Yadav hits unbeaten 109 in drawn U-23 match

An unconquered second-innings knock of 109 by Abhishek Yadav and his 174-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Avinaba Ghosh helped Odisha draw their C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-A match against Haryana at JR Institute of Cricket Technology in Barwala (Hisar) today.

However, host Haryana collected three points by taking 17-run first-innings lead, while Odisha settled with one point. Haryana took the first-innings lead by mustering 274 for nine declared, in reply to a competitive total of 257 by Odisha, who chose to bat after winnings the toss. In the second innings, Odisha were two 242 for four when the match ended as a draw.

Yadav faced 231 balls in his unbeaten century, which was studded with eight boundaries and three sixes. Ghosh hit 81 off 230 balls (10x4). Earlier in the second innings, Devendra Kunwar was the top scorer for Odisha slamming 59 runs with the help of 10 hits to the rope. Among Odisha bowlers, Pappu Roy was most successful, scalping four wickets for 102 runs. Odisha will play their next match against Uttar Pradesh at Kanpur from October 17 to 20.

SCOREBOARD
ODISHA (1st innings):
Debasish Samantray lbw Bamal 36, Shantanu Mishra b Bamal 33, Avinaba Ghosh lbw Bamal 16, Devendra Kunwar c Rathi b Mehta 59, Abhishek Yadav lbw Rana 21, Satyajit Sabat c Dagar b Mehta 22, Kameswar Barik (not out) 34, Rajkishan Patel b Mehta 4, Debabrata Pradhan c Rathi b Mehta 9, Tarakanta Samal lbw Bamal 11, Pappu Ray c G Singh b Bamal 0; Extras (nb-4, w-4, b-1, lb-3) 12
Total (All out; 118.5 overs) 257
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Samantray, 20.3 ov), 2-85 (Mishra, 34.6 ov), 3-96 (Ghosh, 46.1 ov), 4-139 (Yadav, 67.5 ov), 5-193 (Kunwar, 90.6 ov), 6-194 (Sabat, 92.6 ov), 7-198 (Patel, 94.3 ov), 8-223 (Pradhan, 100.6 ov), 9-251 (Samal, 114.2 ov), 10-257 (Roy, 118.5 ov)
Bowling: A Chahal 15-1-62-0, P Mehta 24-6-47-4, Waseem Akram 9-1-17-0, Arun Chaprana 14-5-34-0, A Bamal 38.5-15-58-5, A Rana 17-9-35-1, R Dagar 1-1-0-0.

HARYANA (1st innings): G Singh (run out) 84, Ajay Duhan c Barik b Pradhan 15, J Saroha c Barik b Roy 1, R Dagar c Barik b Roy 15, Rohan Rathi lbw Pradhan 6, P Mehta c b Roy 6, Arun Chaprana     c Samantray b Patel 87, A Bamal c Mishra b Roy 13, A Chahal c Roy b Samal 29, Waseem Akram (not out) 0; Extras (nb-6, b-6, lb-6) 18
Total (9 wkts decl; 120.2 overs) 274
Fall of wickets:
1-33 (Duhan, 16.4 ov), 2-40 (H Saroha, 21.5 ov), 3-69 (M Dagar, 29.1 ov), 4-85 (Rathi, 38.4 ov), 5-96 (B Mehta, 45.6 ov), 6-180 (A Singh, 85.3 ov), 7-220 (A Bamal, 104.2 ov), 8-274 (Chaprana, 119.6 ov), 9-274 (K Chahal, 120.2 ov)
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 32-17-43-2, Pappu Roy 41-7-102-4, Tarakanta Samal 21.2-8-55-1, Rajkishan Patel 22-7-52-1, Shantanu Mishra 4-2-10-0

ODISHA (2nd innings): D Samantray c Duhan b Chaprana 14, S Mishra b Chaprana 8, A Ghosh lbw Mehta 18, D Kunwar lbw Bamal 81, A Yadav (not out) 109, S Sabat (not out) 1; Extras (nb-2, w-5, b-4) 11
Total (4 wkts; 102 overs) 242
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Samantray, 11.4 ov), 2-27 (Mishra, 13.2 ov), 3-57 (Ghosh, 30.6 ov), 4-231 (Kunwar, 98.3 ov)
Bowling: P Mehta 15-5-35-1, A Chahal 15-4-52-0, W Akram 11-4-26-0, A Chaprana 10-1-22-2, A Bamal 31 -12-68-1, R Dagar 20-8-35-0

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