East Zone

Special innings of 81 from Shreeevats Goswami off just 53 balls helped Bengal defeat Jharkhand by a big margin of five wickets, with five balls to spare chasing the target of 178 runs. Bowling first, Bengal bowlers conceded 177 runs in 20 overs as Ashok Dinda shone with the ball as he bowled four overs in which he scalped two wickets, giving away 28 runs. He scalped Pratyush Singh and Sumit Kumar, who were looking good for a big score.

Chasing the huge target, Bengal had a bad start as they lost an early wicket of Wriddhiman Saha but Abhishek Raman and Shreevats Goswami shared 73 runs for the second wicket to steer the team towards the target. It was the innings of 81 from Goswami and the finishing work from Pramod Chandila (37* off 21) which just sealed a win for Bengal.

Bengal 178/5 defeat Jharkhand 177/6 by five wickets in Kolkata.

Assam 148/4 defeat Odisha 143/7 by six wickets in Kanpur.

Central Zone

Vidarbha 171/6 defeat Uttar Pradesh 169/4 by four wickets in Jaipur.

Rajasthan 184/9 defeat Railways 163/5 by 21 runs in Jaipur.