CUTTACK 02-Jan-2016
Mumbai beat host Odisha by six wickets with 13 balls to spare in their opening Group-D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Inter-State T20 match at Barabati Stadium here today. Put into bat Odisha were bowled out for 91. Mumbai overhauled the target in 15.5 overs, losing four wickets.
Making his T20 debut for Odisha, middle-order batsman Abhishek Yadav became the top scorer with 33 runs. Allrounder Tukuna Sahu was another Odisha player to make his T20 debut. Odisha will play their second match against Uttar Pradesh at Barabati Stadium tomorrow.
In two other Group-D matches of the day, Services upset Karnataka by three wickets at Barabati Stadium, while Uttar Pradesh prevailed over Maharashtra by seven wickets at DRIEMS Ground, Tangi.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Tukuna Sahu b Thakur 5, Bikash Pati b Raje 10, P Rosan Kumar Rao c Raut b Thakur 1, Govinda Poddar c Raut b Nayar 3, Abhishek Yadav c Lad b Kulkarni 33, Biplab Samantaray b Tambe 6, Arabind Singh b Tambe 0, Lagnajit Samal c Yadav b Nayar 4, Alok Sahoo c Herwadkar b Raje 19, Deepak Behera c Shardul b Kulkarni 1, Basant Mohanty (not out) 0; Extras (w-5, lb-4) 9
Total (All out; 17.4 overs) 91
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sahu, 1.4 ov), 2-14 (Rosan Kumar Rao, 3.2 ov), 3-23 (Poddar, 5.2 ov), 4-25 (Pati, 6.1 ov), 5-33 (Samantaray, 8.1 ov), 6-33 (Singh, 8.2 ov), 7-44 (Samal, 11.1 ov), 8-81 (Sahoo, 16.4 ov), 9-91 (Yadav, 17.3 ov), 10-91 (Behera, 17.4 ov)
Bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 3.4-0-17-2, Shardul Thakur 3-0-11-2, Rohan Raje 3-0-18-2, Abhishek Nayar 4-0-21-2, Pravin Tambe 4-0-20-2
MUMBAI: Akhil Herwadkar b Behera 4, Shreyas Iyer c T Sahu b Mohanty 16, A Tare c Samantaray b Mohanty 32, Surya Kumar Yadav b Behera 5, S Lad (not out) 31, Abhishek Nayar (not out) 5; Extras (w-2) 2
Total (4 wkts; 15.5 overs) 95
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Herwadkar, 0.6 ov), 2-23 (Iyer, 3.6 ov), 3-37 (Kumar Yadav, 7.1 ov), 4-85 (P Tare, 14.4 ov)
Bowling: Deepak Behera 4-0-14-2, Basant Mohanty 4-0-21-2, Alok Sahoo 3-0-20-0, Biplab Samantaray 3-0-26-0, Tukuna Sahu 1-0-8-0, Abhishek Yadav 0.5-0-6-0
CHAWLA HAT-TRICKS: Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla achieved a hat-trick to star in the victory for Uttar Pradesh, while an unbeaten knock of 52 by Maharashtra captain Kedar Jadhav went in vain. The match was reduced to 12 overs per side due to fog and delayed start of the proceedings.
BRIEF SCORE: Maharashtra 109/7 in 12 overs (Kedar Jadhav 52 n.o; Piyush Chawla 4/28, Ankit Rajpoot 3/15) lost to Uttar Pradesh 113/3 in 11.2 overs (Prashant Gupta 35, Akashdeep Nath 34 n.o, Umang Sharma 32 n.o) by 7 wkts.
RAJ, RAI SHINE FOR SERVICES: Raushan Raj and Deepak played important roles in the stunning win for Services, scalping three and two wickets respectively. Led by Odia batsman Soumya Ranjan Swain, Services set the stage for victory by restricting the opposition to 121 for nine.
BRIEF SCORE: Karnataka 121/9 in 20 overs (R Vinay Kumar 38, Robin Utha 22; Raushan Raj 3/19, Deepak Rai 2/21) lost to Services 122/7 in 19 overs (Aansul Gupta 27, Yashpal Sing 25, Sumeet 20; K Cariappa 2/20) by 3 wkts.
