BHUBANESWAR 28-Aug-2012 165
Odisha put up modest performance in the group league of the All-India Buchi Babu Invitation Cricket Tournament before losing to Mumbai by 112 runs on the second day of their two-day quarterfinal match at the SRMC ground in Chennai today. Leg-spinner Sagar Gorivale bagged six wickets for 32 runs to star in the Mumbai win.
Chasing a competitive target of 258, Odisha folded up for 145 in 51.5 overs. As many as four Odisha batsmen _ Paresh Patel, Sujit Lenka, Haladhar Das, Deepak Behera _ got good starts but only to be dismissed in their twenties. Earlier yesterday, Mumbai were all out for 257 after being asked to bat first by Odisha captain Biplab Samantaray.
In the group league, Odisha lost to Hyderabad by four wickets but thrashed Maharashtra by six wickets in the next match to qualify for the quarterfinals. Odisha pace-bowing duo of Sudipta Swain and Basant Mohanty played instrumental roles in the victory over Maharashtra.
BRIEF SCORES:
August 27 & 28: Mumbai 257 all out in 89.5 overs (Kausthub Pawar 63, Siddhesh 51, Gaurav Jathar 35; Paresh Patel 4/95, Biplab Samantaray 3/42) beat Odisha 145 all out in 51.5 overs (Deepak Behera 26, Sujit Lenka 26, Paresh Patel 24, Haladhar Das 24; Sagar Gorivale 6/32, Gaurav Jathar 2/18) by 112 runs.
August 24: Maharashtra 110/10 in 49.3 overs (Ankit Bhawane 48; Sudipta Swain 4/18, Basant Mohanty 3/43) lost to Odisha 112/4 in 37.4 overs (Rakesh Mohanty 33, Natraj Behera 32, Haldhar Das 30 n.o.) by 6 wkts.
August 21 & 22: Odisha 233/10 in 85 overs (Abhilash Mallick 44, Biplab Samantaray 43, Govind Poddar 35, Alok Mangaraj 24, Rakesh Mohanty 20 not out; Lalit Mohan 4/69, Paravir Singh 3/58) lost to Hyderabad 237/6 in 84 overs (D Thomas 58, A Quedri 34 not out, Ravi Teja 34, Navin Kumar 33, D Sandeep 31; Govind Poddar 2/37, Basant Mohanty 2/40) by 4 wkts.
