Batting first, East rattled up an imposing 296 for nine in their full quota of overs. Anustup Majumdar led their charge with a fine 109 (107b, 10x4, 2x6) and India under-19 wicketkeeper batsman Saurabh Tiwary gave him admirable support making 73 (74b, 3x4, 3x6).
North Zone were tottering at 134 for seven chasing the formidable total, but Delhi all-rounder Pradeep Sangwan (69 n.o, ) and Udey Kaul (39 n.o) shared an unbeaten eight wicket partnership of 106 runs to help North avoid total capitulation.

SCORE BOARD

EAST ZONE: Arindam Das (run out) 13, IR Jaggi c Dogra b Sangwan 24, AP Majumdar c & b Mishra 109, Manoj Tiwary b Mishra 9, Sourabh Tiwary b Sangwan 73, Laxmi Ratan Shukla c Budhwar b V Bhatia 18, Wriddhiman Saha c Kohli b Sangwan 20, Dheeraj Goswami c Yashpal b R Bhatia 1, Shib Shankar Paul c V Bhatia b R Bhatia 6, Ranadeb Bose (not out) 2, Iresh Saxena (not out) 6. Extras (B-2, LB-3, W-7, NB-3) 15. Total (for 9 wkts, 50 overs) 296.
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-49, 3-75, 4-208, 5-240, 6-279, 7-282, 8-282, 9-288.
Bowling: Pradeep Sangwan 10-1-54-3, S Budhwar 9-0-59-0, Amit Mishra 10-0-55-2, Rajat Bhatia 7-1-35-2, V Bhatia 10-0-66-1, Yashpal Singh 4-0-22-0.
NORTH ZONE: Karan Goel lbw Goswami 22, Shikhar Dhawan c M Tiwary b Paul 5, Virat Kohli c A Das b Saxena 62, Yashpal Singh (run out) 19, Rajat Bhatia st Saha b M Tiwary 11, Pradeep Dogra b Saxena 1, Udey Kaul (not out) 39, Amit Mishra st Saha b M Tiwary 3, Pradeep Sangwan (not out) 69. Extras (LB-2, W-6, NB-1) 9. Total (for 7 wkts, 50 overs) 240.
Fall of wickets: 1-18, 2-42, 3-96, 4-115, 5-125, 6-125, 7-134.
Bowling: Ranadeb Bose 10-0-54-0, Shib Shankar Paul 6-0-27-1, Laxmi Ratan Shukla 7-0-45-0, Dheeraj Goswami 7-1-32-1, Iresh Saxena 10-3-22-2, Manoj Tiwary 10-0-58-2.