CUTTACK 29-Oct-2018
The three-day East Zone Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 league match between Odisha and Jharkhand ended in a draw here at Sunshine Ground today. But Jharkhand gathered three point by virtue of taking 88-run first-innings lead, while Odisha settled with one point.
Opting to bat, Jharkhand rode on a superb knock of 153 by Sharandeep Singh to compile a total of 315. Ramesh Melaka was most successful Odisha bowler, scalping four wickets for 61 runs.
In reply, Odisha made 227 to concede the first-innings lead. Biswa Bibhab Muduli was the top scorer with 62 runs. Abhishek bagged five wickets for Jharkhand. When the match ended on the third and final day, Jharkhand were 31 for no loss in the second innings. Odisha will next meet Assam here from November 2 to 4.
SCOREBOARD
JHARKHAND (1st innings): Harsh Gautam c Majhi b Chhuria 0, Aryan Hooda c Majhi b Chhuria 10, Rajan Deep c Majhi b Melaka 21, Sushant Verma c Hota b Melaka 36, Sharandeep Singh c Sanket Behera b Melaka 153, Himanshu Dwivedi (run out) Chhuria 12, Kumar Ankit b Sahu 33, Mohit Kumar Ray lbw Sobhan Behera 7, Rishu Chauhan c Muduli b Melaka 4, Abishek Yadav (not out) 10, Paras Nandi ct&b S Singh 16; Extras (nb-3, w-2, b-7, lb-1) 13
Total (All out; 95.4 overs) 315
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Gautam, 0.5 ov), 2-28 (Hooda, 8.4 ov), 3-32 (Rajan, 9.2 ov), 4-101 (Verma, 35.2 ov), 5-152 (Himanshu, 52.6 ov), 6-236 (Ankit, 73.1 ov), 7-285 (Sharandeep, 85.4 ov), 8-285 (Ray, 86.1 ov), 9-289 (Rishu, 87.6 ov), 10-315 (Paras, 95.4 ov)
Bowling: Ashutosh Chhuria 25-4-75-2, Ramesh Melaka 19-4-61-4, Abhishek Hota 3-0-15-0, Shresth Singh 17.4-4-60-1, Sobhan Dev Behera 14-5-47-1, Surya Mohapatra 10-4-20-0, Jagyanjeet Sahu 7-2-29-1.
ODISHA (1st innings): Sanket Behera b Ray 25, Biswajit Patra C Hooda b Abhishek 20, Biswa Bibhab Muduli b Gautam 62, Jagyanjeet Sahu b Abhishek 13, Surya Mohapatra c Himanshu b Rishu 19, Dinesh Majhi b Abhishek 37, Ramesh Melaka c Verma b Abhishek 14, Abhishek Hota c Himanshu b Gautam 15, Sobhan Dev Behera lbw Gautam 0, Ashutosh Chhuria lbw Abhishek 2, Shresth Singh (not out) 0; Extras (nb-3, w-1, b-8, lb-8) 20
Total (All out; 106.2 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Patra, 28.1 ov), 2-60 (Sanket Behera, 31.3 ov), 3-82 (Sahu, 45.5 ov), 4-109 (Mohapatra, 52.2 ov), 5-165 (Muduli, 73.3 ov), 6-194 (Melaka, 90.4 ov), 7-225 (Hota, 102.5 ov), 8-225 (Majhi, 103.5 ov), 9-227 (Chhuria, 105.2 ov), 10-227 (Sobhan Behera, 106.2 ov)
Bowling: Rishu Chauhan 8-3-28-1, Paras Nandi 3-0-10-0, Abhishek Yadav 39-24-46-5, Mohit Kumar Ray 22-5-63-1, Harsh Gautam 30.2-11-47-3, Aryan Hooda 4-1-17-0.
JHARKHAND (2nd innings): H Gautam (not out) 13, A Hooda (not out) 18
Total (0 wickets; 17 overs) 31
Bowling: Ramesh Melaka 6-3-9-0, Ashutosh Chhuria 4-2-8-0, Sobhan Dev Behera 4-1-14-0, Shresth Singh 2-2-0-0, Abhishek Hota 1-1-0-0.
