Odisha-Railway u-23 match ends in fighting draw

Putting up fighting performance, Odisha drew their four-day C K Nayudu Trophy (U-23) Plate Group B match against Railways at Diesel Mechanical Works Cricket Ground in Patiala today. But Railways gained three points by virtue of taking a first-innings lead of 175 runs, while Odisha settled with one point.

Needing 33 runs for an outright win, Railways scored 12 for two in their second innings before play in the final day came to an end. Earlier, Railway declared their first innings at 454 for six, in reply to a competitive total of 281 by Odisha. Odisha vice-captain Ranjit Singh scored a century, while Gourav Mahapatra hit a half-century. For Railways, allrounder Akshat Pandey slammed an unbeaten 142, while four of his teammates scored a half-century each.

In the second innings, Abhishek Yadav and Shantanu Mishra notched up a half-century each. Ambikeshwar Mishra was the most successful Railway bowler, bagging six wickets for 74 in the second innings and 11 for 119 in the match. Odisha will play their next match against Assam at Gandhi Stadium in Balangir (Odisha) from October 31 to November 3.
SCOREBOARD:
ODISHA (1st innings):
Shantanu Mishra c Sehrawat b Huda 4, Gourav Mahapatra c P Singh b A Mishra 67, Ranjit Singh b Pandey 109, Abhishek Yadav c&b A Mishra 6, Ankit Yadav lbw A Mishra 2, Priyatosh Paramanik c V Singh b A Mishra 33, Kameswar Barik b Pandey 24, Debapriya Pattanayak st P Singh b A Mishra 20, Debabrata Pradhan lbw Thakran 4, Anurag Prusty (not out) 4, Pappu Ray c V Singh b Thakran 1; Extras (nb 2, w 3, lb 2) 7
Total (all out; 120.4 overs) 281
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-125, 3-145, 4-147, 5-211, 6-246, 7-269, 8-274, 9-280, 10-281
Bowling: S Thakran 24.4-8-53-2, S Huda 18-6-42-1, A Pandey 19-2-73-2, S Mishra 19-9-41-0, V Singh 4-1-12-0, V Anand 10-3-13-0, Ambikeshwar Mishra 27-10-45-5
RAILWAYS (1st innings): A Sehrawat c Barik b Prusty 53, V Singh c D Pattanayak b S Mishra 56, Pd Singh c Barik b Roy 61, A Yadav c S Mishra b Prusty 5, V Anand c Mishra b Roy 25, S Kandepan b Roy 74, A Pandey (not out) 142, S Mishra b A Yadav 19; Extras (b 13, lb 6, w 2) 21
Total (7 wkts decl; 139.3 overs) 456
Fall of wickets:
1-79, 2-149, 3-155, 4-210, 5-213, 6-390, 7-456
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 18-2-66-0, Priyatosh Paramanik 20-4-66-0, Ankit Yadav 21.3-9-41-1, Debapriya Pattanayak 14-2-34-0, Pappu Roy 28-3-95-3, Anurag K Prusty 21-5-71-2, Shantanu Mishra 17-2-64-1.
ODISHA (2nd innings): Ankit Yadav c Sehrawat b A Mishra 32, G Mahapatra lbw Huda 0, Ranjit Singh c Anand b Huda 10, S Mishra c V Singh b A Mishra 51, Abhishek Yadav (run out) 74, P Paramanik lbw Pandey 11, K Barik lbw A Mishra 0, D Pattanayak lbw A Mishra 11, D Pradhan lbw A Mishra 20, A Prusty (not out) 1, P Roy b A Mishra 0; Extras (nb 3, w 1, b 2, lb 1) 7
Total (All out; 90.4 overs) 217
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-19, 3-77, 4-128, 5-178, 6-184, 7-186, 8-208, 9-217, 10-217
Bowling: S Huda 9-2-28-2, S Thakran 9-4-17-0, A Pandey 15-1-53-1, A Mishra 31.4-7-74-6, S Mishra 14-7-17-0, V Anand 9-1-22-0, V Singh 3-1-3-0
RAILWAYS (2nd innings): V Singh c Abhishek Yadav b Ankit Yadav 4, A Pandey (not out) 5, A Sehrawat c Paramanik b Pattanayak 2, S Mishra (not out) 1; Extras 0
Total (2 wkts; 2 overs) 12
Fall of wickets:
1-4, 2-10
Bowling: Ankit Yadav 1-0-8-1, D Pattanayak 1-0-4-1

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