Put into bat first, the Parthiv Patel-led West Zone kept losing wickets at regular intervals, failing to build any kind of momentumEast Zone clinched the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 inter zonal tournament after they continued their unbeaten streak by defeating West Zone by eight wickets here on Saturday. Put into bat first, the Parthiv Patel-led West Zone kept losing wickets at regular intervals, failing to build any kind of momentum. In their chase, East Zone began in style with openers Arun Karthik and Virat Singh adding 61 runs for the first wicket inside six overs before the former perished. Virat, who scored an unbeaten 74 in the last game against North Zone, went on to complete his fifty in the ninth over. Needing just nine runs to win, skipper Manoj Tiwary applied the finishing touches as East emerged victorious with 38 balls to spare.

Source: dna February 19, 2017 02:26 UTC