, S Lahiri 10-1-36-1, A Majumder 3-0-22-0

Bengal (2nd innings):
A Majumder not out 29
A Das c U Kaul b M Singh 5
S Ghosh not out 9
Extras: (nb-1, w-1) 2
Total: (one wicket in 10.3 overs) 45

Fall of wicket: 1/8

Bowling: Gagandeep Singh 5.3-1-16-0, Manpreet Singh 5-0-28-1