Odisha Ranji team suffer ignominious defeat against Vidarbha

Lacklustre performance by the batsmen resulted in Odisha losing to Vidarbha by 106 runs on the penultimate day of their four-day Group-B Ranji match at DRIEMS Stadium in Tangi, 20kms from here today. Chasing a victory target of 226, Odisha were bundled out for 119 in the second innings.

Earlier, Odisha conceded a first-innings lead of 85 runs by folding up for 121 in reply to Vidarbha’s 206. Wicketkeeper-batsman Amol Ubarhand and medium-pacer Amol Jungade played important roles in the Vidarbha win. Ubarhande, who scored a total of 93 runs including a half-century in the second innings and held seven catches, was adjudged the man of the match. Jungade bagged five wickets in the second innings and six in the match. Odisha restricted the opposition to 140 in the second innings thanks to a maiden five-wicket haul by pacer Alok Mangaraj.

The thumping win, their second in seven matches, fetched six points for Vidarbha and elevated them to the third position in the nine-team Group B league table. On the other hand, the defeat was Odisha’s third and they slipped to the fifth position with 16 points from seven outings.

In the eighth and last round of league matches to be played from December 29 to January 1, Odisha will meet Uttar Pradesh at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack and Vidarbha will take on Delhi.

SCOREBOARD
VIDARBHA (1st innings):
F Fazal b A Sahoo 30, S S Das c Niranjan Behera b Mangaraj 8, A Ubarhande lbw Samantaray 38, S Srivastava b A Sahoo 0, H Badani c S Sahoo b Samantaray 40, G Upadhyay b Mohanty 40, S Bahutule c S Sahoo b Samantaray 17, S Wagh c Samantaray b Mohanty 5, A Jungade c G Rout b Mohanty 0, S Rulkar b Mangaraj 3, S Singh (not out) 2; Extras (b-6, lb-13, nb-4) 23
Total (10 witks; 93.5 overs) 206
Fall of wickets:
1-16, 2-48, 3-48, 4-122, 5-125, 6-174, 7-179, 8-181, 9-204
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 25.2-12-31-3, Alok Mangaraj 19-6-33-2, Deepak Behera 14-4-23-0, Alok Sahoo 13.3-3-36-2, Lagnajit Samal 6-0-29-0, Niranjan Behera 4-1-8-0, Biplab Samantaray 12-4-27-3

ODISHA (1st innings): Girija Rout b S Singh 0, Subhrajit Sahoo c Ubarhande b G Singh 0, Niranjan Behera c Ubarhande b G Singh 28, Govind Poddar c Badani b G Singh 25, Biplab Samantarary c Fazal b Jungade 1, Natraj Behera c Shrivastava b Fazal 17, Deepak Behera b Bahutule 16, Lagnajit Samal c Ubarhande be b Wagh 2, Basant Mohanty b Ruikar 6, Alok Sahoo c Wagh b Fazal 23, Alok Mangaraj (not out) 2; Extras (w-1) 1
Total (10 wkts; 50.2 overs) 121
Fall of wickets:
1-0, 2-11, 3-30, 4-37, 5-72, 6-72, 7-78, 8-85, 9-119
Bowling: S Singh 14-4-39-4, S Wagh 11-3-36-1, A Jungade 9-3-18-1, F Fazal 9-3-18-2, S Ruikar 6-2-7-1, S Bahutule 1.2-0-3-1

VIDARBHA (2nd innings): F Fazal lbw Mohanty 6, SS Das lbw Samantaray 12, A Ubarhande c S Sahoo b Mangaraj 55, A Jungade c Rout b D Behera 5, S Shrivastava c S Sahoo b Mangaraj 10, H Badani c Sub b Mangaraj 3, G Upadhyaya lbw Mangaraj 10, S Bahutule lbw Mangaraj 4, S Wagh b Samantaray 3, S Ruikar b Samantaray 0, S Singh (not out) 10; Extras (b-14, lb-3, w-2) 19
Total (10 wkts; 58.1 overs) 140
Fal of wickets:
1-11, 2-63, 3-79, 4-99,5-108, 6-109, 7-109, 8-122, 9-122
Bowling: B Mohanty 15-3-36-1, AMangaraj 13.1-5-19-5, D Behera 16-7-30-1, B Samantaray 12-2-37-3, Niranjan Behera 2-1-1-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): G Rout c Ubarhande b Jungade 18, Natraj Behera b S Singh 10, Niranjan Behera lbw Fazal 13, G Poddar c Ubarhande b Jungade 4, Biplab Samantarary c Shrivastava b Jungade 7, S Sahoo b Wagh 14, D Behera c Upadhyaya b Wagh 2, L Samal c Ubarhande b Jungade 30, Alok Sahoo c Ubarhande b Jungade 12, Basant Mohanty b Fazal 0, Alok Mangaraj (not out) 0; Extras (b-9) 9
Total (10 wkts; 40.1 overs) 119
Fall of wickets:
1-35, 2-37, 3-41, 4-55, 5-72, 6-72, 7-78, 8-117, 9-119
Bowling: S Singh 12-4-19-1, S Wagh 10-2-23-2, A Jungade 10.1-1-44-5, F Fazal 8-2-24-2

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