CUTTACK 25-Dec-2014 117
Himachal Pradesh beat hosts Odisha by an innings and 54 runs on the fourth and last day of their C K Nayudu Trophy Elite Group C match at Ravenshaw University ground here today. The win fetched Himachal seven points, while Odisha drew blank.
This was the second innings defeat in three matches for Odisha, who had lost to Punjab in their opening match by an innings and 87 runs. In their second match, Odisha held Uttar Pradesh to a draw and collected one point.
Electing to bat after winning the toss, Himachal compiled a massive first-innings total of 539 for nine declared. Abhimanyu Rana scored a big hundred (156 off 229b, 16x4, 3x6), while Nakul Raj Sharma, Ankit Kaushik, Shreshth Nirmohi and Vikrant Kumar hit a half-century each. Off-spinner Subham Nayak was most successful bowler for Odisha, bagging four wickets for 141 runs.
In reply, Odisha rode on a belligerent knock of 141 by Odisha captain Prateek Das to make 283. Das’ 176-ball knock, which included 23 boundaries, was his second successive century, following 119 in the second innings of their drawn game against Uttar Pradesh last week at Bargarh.
After Rishikesh Das and Devendra Kunwar gave the home team a decent start, raising 47 runs for the opening wicket, Odisha suffered a top-order collapse, losing four wickets in space of 12 runs. Though captain Das and Aryashree Debasis Bhatt (43) repaired the early damage by stitching together 159 runs for the fifth wicket, Odisha`s fight back ended in vain as the last five wickets tumbled in addition of only 31 runs.
Forced to follow on after conceding a 256-run first innings lead, Odisha were dismissed for 202 in the second essay. Captain Prateek Das and Kameswar Barik delayed the defeat by hitting a half-century each.
SCOREBOARD
HIMACHAL PRADESH (1st innings): Prashant Chopra c R Das b Maharana 12, Nakul Raj Sharma c Bhatt b Nayak 99, Amit Thakur c K Barik Maharana 0, Vikrant Kumar c R Das b Bhatt 61, Ankit Kaushik c Paramanik b Nayak 89, Abhimanyu Rana c R Singh b Maharana 156, Aatish Bhalaik b Paramanik 21, Rahul Singh lbw Nayak 7, Ankush Bedi lbw Nayak 1, Shreshth Nirmohi (not out) 66, Vinay Galetiya (not out) 16; Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-1, w-2) 11
Total (9 wkts decl; 166 overs) 539
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-15, 3-170, 4-202, 5-329, 6-404, 7-417, 8-421, 9-508
Bowling: Santosh Maharana 33-10-87-3, Suman Mishra 31-7-117-0, Priyatosh Paramanik 37-4-111-1, Aryashree D Bhatt 26-8-59-1, Subham Nayak 38-5-141-4, Prateek Das 1-0-16-0.
ODISHA (1st innings): Rishikesh Das c Bhalaik b Galetiya 27, Devendra Kunwar c Bhalaik b Nirmohi 22, Abinash Saha c Bhalaik b Nirmohi 0, Ranjit Singh b Nirmohi 3, Prateek Das c Bhalaik b Galetiya 141, Aryashree Debasis Bhatt c Bhalaik b R Singh 43, Priyatosh Paramanik c&b R Singh 32, Kameswar Barik c Thakur b Galetiya 0, Santosh Maharana c (sub) b Bedi 8, Suman Mishra c R Singh b Bedi 0, Subham Nayak (not out) 1; Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-2) 6
Total (all out; 86.5 overs) 283
Fall of wickets: 1-47, 2-47, 3-51, 4-59, 5-218, 6-252, 7-252, 8-267, 9-267, 10-283
Bowling: Shreshth Nirmohi 23-6-71-3, Vinay Galetiya 25-5-71-3, Rahul Singh 21.5-3-75-2, Ankush Bedi 12-1-52-2, Ankit Kaushik 5-1-10-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): Rishikesh Das lbw Nirmohi 3, Abinash Saha c V Kumar b Bedi 67, Ranjit Singh b Galetiya 0, Devendra Kunwar b Galetiya 0, Prateek Das lbw R Singh 66, Aryashree Debasis Bhatt c Kaushik b Bedi 15, Priyatosh Paramanik c Rana b R Singh 0, Kameswar Barik (not out) 32, Subham Nayak c Rana b R Singh 7, Santosh Maharana b Galetiya 4, Suman Mishra st Bhalaik b R Singh 1; Extras (lb-5, nb-1, w-1) 7
Total (all out; 78.1 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-21, 2-22, 3-22, 4-110, 5-148, 6-148, 7-164, 8-194, 9-201, 10-202
Bowling: Shreshth Nirmohi 14-6-29-1, Vinay Galetiya 22-4-66-3, Rahul Singh 21.1-8-43-4, Ankit Kaushik 6-3-3-0, Ankush Bedi 15-0-56-2.
