Bengal 199 for 5 (Gharami 112*, Sumanta 22*, Sasikanth 2-43) trail Andhra 295 (Bhui 83, Mukesh 5-66, Akash Deep 4-79) by 96 runs
Gharami came out to bat in the fifth over after captain Abhimanyu Easwaran was dismissed for 1. Shaik Rasheed, stationed at cover, dived to his left to take a stunning catch and remove Easwaran cheaply. Gharami then lost Sudip Chatterjee and Anustup Majumdar but steadied Bengal with an 80-run fourth-wicket partnership alongside Suraj Sindhu Jaiswal.
The 26-year-old brought up his seventh first-class hundred in the final session when he pulled a short ball from Kalidindi Raju for four to deep backward square leg. Andhra persisted with the short-ball strategy against Gharami and Sumanta Gupta in the closing stages, but the pair remained unbeaten in a 46-run stand.