Patel bowls Odisha U-19 team to victory

Five-wicket hauls by pace bowler Ashutosh Das and leg-spinner Rajkishan Patel and a stroke-filled 83 by Devendra Kunwar propelled host Odisha to a 130-run win over Railways on the penultimate day of their four-day Group-C league match of the Cooch Behera Trophy U-19 Cricket Tournament at Nimpur ground here today.

The victory assumed added significance considering the fact that the home team had conceding a five-run lead in the first innings. Electing to bat, host Odisha were bundled out for 115. In reply, Railways rode on captain Harjeet Singh`s half-century make 120. In the second innings, Odisha put up improved performance and compiled a total of 267. Chasing 263 for victory, Railways were bundled out for 132.

New-ball bowler Ashutosh Das bagged five wickets in the first innings and seven in the match. Patel claimed five wickets in the second innings to cap Odisha’s victory. Devendra Kunwar slammed 83 (76b, 12x4, 1x6) in the second innings. With this win, their first in two matches, Odisha gained six points, while Railways drew blank. Odisha will next meet Punjab at Patiala from November 22 to 25.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA (1st innings): Prateek Tripathy c H Singh b Sorout 15, Rajesh Dhuper c Shrivastava b Bhatt 26, Biswajit Bhuyan c Shrivastava b Sorout 0, Sandeep Patnaik c Shrivastava b R Sharma 12, Dibyajyoti Pradhan b Bhatt 0, Devendra S Kunwar c D Singh b A Pandey 18, Suman Mohanty (not out) 16, Debapriya Patnaik c R Sharma b Sorout 5, Rajkishan Patel c M Pal b Mahajan 8, Ashutosh Das c H Singh b Mahajan 2, Subham Nayak c Shrivastava b Sorout 0; Extra (lb-4, nb-8, w-1) 13
Total (all out; 31.2 overs) 115
Fall of wickets: 1-43, 2-43, 3-51, 4-51, 5-77, 6-81, 7-93, 8-106, 9-110, 10-115
Bowling: Yash Bhatt 10-1-43-2, Rahul Sorout 13.2-1-37-4, Rajat Sharma 2-0-8-1, Abhishek Pandey 3-0-13-1, Karan Mahajan 3-0-10-2
RAILWAYS (1st innings): Dhanraj Singh lbw D Patnaik 0, Vikas Choudhary c D Patnaik b A Das 0, Aayush Bhardwaj c D Pradhan b D Patnaik 1, Harjeet Singh c S Nayak b A Das 67, Mohit Pal (OTF) 26, Rajat Sharma b A Das 8, Saksham Shrivastava b A Das 0, 15:07 15:22 8 Karan Mahajan c S Patnaik b ADas 5, Abhishek Pandey (run out) 5, Rahul Sorout c R Patel b D Patnaik 4, Yash Bhatt (not out) 1; Extras (b-1, lb-2) 3
Total (all out; 47 overs) 120
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-0, 3-12, 4-73, 5-89, 6-91, 7-99, 8-114, 9-119, 10-120
Bowling: Debapriya Patnaik 10-3-38-3, Ashutosh Das 13-1-33-5, Rajkishan Patel 14-7-21-0, Subham Nayak 9-12-1-0, Suman Mohanty 1-0-4-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): P Tripathy c Shrivastava b Bhatt 45, B Bhuyan c Shrivastava b Bhatt 49, R Dhuper lbw R Sharma 6, S Patnaik b Pandey 42, D Kunwar c Dey b Mahajan 83, S Mohanty lbw Mahajan 1, D Pradhan c Bharadwaj b Pandey 18, D Patnaik c Sorout b Pandey 0, R Patel c&b Mahajan 9, A Das (not out 4, S Nayak c Dey b Mahajan 0; Extras (b-5, nb-2, w-3) 10
Total (All out; 110 overs) 267
Fall of wickets: 1-77, 2-94, 3-142, 4-205, 5-217, 6-241, 7-248, 8-261, 9-267, 10-267
Bowling: R Sorout 27-5-57-0, Y Bhatt 24-7-65-2, K Mahajan 29-15-53-4, R Sharma 9-2-42-1, A Pandey 21-8-45-3
RAILWAYS (2nd innings): V Choudhary c Kunwar b Das 7, D Singh c D Patnaik b S Mohanty 71, A Bharadwaj (run out) 0, H Singh b Patel 2, M Pal lbw Patel 0, R Sharma c&b Mohanty 25, S Shrivastava (not out) 12, A Pandey b Patel 0, K Mahajan b Das 9, Y Bhatt b Patel 0, R Sorout st Bhuyan b Patel 0; Extras (b-5, nb-1) 6
Total (All out; 68.3 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-7, 3-33, 4-39, 5-98, 6-114, 7-115, 8-131, 9-132, 10-132
Bowling: D Patnaik 5-3-3-0, A Das 15-6-33-2, R Patel 24.3-7-43-5, S Nayak 14-2-42-0, S Mohanty 10-6-6-2.
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PHOTO: Odisha bowler Rajkishan Patel