BHUBANESWAR 03-Dec-2016
Suman Kumar Das and Shibasish Sahoo scored a defiant half-century each in the second innings to help Odisha draw their Vijay Merchant Trophy East Zone U-16 league match against Bengal on the third and last day at Eden Gardens, Kolkata today. But host Bengal gained three points by virtue of taking a first-innings lead of 188 runs, while Odisha settled with one points.
Put into bat by Odisha captain Nitish Niranjan Samantray, host Bengal compiled a first-innings total of 312. In reply, Odisha folded up for 124. Ayush Pandey was the top scorer for Bengal with a 149-ball 76. Shibasish Sahoo was most successful bowler for Odisha, bagging five wickets for 45 runs. Wicket-keeper Manas Ranjan Nayak was another outstanding performer for Odisha, taking six catches behind the stumps.
Odisha started their first-innings on a disappointing note, losing three wickets for 21 runs. They could not overcome that crisis despite a 65-run stand for the fourth wicket between Abinash Singh and Saswat Mohanty. Abinash became top scorer with 43, while Saswat contributed 28. Manas Ranjan Nayak also shone with the bat, making an useful 23. Prayas Ray Burman was most successful Bengal bowler, taking four wickets for 28 runs.
Following on after conceding huge first-innings lead, Odisha were in dire strait, getting reduced to 97 for seven. But Suman and Shibasish dashed the victory hope for the home team with belligerent partnership of 96 runs for the eighth wicket. Suman hit 152-ball 56 with the help of eight boundaries and Shibasish cracked 51, which came off 161 deliveries and included nine hits to the rope.
Odisha were 213 for nine and leading by 25 runs when the match came to an end. Besides Suman and Shibasish, wicket-keeper Manas Ranjan Nayak shone with the bat, contributing 40 runs as an opener. Odisha will next play Jharkhand in home venue from December 7 to 9.
SCOREBOARD
BENGAL (1st innings): Diganta Neogi c Nayak b Sahoo 29, Ayush Pandey c Nayak b Sahoo 76, Dibya c Nayak b Sahoo 48, Sayan Kumar Biswas lbw Samantaray 37, Karan c Mohanty b Swain 30, Arin Roy c Nayak b Samantaray 34, Abishek Porel c Das b Samantaray 6, Srijan Maiti c Nayak b Sahoo 16, Prayas Ray Burman c Nayak b Swain 11, Anish Biswas c Samantray b Sahoo 8, Bishal Gupta (not out) 6; Extras (w-3, b-2, lb-6) 11
Total (All out; 105.1 overs) 312
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (D Neogi, 13.2 ov), 2-152 (A Pandey, 51.4 ov), 3-165 (Dibya, 55.4 ov), 4-210 (Karan, 71.2 ov), 5-247 (S Biswas, 78.2 ov), 6-269 (A Porel, 82.3 ov), 7-269 (A Roy, 82.5 ov), 8-285 (Burman, 92.6 ov), 9-301 (Maiti, 99.4 ov), 10-312 (Biswas, 105.1 ov)
Bowling: Priya R Swain 24-8-69-2, Shibasish Sahoo 25.1-9-45-5, Suman Kumar Das 11-2-34-0, Ankitkar Jaiswal 19-7-50-0, Nitish N Samantaray 19-2-80-3, Saswat Mohanty 4-0-17-0, Abinash Singh 3-0-9-0
ODISHA (1st innings): M Prasanth lbw Biswas 11, Shashang Rungata lbw Biswas 4, Binayak Mohanty b Maiti 5, Saswat Mohanty c Neogi b Burman 28, Abinash Singh c Biswas b Burman 43, Manas Ranjan Nayak lbw Karan 23, Suman Kumar Das c Biswas b Burman 0, Nitish N Samantaray c Biswas b Maiti 4, Shibasish Sahoo b Burman 2, Ankitkar Jaiswal lbw Karan 0, Priya R Swain (not out) 0; Extras (b-1, lb-3) 4
Total (All out; 66.2 overs) 124
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (S Rungata, 5.4 ov), 2-21 (M Prasanth, 9.6 ov), 3-21 (B Mohanty, 10.4 ov), 4-86 (S Mohanty, 36.4 ov), 5-93 (A Singh, 38.5 ov), 6-99 (SK Das, 46.3 ov), 7-106 (NN Samantaray, 51.5 ov), 8-122 (MR Nayak, 62.5 ov), 9-124 (S Sahoo, 65.6 ov), 10-124 (A Jaiswal, 66.2 ov)
Bowling: Srijan Maiti 15-7-28-2, Anish Biswas 15-7-21-2, Arin Roy 6-3-10-0, Karan 11.2-5-16-2, Prayas Ray Burman 13-6-28-4, Bishal Gupta 6-2-17-0
ODISHA (2nd Innings): Manas Ranjan Nayak b Roy 40, Shashang Rungata c Neogi b Karan 0, M Prasanth lbw Biswas 9, Saswat Mohanty c Roy b Maiti 12, Binayak Mohanty c Biswas b Maiti 15, Abinash Singh b Karan 19, Suman Kumar Das ct & b Karan 56, Nitish N Samantaray lbw Maiti 0, Shibasish Sahoo b Burman 51, Ankitkar Jaiswal (not out) 6; Extras (nb-1, b-2, lb-2) 5
Total (9 wickets; 97.3 overs) 213
Fall of wicketgs: 1-13 (S Rungata, 4.6 ov), 2-32 (M Prasanth, 13.3 ov), 3-62 (S Mohanty, 25.6 ov), 4-63 (M Nayak, 31.3 ov), 5-86 (A Singh, 36.3 ov), 6-97 (B Mohanty, 42.3 ov), 7-97 (N Samantaray, 42.4 ov), 8-193 (S Das, 82.6 ov), 9-213 (S Sahoo, 97.3 ov)
Bowling: Srijan Maiti 19-3-48-3, Prayas Ray Burman 28.3-15-42-1, Anish Biswas 17-6-30-1, Karan 21-8-47-3, Bishal Gupta 5-2-12-0, Arin Roy 6-1-25-1, Diganta Neogi 1-0-5-0
