BHUBANESWAR 19-Dec-2012 211
Amrit Khatua’s unbeaten half-century helped Odisha hold hosts Bengal to a draw on the third and last day of their East Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy under-16 cricket match at Kolkata today. But Bengal gained three points by virtue of taking a first-innings lead of 156 runs, while Odisha settled with one point.
Odisha were in deep trouble, losing three wickets for 27 runs in the second innings. But Khatua’s unbeaten 58, which included eight boundaries, helped the visitors overcome the crisis and they were 91 for three when both the captains agreed for the draw. Earlier Bengal took the sizeable lead by declaring their first innings at 290 for eight in reply to Odisha’s modest 134.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA (1st innings): Ramachandra Behera b Chakraborty 0, Amrit Khatua b Seth 0, Kartik Biswal lbw Seth 1, Rohit Behera b Seth 19, Sandeep Patnaik b Chakraborty 15, Dibyajyoti Pattnaik c Bose b Hossain 39, Kushal Patel c Bose b Pramanik 9, Sanjay Das b Seth 1, Subham Nayak run out 25, Sarthak Siva Mahapatra b Seth 1, Sumit Sharma not out 5; Extras (lb-2, w-2, nb-14) 18
Total (10 wkts; 80 overs) 134
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-2, 3-4, 4-35, 5-46, 6-59, 7-62, 8-112, 9-114
Bowling: A Chakraborty 24-6-33-2, 26-13-54-5, S Hossain 10-1-17-1, P Pramanik 16-12-11-1, R Bose 4-1-17-0
BENGAL (1st innings): D Roy Chowdhury b S Das 15, S Mitra c Sharma b Mahapatra 27, S Bose c Biswal b b Sharma 4, I Ansari lbw Patel 32, A Pan c Behera b Das 76, S Hela c Behera b Nayak 25, A Chakraborty not out 48, S Hossain c Biswal b Patel 29, P Pramanik b Nayak 7, K Seth not out 2; Extras (b-20, lb-5) 25
Total (8 wkts decl; 101 overs) 290
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-33, 3-76, 4-118, 5-157, 6-220, 7-265, 8-278
Bowling: Sanjay Das 30-11-85-2, Kushal Patel 28-8-58-2, Sumit Sharma 11-3-32-1, Subham Nayak 14-2-38-2, Sarthak Mahapatra 17-3-46-1, Amrit Khatua 1-0-6-0
ODISHA (2nd innings): Ramachandra Behera b Chakraborty 0, Amrit Khatua not out 58, Kartik Biswal c Pan b Chakraborthy 11, Rohit Behera c Ansari b Chakraborty 0, Sandeep Patnaik not out 11; Extras (b-8, nb-3) 11
Total (3 wkts; 66 overs) 91
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-18, 3-27
Bowling: A Chakraborty 14-9-16-3, K Seth 12-5-14-0, S Hossain 7-2-8-0, P Pramanik 14-5-39-0, R Bose 15-10-6-0, D Roy Chowdhury 3-3-0-0, I Ansari 1-0-1-0.
