BHUBANESWAR 17-Mar-2013 211
Odisha beat host Tripura by 22 runs to start their campaign on a happy note in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy East Zone T20 League at Agartala on Sunday. Three players put up impressive performance in the victory with Bikash Swarup Pati and Govind Poddar hitting a half-century each and all-rounder Rakesh Mohanty bagging three wickets for 33 runs.
Put into bat, Odisha rode on a 107-run stand for the third wicket between Pati (64, 55b, 6x4, 1x6) and Poddar (52, 39b, 6x4) to muster a healthy total of 172 for eight. Manisankar Morasingh and Rana Dutta claimed four and three wickets respectively for Tripura. In reply, the home team were restricted to 150 for six despite a half-ton by skipper Ajay Ratra (54, 46b, 5x4).
Bengal beat Assam by 53 runs in another match of the day. In reply to Bengal’s competitive total of 130 for five, Assam were bowled out for 77 in 16.2 overs. Odisha will next play Assam on Monday.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Paresh Patel c U Patel b Dutta 1, Bikash Pati (run out) 64, Aravinda Singh c Ratra b Dutta 1, Govind Poddar c A Dey b Morasingh 52, Biplab Samantaray c Ratra b Morasingh 13, Alok Sahoo c Ratra b Morasingh 0, Suryakant Pradhan c A Dey b Morasingh 4, Rakesh Mohanty (not out) 0, Subhrajit Sahoo b Dutta 15; Extras (b-2, lb-7, w-11) 20
Total (8 wkts; 20 overs) 172
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-19, 3-126, 4-148, 5-150, 6-155, 7-155, 8-172
Bowling: M Morasingh 4-0-32-4, Rana Dutta 4-0-25-3, B Roy 4-0-37-0, Udit Patel 2-0-22-0, C Paul 3-0-26-0, S Ali 3-0-21-0
TRIPURA: U Bose c Pradhan b Mohanty 32, S Singha c Patel b Pradhan 12, Ajay Ratra (run out) 54, S Ali c A Singh b Mohanty 6, S Reang c&b Mohanty 6, M Morasingh (not out) 23, Udit Patel (run out) 0, A Dey (not out) 0; Extras (b-1, lb-8, w-8) 17
Total (6 wkts; 20 overs) 150
Fall of wickets: 1-19, 2-77, 3-94, 4-117, 5-141, 6-143
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 2-0-17-1, Basant Mohanty 4-0-18-0, Alok Sahoo 2-0-16-0, Paresh Patel 4-0-28-0, Biplab Samantaray 4-0-29-0, Rakesh Mohanty 4-0-33-3
