BHUBANESWAR 11-Nov-2014 145
Odisha pulled off a thrilling three-run win over Tripura in a hard-fought match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy East Zone One-day League at Bengal Cricket Academy ground in Kalyani today. Three players put up impressive performance for Odisha. A responsible knock of 68 (77b, 9x4, 1x6) by middle-order batsman Anurag Sarangi helped them make a competitive total of 195 after being put into bat by Tripura skipper Yogest Takawale.
Barring Sarangi and Suryakant Pradhan, all the Odisha batsman struggled against the opposition bowlers, among whom, left-arm spinner Tushar Saha was most successful, bagging three wickets for 38 runs. Pradhan`s cameo knock of 31 (25b, 1x4, 3x6) enabled Odisha make a respectable total after they slumped from 123 for three to 154 for nine.
Needing 196 for win, Tripura put up solid fight but only to be dismissed for 192 in 49 overs. Odisha`s fielding efforts played another important role in their victory, while six run-outs cost Tripura dear. Among Odisha bowlers, medium pacer Deepak Behera stood out, picking up two wickets for 21 runs.
This was Odisha`s second win in three matches and fetched them four points. Odisha, who now have eight points and occupy the second position in the East Zone league table, will play their last match against Jharkhand on November 15.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Paresh Patel c Dey b Saha 18, Bikash Pati C Dey b Rana Dutta 2, Natraj Behera c Dey b SS Das 8, Anurag Sarangi c Bose b Saha 68, Govind Poddar b Murasingh 17, Biplab Samantray c Dey b Murasingh 7, Arvind Singh c SS Das b Saha 6, Deepak Behera c Sen Chowdhary b SS Das 4, Subhrajit Sahoo b Majumder 5, Suryakant Pradhan c Sen Chowdhary b Majumder 31, Basanat Mohanty (not out) 9; Extras (lb-2, w-17, nb-1) 20
Total (all out; 49.3 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-16, 3-91, 4-123, 5-135, 6-143, 7-145, 8-152, 9-154, 10-195
Bowling: M Murasingh 10-1-25-2, Rana Dutta 5-3-2-1, SS Das 10-2-48-2, SS Majumder 9.3-0-50-2, B Das 5-0-30-0, T Saha 10-0-38--3.
TRIPURA: B Das (run out) 0, U Bose c Sahoo b Pradhan 43, M Murasingh c Sahoo b Behera 28, R Solanki (run out) 22, Y Takawale c Samantray b Behera 27, N Sen Chowdhary (run out) 15, A Dey c Singh b Patel 5, S Majumder (not out) 33, T Saha (run out) 0, SS Das (run out) 4, Rana Dutta (run out) 0; Extras (lb-8, w-5, nb-2) 15
Total (all out; 49 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-59, 3-89, 4-109, 5-130, 6-143, 7-156, 8-160, 9-186, 10-192
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 10-3-34-0, Suryakant Pradhan 10-2-37-1, Deepak Behera 10-3-21-2, Biplab Samantray 9-0-43-0, Arvind Singh 1-0-9-0, Paresh Patel 7-0-30-1, Anurag Sarangi 2-0-10-0.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
PHOTO: Odisha batsman Anurag Sarangi
