The teams of Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Orissa comprised the East Zone of the Ranji Trophy, 1960-61. All the teams were coming from the Eastern zone of India, according to the rules and regulations of the tournament and they fought hard with each other for becoming one of the two top teams of the zone. However, the teams of Bengal and Bihar proved them to be better than all the other teams in the zone and they also entered into the knock out level of the Ranji Trophy, from the East Zone.
The East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1960-61 started with the match between the teams of Bihar and Orissa at Jamshedpur from 10-12 December, 1960. Though the Orissa team played very well in the match, it could not prevent the Bihar team from getting a narrow win of 3 wickets. The Bihar team also earned 8 valuable points from the match. The next match of the zone saw a battle between the teams of Assam and Bengal and the match was held at Guwahati from 10-12 December, 1960. The Bengal team won extraordinarily in the match and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 63 runs to earn the entire 9 points from the match.
The Bengal team was involved in the third match of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1960-61, as well and the match took place at Calcutta from 16-18 December, 1960. Bengal continued its wonderful form in this match also and won it by a huge margin of an innings and 81 runs. The Bengal team earned 9 points from the match, as well. The next match of the zone featured the teams of Orissa and Assam and the match was held at Guwahati from 07-09 January, 1961. The drawn match saw the Orissa team earning 5 points and the Assam team earning 3 points from it.
The best two teams of the East Zone in the Ranji Trophy, 1960-61, Bengal and Bihar then clashed with each other in the fifth match of the zone. The match was held at Calcutta from 07-09 January, 1961 and it was drawn during the specified duration. However, the match officials awarded the full 9 points to the Bengal from the match. The last of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1960-61, involved the teams of Assam and Bihar and the match was held at Guwahati from 14-16 January, 1961. This was also a drawn match and the Assam and Bihar teams earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from it.
