BHUBANESWAR 11-Sep-2015
Odisha rode on a patient half-century by Priyatam Singh to beat Himachal Pradesh by 96 runs in their third and last league match of the Dhruv Pandove Trophy U-19 Cricket Tournament at DAV-8, Chandigarh today. This was the third win in a row for Odisha, who matched into the final, where they will meet Vidarbha tomorrow.
Electing to bat, Odisha mustered a competitive total of 221 and then bowled out the opposition for 125 in 29.4 overs. Priyatam hit a 144-ball 67 with the help of six boundaries to be adjudged the man of the match. Odisha bowlers put up impressive performance in the match. They conceded just one extra, compared to 23 by Himachal. Suman Mohanty was most successful Odisha bowler with figures of three for 36, while Rajkishan Patel and Anurag Prusty picked up a brace each.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Priyatam Singh c Dagar b Naveen 67, Rajesh Dhuper c Aslam b Nitin 8, Sandeep Patnaik b Dagar 27, Subhranshu Senapati c Dagar b Yadav 15, Satyajit Sabat c Shukla b Nitin 9, Suman Mohanty b Jamwal 4, Jamala Bhanja Mahapatra (run out) 28, Debabrata Pradhan lbw Dagar 9, Rajkishan Patel (not out) 16, Subham Nayak (not out) 15; Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-4, w-15) 23
Total (8 wkts; 50 overs) 221
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-56, 3-87, 4-103, 5-118, 6-176, 7-176, 8-195
Bowling: Naveen Kanwar 10-0-41-1, Nitin Sharma 10-0-45-2, Mayank Dagar 10-0-47-2, Chirag Yadav 9-0-45-1, Ayush Jamwal 10-3-30-1, Digvijay Singh 1-0-9-0
HIMACHAL PRADESH: Ravi Thaur c Nayak b Prusty 60, Digvijay Singh b Pradhan 0, Mohit Dogra lbw Mohanty 12, Arslan Khan b Nayak 9, Abhimanyu Singh c Sabat b Mohanty 10, Mudit Shukra (run out) 7, Nitin Sharma c Sabat b Mohanty 8, Mayank Dagar b Mahapatra 8, Ayush Jamwal b Prusty 9, Chirag Yadav b Patel 1, Naveen Kanwar (not out) 0; Extras (w-1) 1
Total (all out; 29.4 overs) 125
Fall of wickets: 1-2. 2-26, 3-43, 4-70, 5-83, 6-97, 7-113, 8-123, 9-123, 10-125
Bowling: Suman Mohanty 10-0-36-3, Debabrata Pradhan 3-0-18-1, Rajkishan Patel 5.4-0-17-2, Subham Nayak 6-0-31-1, JB Mahaptara 3-0-14-0, Anurag Prusty 2-0-9-2.
