Ishan Porel and Anustup Majumdar played pivotal roles as Bengal pushed Karnataka on the backfoot while Saurashtra put up a solid show against Gujarat as the second day of the Ranji Trophy 2019-20 semifinals came to an end. After Majumdar's 149 led Bengal's recovery from 67/6 to 312 all out, Porel starred with the ball, scalping five wickets, as Bengal dominated the proceedings on the second day of the semifinal at the Eden Gardens. Resuming the day's play on 275/9, Bengal added 37 runs more to their overnight score.

The Abhimanyu Easwaran-led side, then came out all guns blazing with the ball as Porel struck twice in a quick succession, dismissing R Samarth and skipper Karun Nair, and had Karnataka at 5/2. Akash Deep and Mukesh Kumar struck on either side of the lunch as Karnataka lost K Siddharth and Manish Pandey for 14 and 12 respectively. Devdutt Padikkal was the fifth wicket to fall before Abhishek Kumar Raman and Easwaran grabbed stunners as Bengal dismissed KL Rahul and Srinivas Sharath to reduce Karnataka to 65/7.