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Odisha trounced Kerala by an innings and 12 runs on the last day of their four-day All-India Vijay Merchant Trophy (U-16) pre-quarterfinal match at Mumbai today. In the quarterfinals Odisha will take on Baroda at Mumbai from Jan 12 to 15.
Four players made notable contributions for Odisha’s thumping win. Captain Subham Nayak bagged five wickets in the first innings and nine wickets in the match. Fellow spinner Harshit Rathor scalped five wickets in the second innings and eight in the match. In the batting department, opener Satyajit Sabat scored a century (111 off 288 balls, 13x4, 2x6), while wicket-keeper Subrat Samal notched up a half-century (58 of 201 balls, 10x4).
Put into bat, Kerala lost their last seven wickets for 70 runs to be dismissed for 186 in the first innings. In reply, Odisha compiled a healthy total of 323 to take a lead of 137 runs. The batting performance of Kerala one again turned out to be disappointing as they were skittled out for 125.
SCOREBOARD:
KERALA (1st innings): Rohan Kunnummal b Rathor 34, Anand Krishnan c Samal b Sabat 8, Unnimon Sabu st Samal b Nayak 42, Prem Sagar c D Pradhan b Nayak 9, Ashin Anand st Samal b Rathor 15, Akhil Anil lbw Nayak 15, Vyshnav EP c Barun b Nayak 13, Arun Ajimon (run out) 16, Sijmon Joseph lbw Rathor 1, Fanoos F b Nayak 0, Mohammed Safwan (not out) 0; Extras (b-18, lb-14, nb-1) 33
Total (all out; 76.3 overs) 186
Fall of wickets: 1-25, 2-84, 3-116, 4-121, 5-133, 6-153, 7-185, 8-186, 9-186
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 7-3-15-0, Satyajit Sabat 9-3-14-1, Subham Nayak 29.3-11-57-5, Dipti Bihari 11-5-22-0, Harshit Rathor 18-6-38-3, Dibyajyoti Pradhan 2-0-8-0
ODISHA (1st innings): Biswajit Bhuyan c A Krishnan b Fanoos 4, Satyajit Sabat c Vyshnav b Sagar 111, Dibyajyoti Pradhan b Fanoos 25, Sandeep Patnaik lbw Safwan 21, Kartik Biswal c Ajimon b Joseph 14, Nikhil Barun c Krishnan b Joseph 32, Subrat Samal lbw Fanoos 58, Subham Nayak c Sabu b Joseph 0, Dipti Bihari lbw Safwan 1, Harshit Rathor (not out) 33, Umesh Yadav c A Anil b Safwan 1; Extras (b-8, lb-5, nb-5) 18
Total (all out; 160.4 overs) 323
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-49, 3-65, 4-96, 5-109, 6-109, 7-246, 8-252, 9-312
Bowling: Fanoos F 35-8-91-3, Sijomon Joseph 51-22-77-3, Akhil Anil 23-6-55-0, Prem Sagar 19-9-18-1, Mohammed Sefwan 28.4-12-57-3, Unnimon Sabu 4-2-7-0.
KERALA (2nd innings): A Krishnan c (sub) b Nayak 14, R Kunnnnummal c Yadav b Nayak 29, U Sabbu st Samal b Rathor 0, P Sagar (not out) 55, A Anand lbw Rathor 0, Vyshnav E lbw Rathor 0, A Ajimon c (sub) b Bihari 6, A Anil lbw Nayak 17, Fanoos F lbw Nayak 0, S Joseph lbw Rathor 0, M Safwan b Rathor 0; Extras (b-4) 4
Total (all out; 51 overs) 125
Fall of wickets: 1-37, 2-38, 3-46, 4-56, 5-56, 6-78, 7-120, 8-121, 9-121
Bowling: U Yadav 3-0-10-0, S Nayak 25-3-67-4, H Rathor 18-4-34-5, D Bihari 5-0-10-1.
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PHOTO: Successful Odisha performers (Left to right): Subham Nayak, Harshit Rathor, Satyajit Sabat
