BHUBANESWAR  05-Apr-2014  117
                                    Host Bengal beat Odisha by nine runs in the last-round league match to  emerge East Zone champions of the Syde Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Cricket  Tournament at Eden Gardens in Kolkata today. Jharkhand finished second  in the zone, annihilating Assam by eight wickets in another match of the  day at Jadavpurpur University ground.
 Chasing a modest target of 122, Odisha chocked at the death to finish at  112 for nine. Bengal finished at the top of the zonal table with full  16 points, winning all of their four league matches. Jharkhand, Assam  and Odisha tied for the second position with two wins and eight points  apiece.
 However, Jharkhand pipped the other two contenders by virtue of better  net run-rate. Both Bengal and Jharkhand qualified for the inter-zonal  super league tournament, scheduled to be held at Mumbai and Rajkot from  April 8. Assam and Odisha finished third and fourth respectively in East  Zone.
 SCOREBOARD
 BENGAL: A  Das b B Mohanty 3, Vivek Singh ct Patel b J Behera 38, W Saha ct B  Mohanty b L Samal 7, M Tiwary b J Behera 22, Pankaj Shaw c Sarangi b  Samantaray 3, A Nandi (not out) 29, S Sanyal (run out) 4, S Lahiri b  Samantaray 0, A Gani (not out) 9; Extras (b-4, lb-1, w-1) 6
 Total (7 wkts; 20 overs) 121 
 Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-27, 3-55, 4-67, 5-82, 6-98, 7-98
 Bowling: Deepak Behera 3-0-23-0, Basant Mohanty  4-0-21-1, Lagnajit Samal 2-0-18-1, Biplab Samantaray 4-0-18-2, Jayant  Behera 4-0-23-2, Paresh Patel 3-0-13-0.
 ODISHA: Paresh  Patel b Sanyal 17, Natraj Behera c Saha b Chakraborty 2, Anurag Sarangi  c&b Lahiri 7, Govind Poddar c Tiwary b Gani 39, Biplab Samantaray c  Tiwary b Gani 4, Aravinda Singh c sub b Nandi 10, Haladhar Das c A Das b  Nandi 2, Deepak Behera (not out) 8, Lagnajit Samal b Chakraborty 7,  Basant Mohanty b Sanyal 7, Jayant Behera (not out) 0; Extras (b-1, lb-2,  w-6) 9
 Total (9 wkts; 20 overs) 112
 Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-22, 3-51, 4-70, 5-81, 6-89, 7-89, 8-98, 9-111
 Bowling: Ashok Dinda 2-0-16-0, P Chakraborty 4-0-26-2, S Sanyal 4-0-14-2, S Lahiri 4-0-20-1, A Gani 4-0-26-2, A Nandi 2-0-7-2.
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