Odisha U-23 cricketers cruise into quarters

Odisha rode on a four-wicket haul by Debabrata Pradhan and an unbeaten 40 by Amrit Khatua to thrash Manipur by seven wickets in their pre-quarterfinal match of the All India U-23 Men’s One-day Cricket Tournament (Knock-out Round) at Kanpur, UP today.

Opting to bat, minnows Manipur were bowled out for 123 in 45.5 overs. Odisha overhauled the target in 19 overs, losing three wickets in the process. Odisha will meet Punjab in the quarterfinals on February 9.

SCORECARD

MANIPUR:
Abhishek b Patel 18, Hrithik Kanojia lbw Patel 14, Antriksha c Dhuper b Pradhan 16, Rahul lbw Pradhan 23, Guniram A c Kunwar b Pradhan 2, Langlonyamba MC c Kunwar b Khatua 27, Kishan c Dhuper b Pradhan 0, Ujjwal lbw Patel 0, Rex RK c Dhuper b Das 5, Thomas M (not out) 11, Arpit c Mishra b Kunwar 0; Extras (w-5, lb-2) 7
Total (All out; 45.5 overs) 123
Fall of wickets:
1-31 (Kanojia, 6.1 ov), 2-36 (Abhishek, 8.2), 3-71 (Antriksha, 19.3), 4-76 (Rahul, 21.6), 5-77 (Guniram, 23.1), 6-77 (Kishan, 23.2), 7-79 (Ujjwal, 24.2), 8-87 (Rex, 25.4), 9-121 (Langlonyamba, 44.4), 10-123 (Arpit, 45.5)
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 10-1-32-4, Ashutosh Das 8-1-18-1, Rajkishan Patel 10-1-22-3, Aman Shastri 3-0-16-0, Pappu Roy 10-0-15-0, Amrit Khatua 3-0-14-1, Devendra Kunwar 1.5-0-4-1.

ODISHA: Rajesh Dhuper cLanglonyamba b Ujjwal 29, Amrit Khatua (not out) 40, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra lbw Thomas 0, Ranjit Paikaray c Antriksha b Langlonyamba 26, Devendra Kunwar (not out) 15; Extras (nb-1, w-13, b-2) 16
Total (3 wickets; 19 overs) 126
Did not bat:
Subhransu Senapati, Aman Shastri, Pappu Roy, Rajkishan Patel, Ashutosh Das, Debabrata Pradhan.
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Dhuper, 6.4 ov), 2-55 (Mishra, 7.1), 3-91 (Paikaray, 13.4)
Bowling: Rex RK 2-0-20-0, Thomas M 5-0-20-1, Arpit 1-0-7-0, Ujjwal 0.5-0-16-1, Kishan 6-0-33-0, Langlonyamba MC 3-0-21-1, Abhishek 1.1-0-7-0.

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