CUTTACK 17-Nov-2016
Second-innings century by Raghunath Malla went in vain as host Odisha lost to Tamil Nadu by 191 runs on the fourth and last day of their Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Group-C match at Sunshine Ground here today. The win fetched Tamil Nadu six points, while Odisha drew blank. This was the first defeat in two matches for Odisha, who will next meet Chhattisgarh on home turf from November 21 to 24.
Chasing a daunting target of 435 for victory, Odisha folded up for 243 in the second innings. Opening batsman Malla waged a lone battle with a courageous knock of 108. He faced 293 balls and hit 13 boundaries. He kept the victory hope alive for Odisha, compiling 70 runs for the sixth-wicket partnership with Girija Mishra. But after Mishra fell for 29, the hopes evaporated quickly.
In their second innings, Tamil Nadu mustered a healthy total of 356 before being all out in 92.1 overs. Captain S Lokeshwar, R S Jaganath Sinivas, Abishiek Selvakumar and D V Pranaush hit a half-century each for the visitors. Among Odisha bowlers, pacer Preet Kanwar Singh Chohan was most successful, taking four wickets for 86 runs.
Earlier Odisha conceded a first-innings lead of 78 runs as they were bowled out for 177. At one stage the home team were 136 for three. But they lost wickets in regular intervals thereafter to concede the first-innings lead. Aakash Chandra Nayak was the top scorer for Odisha, making a 71-ball 46. He put on 75 runs for the fourth wicket with Anurag Kanojia, who contributed a 83-ball 38. R S Jaganath Sinivas was the most successful bowler for Tamil Nadu, taking four wickets for 60 runs.
Put into bat by Odisha captain Satyajit Sabat, Tamil Nadu rode on a half-century each by S Aravind and captain S Lokeshwar to muster a respectable first-innings total. Among successful Odisha bowlers, Preet Singh Chohan, Umesh Yadav, Sanjay Das and Satyajit Sabat captured two wickets each.
SCOREBOARD:
TAMIL NADU (1st innings): S Aravind c Mishra b Yadav 68, Aditya Barooah (run out) 11, R Sonu Yadav c Yadav b Chohan 9, S Lokeshwar b Chohan 54, Abishiek Selvakumar c Mishra b Sabat 9, S Radhakrishnan c Samal b Sabat 17, U Mukilesh b Das 28, R Jaganath Sinivas c Sabat b Palai 6, D V Pranaush c Mishra b Das 15, S Kishan Kumar c Mishra b Yadav 12, S Ajith Ram (not out) 16; Extras (nb-2, b-1, lb-2, pen-5) 10
Total (All out; 70.2 overs) 255
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Barooah, 6.4 ov), 2-66 (R Yadav, 17.2 ov), 3-102 (S Aravind, 26.1 ov), 4-121 (A Selvakumar, 33.2 ov), 5-168 (S Radhakrishnan, 44.6 ov), 6-168 (S Lokeshwar, 45.1 ov), 7-176 (RJ Sinivas, 47.4 ov), 8-223 (U Mukilesh, 60.3 ov), 9-224 (D Pranaush, 60.5 ov), 10-255 (S Kishan Kumar, 70.2 ov)
Bowling: Preet K Singh Chohan 11-2-44-2, Umesh Yadav 11.2-0-37-2, Sanjay Das 15-1-78-2, Satyajit Sabat 21-4-57-2, Raghunath Malla 2-0-6-0, Krishna Palai 10-2-25-1
ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal c Lokeshwar b Pranaush 21, Raghunath Malla lbw Sinivas 19, Aakash Ch Nayak lbw Mukilesh 46, Satyajit Sabat lbw Sinivas 13, Anurag Kanojia lbw Mukilesh 36, Soumya S Kumar c Lokeshwar b Sinivas 5, Girija Mishra (not out) 16, Sanjay Das c Ram b Sinivas 8, Krishna Palai b Kishan Kumar 3, Umesh Yadav lbw Kishan Kumar 0, Preet K Singh Chohan b Kishan Kumar 0; Extras (w-8, b-1, lb-1) 10
Total (All out; 62.5 overs) 177
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (R Malla, 19.2 ov), 2-42 (S Samal, 20.6 ov), 3-61 (S Sabat, 25.4 ov), 4-136 (A Nayak, 46.6 ov), 5-150 (A Kanojia, 50.2 ov), 6-156 (S Kumar, 51.5 ov), 7-174 (S Das, 55.5 ov), 8-177 (K Palai, 60.5 ov), 9-177 (U Yadav, 62.3 ov), 10-177 (P Chohan, 62.5 ov)
Bowling: D V Pranaush 14-1-55-1, R S Jaganath Sinivas 21-4-60-4, R Sonu Yadav 8-1-22-0, S Ajith Ram 5-1-15-0, S Kishan Kumar 5.5-2-5-3, U Mukilesh 9-4-18-2
TAMIL NADU (2nd innings): S Aravind c Malla b Yadav 4, Aditya Barooah c Mishra b S Das 25, R Sonu Yadav c Mishra b Sabat 26, S Lokeshwar b Chohan 54, R S Jaganath Sinivas b Yadav 63, A Selvakumar c Mishra b Chohan 79, S Radhakrishnan b Chohan 0, U Mukilesh b Sabat 13, D Pranaush b Yadav 56, S Krishna Kumar c Mishra b Chohan 12, S Ajith Ram (not out) 7; Extras (b-6, lb-4, nb-5, w-2) 17
Total (All out; 92.1 overs) 356
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (S Aravind, 1.3 ov), 2-55 (R Sonu Yadav, 11.3 ov), 3-55 (A Barooah, 12.1 ov), 4-171 (R SJ Sinivas, 41.1 ov), 5-183 (S Lokeshwar, 44.3 ov), 6-183 (S Radhakrishnan, 44.4 ov), 7-207 (U Mukilesh, 55.1 ov), 8-316 (D Pranaush, 83.3 ov), 9-339 (S Kishan Kumar, 90.1 ov), 10-354 (A Selvakumar, 92.1 ov)
Bowling: Preet K Singh Chohan 21.1-3-86-4, Umesh Yadav 19-2-90-3, Satyajit Sabat 20-9-33-2, Sanjay Das 19-2-90-1, Krishna Palai 11-2-31-0, Soumya S Kumar 2-0-16-0
ODISHA (2nd innings): Swastik Samal b Mukilesh 37, Raghunath Malla c Pranaush b Kishan Kumar 108 (293b, 13x4), Aakash Ch Nayak c Aravind b Mukilesh 0, Satyajit Sabat b Mukilesh 27, Anurag Kanojia lbw Sinivas 1, Soumya S Kumar b Kishan Kumar 2, Girija Mishra c Lokeshwar b Yadav 29, Sanjay Das c Kishan Kumar b Yadav 5, Krishna Palai c A Ram b Kishan Kumar 16, Umesh Yadav c Pranaush b Yadav 4, Preet K Singh Chohan (not out) 0; Extras (b-3, lb-4, nb-2, pen-5) 14
Total (All out; 103.2 overs) 243
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (S Samal, 34.3 ov), 2-66 (Nayak, 36.1 ov), 3-121 (Sabat, 52.3 ov), 4-122 (Kanojia, 55.4 ov), 5-140 (SS Kumar, 65.2 ov), 6-210 (Girija Mishra, 92.6 ov), 7-222 (Sanjay Das, 98.4 ov), 8-222 (Raghunath Malla, 99.4 ov), 9-238 (Umesh K Yadav, 102.3 ov), 10-243 (Krishna Palai, 103.2 ov)
Bowling: D Pranaush 13-2-40-0, R S Jaganath Sinivas 17-3-48-1, S Ajith Ram 21-12-21-0, R Sonu Yadav 16-1-36-3, S Kishan Kumar 15.2-3-46-3, U Mukilesh 19-6-40-3, S Aravind 2-2-0-0.
