BHUBANESWAR 06-Mar-2017
Odisha ended their disappointing Vijay Hazare Trophy (VHT) campaign on a winning note, trouncing star-studded Punjab by 69 runs in a Group-A league match at Palam Ground in New Delhi today. In-form captain Govind Poddar and left-arm spinner Dhiraj Singh put up impressive performance for Odisha, scoring a century and bagging five wickets respectively.
This was the second win in six matches for Odisha, who lost their other four matches against Haryana, Vidarbha, Baroda and Railways. Odisha finished fifth position in the seven-team Group-A league with eight points in their kitty. Vidarbha topped the group table with 20 points, while Baroda occupied the second position with 16 points.
Opting to bat after winning the toss, Odisha rode on a masterly knock of 120 (119 balls, 12x4, 1x6) by skipper Poddar and his 112-run partnership for the third wicket with Biplab Samantaray to muster a competitive total of 240. This was the third List-A hundred for Poddar, who emerged fourth most run-getter of the ongoing tournament with a total of 359 runs from six games. Samantray hit a 61-ball 48, while opener Anurag Sarangi chipped in with a useful 22.
In reply, fancied Punjab were bowled out for 171 in 30 overs. Dhiraj Singh was the wreaker-in-chief of the Punjab innings, scalping five wickets for 49 runs. He was well supported by leg-spinner Rajkishan Patel and medium-pacer Debabrata Pradhan with three and two wickets respectively. Debabrata Pradhan and Prayash Singh made their List-A debut for Odisha in this match.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA: Sujit Lenka c Handa b Gony 0, Anurag Sarangi run out (Harbhajan Singh) 22, Govina Poddar c Gony b Kaul 120 (119, 12x4, 1x6), Biplab Samantaray c Gurkeerat b Harbhajan 48, Abhishek Yadav lbw Gurkeerat 7, Arabind Singh c Gill b Mandeep 15, Prayas Singh lbw Kaul 2, Deepak Behera lbw Kaul 0, Rajkishan Patel c S Gill b Mandeep 17, Debabrata Pradhan c Gurkeerat b Gony 2, Dhiraj Singh (not out) 1; Extras (nb-1, w-4, lb-1) 6
Total (All out; 49.5 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Sujit Lenka, 5.5 ov), 2-49 (Anurag Sarangi, 13.4 ov), 3-161 (Biplab Samantaray, 34.6 ov), 4-194 (Abhishek Yadav, 39.4 ov), 5-205 (Govinda Poddar, 41.4 ov), 6-211 (Prayas Singh, 43.3 ov), 7-211 (Deepak Behera, 43.4 ov), 8-237 (Arabind Singh, 48.2 ov), 9-238 (Rajkishan Patel, 48.4 ov), 10-240 (Debabrata Pradhan, 49.5 ov)
Bowling: Siddharth Kaul 10-2-32-3, Manpreet Singh Gony 8.5-0-37-2, N Chaudhary 4-0-29-0, Harbhajan Singh 10-0-47-1, Varun Khanna 8-0-44-0, Yuvraj Singh 4-0-24-0, Gurkeerat Mann 4-0-23-1, Mandeep Singh 1-0-3-2
PUNJAB: Mandeep Singh lbw Pradhan 4, Shubman Gill b Dhiraj 41, Anmolpreet Singh c Sarangi b Patel 58, Yuvraj Singh b Dhiraj 8, Gurkeerat Mann b Dhiraj 9, Harbhajan Singh st Lenka b Dhiraj 2, N Chaudhary c Samantaray b Dhiraj 11, Manpreet Singh Gony c Samantaray b Pradhan 4, Mohit Handa lbw Patel 14, Siddharth Kaul (not out) 10, Varun Khanna lbw Patel 3; Extras (nb-1, w-2, lb-4) 7
Total (All out; 30 overs) 171
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mandeep Singh, 0.5 ov), 2-94 (Shubman Gill, 13.2 ov), 3-112 (Yuvraj Singh, 15.1 ov), 4-114 (Anmolpreet Singh, 16.1 ov), 5-124 (Gurkeerat Mann, 17.3 ov), 6-125 (Harbhajan Singh, 17.5 ov), 7-137 (N Chaudhary, 19.4 ov), 8-142 (Manpreet Singh Gony, 20.5 ov), 9-161 (Mohit Handa, 25.6 ov), 10-171 (Varun Khanna, 29.6 ov)
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 9-0-50-2, Deepak Behera 3-0-25-0, Dhiraj Singh 10-1-49-5, Rajkishan Patel 7-0-28-3, Govinda Poddar 1-0-15-0
