Semi-finals will be held at Holkar Stadium on Wednesday – Photo: SOCIAL MEDIA Expansion Last time Madhya Pradesh won the Ranji Trophy. This time also the Madhya Pradesh team has reached the semi-finals. The match will be against the South Bengal team on Wednesday. Last year also both the teams were face-to-face in the semi-finals and after defeating West Bengal, the MP team became the champion. The semi-final match of Ranji Trophy between Madhya Pradesh and Bengal will be played on Wednesday. The match will be held at Holkar Stadium and the team will also matter due to the return of cricketer Venkatesh Iyer. The last match was played against Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh team won the match. The Bengal team reached the semi-finals after defeating Jharkhand. Both the teams practiced at the stadium on Tuesday morning. The minister himself is the captain Bengal Sports Minister Manoj Tiwari himself is taking command of the team. The Bengal team has also prepared well and the players of the team are also in good form. The MP team wants to retain the previous victory of the final and there is no fitness problem in both the teams at the moment. 1675785382Venkatesh returns after recovering from injury1675785382 This time also Venkatesh Iyer will also play in the team. He has been included in place of Akshat Raghuvanshi. If Venkatesh makes it to the playing XI, Harsh Gawli will have to make way for him. Venkatesh is returning after a long time recovering from injury.