Shreevats Goswami powered Bengal to a five-wicket win over Jharkhand and emerge zonal toppers with an all-win record, while Assam defeated Odisha by six wickets to finish runners-up in the East Zone Twenty20 League for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the Eden Gardens, here today. He shared two crucial partnerships -- first 73 from 55 balls for the second wicket with Abhishek Raman (37 from 28 balls; 3x4s, 1x6) and then a quickfire 71 from 37 balls with Pramod Chandila. Goswami, however, failed to remain unbeaten as he was caught by Pratyush Singh at cover while trying to cut Rahul Shukla uppishly. But Chandila remained calm and steered bengal home with his 21-ball 37 not out (4x4s, 1x6). Goswami totalled 202 from four matches with two half centuries and skipper Tiwary was all-praise for the lefthander.

Source: dna February 05, 2017 11:34 UTC