The first of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 was played between the teams of Orissa and Assam at Cuttack from 11-13 December, 1973. The Orissa and Assam teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the drawn match. The Orissa team played the second match of the zone against the Bengal team at Sambalpur from 16-18 December, 1973. The Bengal team got a very good start in the tournament, as it won this match by a huge margin of 172 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from the match. The next match of the East Zone saw a battle between the teams of Bihar and Assam at Patna from 16-18 December, 1973, where the Bihar team thrashed the Assam team by a huge margin of 9 wickets. The Bihar team earned 8 points from the match, as well. The Assam team appeared in the fourth of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74, as well and this time, it played against the Bengal team at Calcutta from 21-23 December, 1973. The Bengal team played wonderfully in this match and clinched a victory of an innings and 132 runs for earning 8 points from it. The Orissa and Bihar teams clashed with each other in the next match of the East Zone and the match was held at Baripada from 22-24 December, 1973. Playing well in the match, the Bihar team won by a margin of 54 runs and earned 8 points from the match. The last of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1973-74 saw a clash between the two most powerful teams of the zone, Bengal and Bihar and the two teams played the match at Jamshedpur from 28-30 December, 1973. The match remained drawn during the stipulated period of time and as a result, the match officials decided to award both the Bengal and Bihar teams, 3 points each for the match. |