The home side had more of the exchanges and chances but it was goalless at the break.
The second session continued in that format until George Telegraph SC took a surprise 1-0 lead in the 69th minute off a Justice Morgan long-ranger.
But the lead lasted only six minutes as Mehtab Singh headed in a Mahmoud Al Amna cross. It looked that the match was heading for a draw, when in added time, the red and gold scored the winner as a Kaushik Sarkar shot was saved but Kassim Aidara was there to score off the rebound.
MATCH STATS
East Bengal Club 2-1 George Telegraph SC
Goals: 1-0 Justice Morgan (69′), 1-1 Mehtab Singh (75′), 2-1 (90’+)
East Bengal Club: Rakshit Dagar – Mehtab Singh, Kaushik Sarkar [C], Kinshuk Debnath, Lalramchullova – Laldanmawia Ralte (71′ Bali Gagandeep), Lalrindika Ralte (46′ Brandon Vanlalremdika), Mahmoud Al Amna, Kassim Aidara, Surabuddin Mallick (80′ K.Bidyasagar Singh), Joby Justin
George Telegraph SC: Bubai Singha – Nabi Hussain Khan, Asim Kumar Dey, Eche, Mohan Sarkar, Chinta Chandrasekhar Rao, Debayan Saha, Rajib Shaw, Rajib Ghorui, Stephen Harry, Justice Morgan
Referee: Uttam Sarkar
Man of the Match: Kaushik Sarkar (East Bengal Club)