Goswami stars as Bengal secure all-win record in East Zone T20

Bengal ended their Syed Mushtaq Ali Eastern Zone Twenty20 cricket tournament campaign on a high as they defeated Jharkahnd by five wickets at Eden Gardens here on Sunday.

Replying to Jharkhand's 177/6, hosts had Sreevats Goswami to thank once again as the dimunitive southpaw struck a fluent 81 off just 53 balls to steer his side to victory.

Abhishek Raman (37) and Pramod Chandila (37) played cameos as Bengal won by five wickets with five balls to spare.

Earlier, Saurabh Tiwary (44) and Virat Singh (42) helped post a decent 177 with Bengal pacer Ashok Dinda returning figures of 2/28.

In the other East Zone match at the Eden, Pallavkumar Das' 51 helped Assam record a win over Odisha who put up 143/7 on the board.

Biplab Samatray (50) scored a half century for Odisha but leg-spinner Amit Verma bowled well for his 3/19 to restrict his rivals.

In another Central Zone tie played in Jaipur, Ambati Rayudu's Vidarbha scripted a four-wicket win over Praveen Kumar's Uttar Pradesh. In the

other Jaipur game, Rajasthan rode on promising top-order batsman Mahipal Lomror's 65 to win handsomely over the Railways by 21 runs.