BHUBANESWAR 15-Dec-2015
Host Odisha gained three points by taking an 11-run first innings lead against Bengal in their three-day Vijay Merchant Trophy East Zone U-16 match, which ended in draw at Sunshine Ground here today. The highlights of the match included a five-wicket haul by Odisha bowler Kshyamasagar Bal and an unbeaten century by his teammate Rajat Das.
After conceding the slender lead, Bengal were tottering at 44 for five in the second innings when the match came to an end. Earlier in the first innings Odisha made 349 in reply to 338 for nine declared by Bengal. This was the third match for Odisha, who now have six points in their account. They will play their fourth and last match against Jharkhand from December 19 to 21.
SCOREBOARD
BENGAL (1st innings): Debojyoti Ghosh (run out) R Das 74, Indrajit Orang c Bal b B Mohanty 23, Sayan Biswas c B Das b R Mohanty 31, Ankit Chakraborthy lbw Bal 83, Sharnik Banerjee (run out) 47, Arnab Bhattacharjee b Bal 0, Nabankur Ghosh c Nayak b Bal 0, Kaushik Maity b Bal 11, Tribrit Roy c Nayak b Bal 21, Debaran Das (not out) 29; Extras (b-10, lb-6, w-2) 18
Total (9 wkts decl; 101.1 overs) 338
Fall of wickets: 1-34 (Orang, 7.5 ov), 2-98 (Kumar Biswas, 35.1 ov), 3-226 (Ghosh, 68.2 ov), 4-226 (Chakraborthy, 68.3 ov), 5-226 (Bhattacharjee, 68.5 ov), 6-226 (Ghosh, 70.1 ov), 7-238 (Maity, 74.2 ov), 8-292 (Roy, 96.1 ov), 9-338 (Banerjee, 101.1 ov)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 23-4-76-1, Kshyamasagar Bal 14.1-4-39-5, Binit Mohanty 18-3-68-1, Sai Prasad Acharya 18-5-60-0, Rajat Das 14-4-32-0, Md Shah Arman 12-0-38-0, Sisir Behera 2-0-9-0
ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal c Bhattacharjee b Roy 72, Aakash Nayak c Bhattacharjee b Roy 45, M Prasanth lbw Roy 1, Rajat Das (not out) 115, Biswajit Das c Bhattacharjee b Roy 26, Sisir Behera b D Ghosh 23, Kshyamasagar Bal lbw Roy 13, Binit Mohanty lbw Maity 1, Md Shah Arman b Mondal 11, Rajesh Mohanty b Maity 33, Sai Prasad Acharya lbw Ghosh 4; Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-1) 5
Total (All out; 126.3 overs) 349
Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Ch Nayak, 20.3 ov), 2-115 (Prasanth, 24.1 ov), 3-120 (Samal, 26.2 ov), 4-175 (Das, 52.1 ov), 5-219 (K Behera, 70.4 ov), 6-236 (Bal, 77.2 ov), 7-237 (Mohanty, 78.4 ov), 8-263 (Arman, 94.2 ov), 9-336 (Mohanty, 121.6 ov), 10-349 (Acharya, 126.3 ov).
Bowling: Sourav Mandal 11-1-56-1, Debaran Das 13-0-48-0, Kaushik Maity 39-10-80-2, Tribrit Roy 49-9-109-5, Debojyoti Ghosh 14.3-2-52-2
BENGAL (2nd innings): D Ghosh c B Mohanty b Acharya 13, I Orang b Bal 1, S Biswas (run out) 12, A Chakraborty c B Das b Acharya 10, S Banerjee c Nayak b Behera 3, A Bhattacharya (not out) 0, N Ghosh (not out) 5
Total (5 wkts; 22 overs) 44
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Orant, 1.1 ov), 2-25 (Biswas, 12.1 ov), 3-36 (Chakraborty, 17.3 ov), 4-39 (D Ghosh, 19.6 ov), 5-39 (Banerjee, 20.2 ov)
Bowling: R Mohanty 5-1-8-0, K Bal 9-2-23-1, S Acharya 5-1-7-2, S Behera 1-0-1-1, B Das 2-0-5-0.
