BHUBANESWAR 01-Aug-2016
Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) and host Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) teams gained one point each in their rain-marred one-day match, which ended in a draw at Just Cricket Ground today. The two teams were scheduled to meet each other in the second round of the Dr (Capt) K C Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament from July 28 to 31. But the match was washed out without a ball bowled.
As a substitute of the four-day match, the two teams played the limited-over match on the rest day. However, this contest also became a victim of the inclement weather. But the Odisha side made good use of whatever amount of play was possible with Biplab Samantray hitting a stroke-filled 75 (124 balls, 4x4, 5x6).
Electing bat, Odisha were in deep trouble, losing five wickets for 60 runs. But Samantray steadied the innings with a 77-run partnership for the sixth wicket with stumper Saurabh Rawat, who scored a useful 31. The visitors further consolidated their innings thanks to an unbroken eighth-wicket stand of 71 runs between Debabrata Pradhan and Bikash Rout.
When rain brought the match to a premature end, OCA XI were 241 for eight. They will play their third and last Zone-A league match against Tripura from August 3 to 6.
SCOREBOARD:
ODISHA: Sandip Pattanaik lbw Mathias 14, Abinash Saha c Reddy b Mathias 0, Govind Poddar b Mathias 6, Subhranshu Senapati c Abrar b Mithun 26, Ranjit Singh b Mathias 0, Biplab Samantray c&b Gowtham 75, Saurabh Rawat c Mathias b Abrar 31, Deepak Behera lbw Abrar 3, Debabrata Pradhan (not out) 38, Bikash Rout (not out) 36; Extras (b-7, w-1, nb-4) 12
Total (8 wkts, 64 overs) 241
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Saha, 1.1 ovs), 2-15 (Poddar, 5.5 ovs), 3-24 (Pattanaik, 9.4 ovs), 4-28 (R Singh, 11.3 ovs), 5-60 (Senapati, 19.6 ovs), 6-137 (Rawat, 38.4 ovs), 7-148 (Behera, 42.3 ovs), 8-170 (Samantray, 49.5 ovs).
Bowling: Abhimanyu Mithun 10-2-29-1, David Mathias 14-1-52-4, Shreyas Gopal 11-2-42-0, R More 8-0-28-0, Kazi Abrar 11-3-29-2, K Gowtham 7-1-33-1, Abhishek Reddy 2-0-12-0, Mayank Agarwal 1-0-9-0.
