The East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1975-76 started with the match between the teams of Orissa and Bengal and the two teams played the match at Rourkela from 28-30 November, 1975. The Bengal team started the tournament on a very positive note, as it earned 8 valuable points from the match, by winning it with a huge margin of an innings and 87 runs. The second match of the zone saw a battle between the teams of Bihar and Assam at Jamshedpur from 28-30 November, 1975. The Bihar team also got a very good start in the tournament by winning this match with a margin of an innings and 100 runs. The team also earned the entire 9 points from the match. The clash between the teams of Orissa and Assam happened in the third of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1975-76 and the match took place at Sambalpur from 03-05 December 1975. Playing well in the match, the Orissa team claimed a victory of 107 runs and also earned 8 valuable points from the match. The next match saw a clash between the teams of Bengal and Assam and the match was held at Calcutta from 07-09 December, 1975. The Bengal team played very well in the match and clinched a huge win of an innings and 179 runs for earning the full 9 points from the match. The next match of the East Zone was also held during the same timing from 07-09 December and the teams of Orissa and Bihar played the match against each other at Sambalpur. The Bihar team played very well in the match and earned 8 valuable points from it, by clinching a victory of 6 wickets. The last of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1975-76 was played between the two most powerful teams in the zone, Bengal and Bihar and the match was held at Patna from 30 December, 1975 - 01 January, 1976. The match was drawn during the stipulated duration and the match officials awarded the Bengal and Bihar teams 5 and 3 points, respectively for the match. |