23-Nov-2009 122
Despite a defiant half-century by skipper Abhilash Mallick Orissa suffered an innings and 98-run defeat at the hands of Madhya Pradesh on the last day of their four-day Cooch Behar Trophy (under-19) Elite Group-B cricket match at Indore today. The emphatic victory fetched Madhya Pradesh six points, while Orissa drew blank.
Brief scores:
Orissa: 162/10 in 49.3 overs (Sujit Lenka 57, Sumitosh Praharaj 45: N Sawke 8/64) and 184/10 in 62.2 overs (Abhilash Mallick 58, Govinda Poddar 40: Anurag Singh 5/69, Tanmay Patwardhan 2/30, N Sawke 2/75) lost to
Madhya Pradesh: 444/10 in 179 overs (Avnish Dhaliwal 101 n.o, Manoj Singh 85, S Bhatia 83, Satyam Choudhary 72: Niranjan Behera 3/90, Soumendra Das 2/93, Asmit Rout 2/98).
