Bengal are hoping for a promotion to the upper pool this year.
For Bengal, Arjun (6), Sohail Akhtar (6), Kumar Iiiruni (5) scored while Mushtaq Rahman (6), Aljo Jose (4) and Lijo Chandy (3) were successful for Kerala.
The results:
Group 'C': MP bt Pondicherry 45-22; UP bt TN 31-30 Group 'D': Gujarat bt Goa 38-16; Manipur bt Odisha 24-11 Group 'E': Bengal bt Kerala 37-17; HP bt Assam 38-20. Group 'F': Karnataka bt Tripura 27-5; Bihar bt Chandigarh 22-13.