The league matches of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 started with the match between the teams of Bengal and Orissa. The match was held at Calcutta from 13-15 December, 1958 and the match saw the Bengal team winning by a huge margin of 352 runs. The Bengal team also became successful to earn 8 points from the match. The Bengal appeared in the second match of the Zone also and this time, it played against the Assam team at Jorhat from 20-22 December, 1958. The Bengal team played very well in this match also and it won it by a good margin of 187 runs. In the third match of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59, the teams of Bengal and Bihar clashed with each other at Calcutta from 17-18 January, 1959. The Bengal team continued it's wonderful in this match also and became successful to clinch a huge victory of an innings and 157 runs. The team earned the entire 9 points from the match, as well. The fourth league match of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1958-59 was held between the teams of Assam and Bihar and the match was held at Nowgong from 23-25 January, 1959. The Bihar team played well in the match to get a huge win of 125 runs and earned valuable 8 points from the match. The teams of Bihar and Orissa played against each other at Patna from 31 January-01 February, 1959 and the match was won by the Bihar team with a margin of 8 wickets. The team earned 8 points from the match. The last match of the East Zone was scheduled to be played between the teams of Assam and Orissa; however, the match could not be played due to come unavoidable reasons. |