Jaipur: A last-ball six by Dishant Yagnik off Sourav Ganguly helped Central Zone beat East by one wicket in their last league encounter of the Deodhar Trophy limited overs cricket tournament.
It was an allround show by wicketkeeper-batsman Yagnik who made an unbeaten 20 off 10 balls and also took four catches behind the stumps.
Chasing a target of 227, Central were left to make 13 off the last over and then five off the last ball.
Yagnik produced the winning hit a la Javed Miandad, a six over extra-cover boundry to carve out a thrilling victory for Central at the Sawai Mansingh stadium.
On the other hand, it was a bad day at office for Ganguly. The former India captain could score only 17 with the bat and gave away 28 runs in his three overs.
Put into bat in damp conditions, East rode on the back of Abhishek Jhunjhunwala's 66 to make 226 for six in 45 overs.
Ganguly tried to break the shackles -- his 17 came off 43 balls -- by stepping out to JP Yadav but ended up with an edge to Yagnik.
Tejinder Pal Singh led Central's reply with a fine 56 but the visitors lost wickets at regular interval.
Ganguly was hit for three consecutive boundries in an over and finished with none for 28.
Central ended their campaign with four points in their last match while East remained empty handed.
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