Vijay Hazare Trophy: Odisha go down fighting to MP

Odisha put up brave fight against Madhya Pradesh before going down by one run in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group-B match at Palam Stadium here today. This was the third defeat for Odisha, who now have six points from five matches in this one-day competition.

Opting to bat after winning the toss, MP compiled a challenging total of 277 and then restricted Odisha to 276 for eight in the stipulated 50 overs. Among successful Odisha batsmen, Anurag Sarangi (78, 97b, 6x4, 2x6), Abhishek Raut (55*, 53b, 3x4, 2x6) and Biplab Samantaray (53, 72b, 3x4, 1x6) hit a half-century each.

Among Odisha bowlers, Deepak Behera was most successful with three wickets for 38 runs, while skipper Govinda Poddar and Suryakant Pradhan picked up two wickets each. Odisha will next meet Chhattisgarh at the same venue on October 2.

SCOREBOARD

MADHYA PRADESH:
Rajat Patidar c Poddar b Roy 28, Naman Ojha b Behera 12, Rameez Khan c Lenka b Poddar 19, Yash Dubey b Pradhan 75, Anshul Tripathi c Raut b Samantaray 52, Venkatesh Iyer lbw Poddar 46, Saransh Jain (run out) Raut 17, Ishwar Pandey c Senapati b Behera 5, Puneet Datey c Poddar b Pradhan 1, Mihir Hirwani (not out) 3, Kumar Kartikeya Singh b Behera 1; Extras (nb-1, w-7, b-7, lb-3) 18   
Total (All out; 49.3 overs) 277
Fall of wickets:
1-43 (Ojha, 7.2 ov), 2-45 (Patidar, 8.6 ov), 3-84 (Rameez, 17.3 ov), 4-169 (Tripathi, 31.1 ov), 5-217 (Dubey, 38.4 ov), 6-263 (Iyer, 46.2 ov), 7-270 (Pandey, 47.2 ov), 8-272 (Jain, 47.5 ov), 9-274 (Datey, 48.2 ov), 10-277 (KK Singh, 49.3 ov)
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 10-0-51-2, Deepak Behera 8.3-0-38-3, Pappu Roy 8-2-47-1, Govinda Poddar 9-0-47-2, Krishna Palai 2-0-16-0, Abhishek Raut 4-0-25-0, Biplab Samantaray 8-0-43-1.

ODISHA: Anurag Sarangi c Patidar b Rameez 78, Rajesh Dhuper c KK Singh b Datey 8, Govinda Poddar b Datey 13, Biplab Samantaray st Ojha b Rameez 53, Subhransu Senapati c Patidar b Datey 24, Sujit Lenka c Patidar b KK Singh 1, Abhishek Raut (not out) 55, Deepak Behera c Datey b Rameez 15, Suryakant Pradhan b Rameez 14, Krishna Palai (not out) 5; Extras (w-5, lb-5) 10
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 276
Did not bat:
Pappu Roy
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Dhuper, 1.6 ov), 2-31 (Poddar, 5.1 ov), 3-157 (Samantaray, 30.3 ov), 4-158 (Sarangi, 30.5 ov), 5-159 (Lenka, 31.3 ov), 6-200 (Senapati, 40.6 ov), 7-242 (Behera, 45.4 ov), 8-258 (Suryakant Pradhan, 47.1 ov)
Bowling: Ishwar Pandey 7-0-51-0, Puneet Datey 8-0-65-3, Kumar Kartikeya Singh 10-2-28-1, Saransh Jain 7-1-28-0, Mihir Hirwani 6-0-38-0, Anshul Tripathi 2-0-12-0, Rameez Khan 10-0-49-4.

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