The Assam and Bengal teams played against each other in the first of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1984-85 and the match was held at Nowgong from 24-26 November, 1984. The drawn match saw the Bengal and Assam teams earning 6 and 4 points, respectively from it. The Bihar team played against the Orissa team in the second match of the East Zone and the two teams played the match at Ranchi from 24-26 November, 1984. The match remained drawn during the specified period of time and the match officials awarded both the Bihar and Orissa teams 9 points, each for the match. The teams of Bengal and Bihar clashed with each other in the third of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1984-85 and the match was held at Calcutta from 01-03 December, 1984. The drawn match saw the Bengal team earning 11 points and Bihar earning 9 points from it. The next match of the zone involved the teams like Assam and Orissa and the two teams played the match at Nowgong from 01-03 December, 1984. The Orissa team played wonderfully in the match and earned 31 points from it, by clinching a victory of an innings and 115 runs. The Assam team earned 3 points from the match, as well. The Assam team appeared in the next match of the East Zone also and this time, it played against the Bihar team at Nowgong from 06-08 December, 1984. The Bihar team showed a very good performance in the match and clinched a huge victory of 81 runs for earning 28 points from it. The match also saw the Assam team earning 7 points. The last of the East Zone league matches in the Ranji Trophy, 1984-85 saw a clash between the teams of Bengal and Orissa and the match took place at Calcutta from 08-10 December, 1984. The match remained drawn during the stipulated duration and both the Orissa and Bengal teams earned 8 points, each from the match. |