The East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66, started with the match between the teams of Assam and Orissa and the match was held at Cuttack from 12-14 December, 1965. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the Assam and Orissa team earned 5 and 3 points, respectively from the match. The second match, involving the teams of Bihar and Assam, was held at Jamshedpur from 18-20 December 1965. The Bihar team got a good start in the tournament, as it won the match by 7 wickets to earn 8 valuable points from it. The teams of Orissa and Bengal then clashed with each other in the third of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66. The match was held at Cuttack from 18-20 December, 1965 and it saw the Bengal team winning by a huge margin of an innings and 3 runs and earning 3 points from the match. The Bengal team then played against the Assam team in the next match that was held at Calcutta from 24-26 December, 1965. The Bengal team played wonderfully in this match also and clinched a huge victory of an innings and 168 runs to earn 8 valuable points from the match. There was a clash between the teams of Bihar and Orissa in the fifth of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1965-66 and the match was held at Cuttack from 25-27 December, 1965. The Orissa team played astonishingly well in this match and surprised the Bihar team by defeating them with a margin of 51 runs. The Orissa team earned 8 valuable points from the match, as well. The last match of the East Zone saw a battle between the heavyweight teams of Bengal and Bihar at Jamshedpur from 01-03 January, 1966. The drawn match saw both the Bengal and Bihar teams earning 3 points each from the match. |