Samad Fallah took four wickets as Bengal went into lunch at 83 for five.
Bengal put up a strong reply with opener Arindam Das' gritty unbeaten half-century after Madhya Pradesh's first innings folded for a challenging 431 in their Group B Ranji Trophy league match at the Eden Gardens.
Left-handed opener Rohan Banerjee struck a patient 77 as Bengal reached 172 for three at stumps on the second day after bowling out Rajasthan of 244 in the first innings in a group B Ranji Trophy encounter at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Friday.
Patient half-centuries by Wriddhiman Saha and Rohan Banerjee after an impressive morning spell by Shami Ahmed helped Bengal record their maiden outright win in this edition of Ranji Trophy beating Hyderabad by four wickets on the third day at Eden Gardens.
Bengal opener Arindam Das scored a fighting 73 to give his team a slender one-run first innings lead against Hyderabad but the visiting team batsmen showed a lot of gumption to take an overall lead of 171 on a Eden Gardens green top at Kolkata on Sunday.
Bengal batsmen surrendered the intiative given by their seamers on a greentop Eden wicket to find themselves at sea in their own backyard as 18 wickets fell in the group A league match against Hyderabad on Saturday.
Bengal wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha got a reprieve and then fought hard as he helped Bengal earn a point against favourites Mumbai despite seamer Abhishek Nayar's deadly spell in a Ranji Trophy Group A encounter which ended in a draw at Brabourne Stadium at Mumbai on Tuesday.
Bengal opener Arindam Das carried his bat through for an unbeaten 98 but could not prevent hosts Mumbai from taking a handy 96-run first innings lead on the second day of the four-day Ranji Trophy Group A match today.
Senior opener Arindam Das's dismissal sent speedster Ashok Dinda's brilliant 10-wicket haul go down the drain as Bengal failed to make it to the knock-out stage despite beating Baroda by nine wickets in the final Elite Group encounter of Ranji Trophy.
Sourav Ganguly brought on all his years of experience but his colleagues didn't show enough stomach for a fight as Bengal conceded a slender 19-run first innings lead against Haryana in an Elite Group match of the Ranji Trophy at Bansi Lal Stadium in Rohtak on Thursday.