BHUBANESWAR 20-Dec-2017
Jharkhand trounced Odisha by 194 runs on the fourth and last day of their Cooch Behar Trophy Under-19 Group-A match at Vikash Ground in Bargarh today. This was the third defeat for Odisha, who continued to languish at the bottom of the group table with one point from four matches.
Chasing a daunting target of 399 for victory, Odisha were all out for 204 in their second innings, losing last five wickets for 23 runs. Jharkhand set the tough target for Odisha by declaring their second innings at 218 for nine. Aditya Singh and captain Atul Singh Surwar scored a half-century each for the visitors, while Rajesh Mohanty once against became the most successful bowler for Odisha taking three wickets for 32 runs.
Kunal Mallick and Jyoti Behera also slammed a half-century each for Odisha in the second innings. Behera was going strong on 52 and Somen Chand was giving him company on 14 when stumps were drawn for the day.
Earlier, Jharkhand gained a first-innings lead of 180 runs by making 276 and then bundling out host Odisha for a paltry 96. Put into bat by Odisha captain Raghunath Malla, the visitors were in deep trouble at one stage, losing seven wickets for 89 runs.
But defiant performance by lower-order batsmen enabled them to muster a respectable total. Amar Choudhary and Vivek Anand Tiwari started fight back with a 69-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Sushant Mishra and Junaid Ashraf added insult to Odisha’s injury by putting on 101 runs for the last-wicket partnership.
Last bastman Mishra became the top-scorer for Jharkhand, hitting an unbeaten 61 with the help of 10 fours and one six. Rajesh Mohanty was most successful bowler for Odisha, bagging five wickets for 73 runs.
In reply, Odisha’s batting line-up made a meek surrender and no one could reach even the 20-run mark. After tormenting the Odisha bowling department with his ubeaten half-centurn, Sushant Mishra became the wrecker in chief of the home team’s batting line-up, taking four wickets for 24 runs. Odisha will play their fifth match against Tamil Nadu at TNCA Academy, Tirunelveli from December 25 to 28.
SCOREBOARD
JHARKHAND (1st innings): Vikash Vishal c Nayak b Sahoo 8, Aryaman Sen c Gouda b Sahoo 8, Aditya Singh b R Mohanty 0, Shresht Sagar c B Mohanty b Majhi 33, Atul Singh Surwar c Gouda b R Mohanty 19, Bhanu Anand c Gouda b R Mohanty 3, Subhojeet Haldar c Gouda b R Mohanty 0, Amar Chaudhary c Gouda b R Mohanty 48, Vivek Anand Tiwari c Gouda b B Mohanty 34, Junaid Ashraf lbw b Mohanty 29, Sushant Mishra (not out) 61; Extras (nb-8, w-1, b-17, lb-7) 33
Total (Allout; 102 overs) 276
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Vishal, 3.3 ov), 2-20 (A Singh, 4.5), 3-20 (Sen, 5.4), 4-66 (A Surwar, 27.1), 5-74 (B Anand, 31.5), 6-76 (Haldar, 33.6), 7-89 (S Sagar, 41.2), 8-158 (V Tiwari, 61.1), 9-175 (A Chaudhary, 66.4 ov), 10-276 (Ashraf, 101.6)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 31-7-73-5, Shibasish Sahoo 13-3-28-2, Shekhar Majhi 18-3-43-1, Somen Chand 10-3-30-0, Krishna Palai 7-0-30-0, Raghunath Malla 11-5-25-0, Binit Mohanty 9-3-23-2, Jyoti Behera 3-3-0-0.
ODISHA (1st innings): Kunal Mallick lbw Ashraf 9, Binit Mohanty c Sagar b Tiwari 16, Jyoti Behera b Mishra 1, Raghunath Malla b Tiwari 7, Aakash Nayak b Mishra 4, Sourav Gouda b Mishra 8, Somen Chand lbw Ashraf 11, Shekhar Majhi b Ashraf 2, Krishna Palai lbw Mishra 11, Shibasish Sahoo lbw Chaudhary 10, Rajesh Mohanty (not out) 2; Extras (nb-3, w-4, b-1, lb-7) 15
Total (All out; 35.2 overs) 96
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Mallick, 4.6 ov), 2-30 (J Behera, 7.6), 3-30 (B Mohanty, 8.5), 4-47 (Nayak, 17.1), 5-47 (Malla, 18.4), 6-69 (Chand, 26.4), 7-71 (Gouda, 27.1), 8-74 (Majhi, 28.3), 9-93 (Sahoo, 33.2), 10-96 (Palai, 35.2)
Bowling: Junaid Ashraf 11-2-36-3, Vivek Anand Tiwari 11-2-26-2, Sushant Mishra 12.2-3-24-4, Amar Chaudhary 1-0-2-1.
JHARKHAND (2nd innings): V Vishal c Palai b R Mohanty 0, A Sen b R Mohanty 0, Aditya Singh c Chand b R Mohanty 82, S Sagar c Chand b Sahoo 10, A Surwar lbw Majhi 65, B Anand c Sahoo b Palai 29, S Haldar b Chand 6, A Chaudhary c R Mohanty b Behera 9, V Tiwari c Nayak b Behera 7, S Mishra (not out) 5; Extras (b-5) 5
Total (9 wickets declared; 68.2 overs) 218
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vishal, 0.2), 2-9 (Sen, 4.2), 3-19 (Sagar, 8.3), 4-117 (Surwar, 38.4), 5-162 (Anand, 53.6), 6-181 (Haldar, 58.1), 7-192 (Chaudhary, 59.5), 8-206 (Tiwari, 63.4), 9-218 (A Singh, 68.2)
Bowling: R Mohanty 10.2-4-32-3, S Sahoo 10-4-15-1, B Mohanty 8-4-5-0, K Palai 12-0-54-1, S Majhi 13-4-44-1, S Chand 9-1-46-1, J Behera 6-0-17-2.
ODISHA (2nd innings): K Mallick c Chaudhary b Tiwari 57, B Mohanty lbw Chaudhary 19, R Malla c Sagar b Tiwari 4, A Nayak c Sen b Tiwari 9, J Behera c Sagar b Tiwari 61, S Gouda b Mishra 0, S Chand c Sagar b Mishra 28, S Majhi c Sagar b Mishra 6, K Palai c Vishal b Mishra 0, R Mohanty c Sagar b Mishra 0, S Sahoo (not out) 5; Extras (nb-4, w-2, lb-9) 15
Total (All out; 61.3 overs) 204
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (B Mohanty, 15.1), 2-69 (Malla, 22.5), 3-83 (A Nayak, 26.2), 4-102 (Mallick, 30.2), 5-102 (Gouda, 31.4), 6-181 (Behera, 54.5), 7-194 (Majhi, 57.3), 8-194 (Palai, 59.1), 9-194 (R Mohanty, 59.4), 10-204 (Chand, 61.3)
Bowling: J Ashraf 9-3-37-0, V Tiwari 26-3-109-4, S Mishra 17.3-5-39-5, A Chaudhary 9-7-9-1, A Singh 3-2-1-0, A Surwar 2-2-0-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha new-ball bowler Rajesh Mohanty after his five-wicket haul against Jharkhand at Bargarh on Dec 17, 2017.
