The East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1966-67 was started with the match between the teams of Bihar and Orissa at Jamshedpur from 10-12 December, 1966. The Bihar team started it journey in the tournament on a positive note, as it won this match with a very good margin of 9 wickets and also earned 9 points from it. The Bihar team then played against the Bengal team in the second match of the East Zone and the match was played at Calcutta from 16-18 December, 1966. The drawn match saw the Bengal team earning 5 points and Bihar earning 4 points from it. In the third of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1966-67, the teams of Bengal and Orissa clashed with each other at Calcutta from 21-23 December, 1966. The Bengal team showed a very good performance in the match and clinched a comprehensive victory of an innings and 216 runs for earning the entire 9 points from the match. The Bengal team appeared in the fourth match of the zone as well and this time, i9t played against the Assam team at Jorhat form 13-15 January, 1967. The Bengal team played extremely well in this match also and beat the Assam team convincingly with a margin of an innings and 145 runs. The team earned 9 points from the match, as well. The teams of Assam and Bihar clashed with each other in the fifth of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1966-67 and the match was held at Jorhat from 20-21 January, 1967. The match was totally dominated by the Bihar team and it eventually clinched a huge victory of an innings and 50 runs. The Bihar team also earned 9 valuable points from the match. The last match of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1966-67 was scheduled to be held between the teams of Assam and Orissa. The Assam team got a walkover in the match, as the match officials decided so, due to some unavoidable reasons. |