BHUBANESWAR 18-Oct-2017
Odisha concluded their Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-19 East Zone One-Day League campaign with a 71-run defeat at the hands of Assam at Railway Stadium in Dhanbad (Jharkhand) today. This was the fourth defeat in five matches for Odisha and they finished fifth in the six-team zonal league with four points to their name.
Host Jharkhand emerged zonal champions with five wins and full 20 points, while Bengal finished runners-up with three wins, two defeats and 12 points. Tripura and Assam secured third and fourth positions with 12 and eight points respectively, while Affiliate and Associate Team finished last with four points.
Opting to bat after winnings the toss, Assam rode on a sparkling knock of 94 by Riyan Parag to make a competitive total of 196. In reply, Odisha were bowled out for 125 in 38.3 overs. Amidst the defeat, spinner Krishna Palai and allrounder Nitish Samantray gave Odisha something to cheer with, picking up three wickets for 29 runs and hitting a cameo 37 (25b, 2x4, 4x6) respectively.
SCOREBOARD:
ASSAM: Aman Chhetry c Bharadwaj b S Das 1, Riyan Parag (Mankading) 94, Danish Ahmed b Yadav 1, Ayush Agarwal st Mallick b Palai 20, Mihir Gowala lbw Palai 15, Abdul Kuraishi c&b Malla 20, Gunjan Deka c Mallick b Bal 7, Jitumoni Kalita c S Das b Palai 22, Mukhtar Hussain b Bharadwaj 5, Hirakjyoti Das (not out) 0, Abir Chakraborty b Yadav 1; Extras (w-9, lb-1) 10
Total (All out; 43.2 overs) 196
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Chhetry, 1.6 ov), 2-17 (D Ahmed, 4.5 ov), 3-73 (A Agarwal, 16.3 ov), 4-107 (Gowala, 24.6 ov), 5-154 (Kuraishi, 34.3 ov), 6-165 (Parag, 35.4 ov), 7-169 (Deka, 37.3 ov), 8-177 (Hussain, 39.6 ov), 9-195 (J Kalita, 42.1 ov), 10-196 (A Chakraborty, 43.2 ov)
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 5.2-0-21-2, Suman Kumar Das 7-0-22-1, Satyakam Bharadwaj 5-0-51-1, Krishna Palai 9-0-29-3, Nitish Samantaray 8-0-35-0, Raghunath Malla 5-0-16-1, Kshyamasagar Bal 4-0-21-1
ODISHA: Kunal Mallick lbw Kalita 23, Aakash Ch Nayak b Das 9, Raghunath Malla st Agarwal b Chakraborty 1, Swastik Samal b Parag 20, Kshyamasagar Bal c Parag b Kalita 5, Suman Kumar Das (run out) 1, Somen Chand st Agarwal b Chakraborty 17, Krishna Palai (not out) 4, Nitish N Samantaray b Hussain 37, Satyakam Bharadwaj b Hussain 1, Umesh Yadav b Hussain 0; Extras (w-5, b-2) 7
Total (All out; 38.3 overs) 125
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (A Nayak, 9.3 ov), 2-32 (Malla, 12.1 ov), 3-38 (Mallick, 15.2 ov), 4-46 (Bal, 19.1 ov), 5-52 (S Das, 20.4 ov), 6-80 (Chand, 29.2 ov), 7-80 (Samal, 30.3 ov), 8-123 (Samantaray, 36.5 ov), 9-125 (Bharadwaj, 38.2 ov), 10-125 (Yadav, 38.3 ov).
Bowling: Mukhtar Hussain 6.3-3-18-3, Hirakjyoti Das 6-1-12-1, Abir Chakraborty 9-0-29-2, Jitumoni Kalita 9-0-17-2, Riyan Parag 8-1-47-1.
