Odisha make winning start in Cooch Behar Trophy

Odisha started their campaign in Cooch Behar Trophy U-19 Tournament on a winnings note, trouncing hosts Goa by 10 wickets on the fourth and last day of their first Elite Group-C match at Margao Cricket Club in Margao today. The emphatic win fetched Odisha seven points, including one bonus point.

Goa escaped innings defeat by making a total of 264 in their second innings. Chasing an easy target of just one run, Odisha clinched victory in two balls. Earlier, put into bat by Goa captain Alam Khan, Odisha rode on a century by Anil Parida and a half-century each by Swastik Samal and captain Raghunath Malla to muster 368 in the first-innings. Parida slammed 107 with the help of 12 boundaries.

Goa were forced to follow on as they were bundled out for a paltry 104, conceding a first-innings lead of 264 runs. Sekhar Majhi was most successful Odisha bowler in the first innings, taking four wickets for 29 runs. Odisha will next meet Kerala here at Ravenshaw University Ground from November 26 to 29.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal c P Yadav b Mishra 55, Shashang Rungata c A Khan b Naik 24, Raghunath Malla c P Yadav b Naik 73, Anil Parida c Vantamuri b Mehta 107, Ayush Naik c P Yadav b Mishra 22, Subham Satrujit c A Khan b U Yadav 26, Manas Ranjan Nayak lbw Mishra 5, Sekhar Majhi b Vantamuri 20, Nitish Samantaray c S Khan b Vantamuri 5, Nihar Ranjan Bhuyan lbw Mishra 10, Biswajit Mallick (not out) 1; Extras (nb-3, w-7, b-6, lb-4) 20
Total (All out; 128.4 overs) 368
Fall of wickets: 1-69 (Samal, 11.6 ov), 2-114 (Rungata, 29.4), 3-206 (Malla, 61.2), 4-239 (Naik, 73.1), 5-273 (Satrujit, 79.6), 6-301 (Nayak, 97.3), 7-336 (Majhi, 113.4), 8-342 (Samantaray, 115.6), 9-366 (N Bhuyan, 127.3), 10-368 (Parida, 128.4).
Bowling: Ruthvik Naik 32-13-69-2, S Mishra 27-7-82-4, Shubham Tari 8-1-28-0, Shadab Khan 19-5-45-0, Shanu Vantamuri 16-3-60-2, Rahul Mehta 19.4-6-57-1, Udit Yadav 6-0-16-1, Mohit Redkar 1-0-1-0.

GOA (1st innings): Piyush Yadav Piyush Yadav b Majhi 0, Gauresh Kambli c Samal b Majhi 8, Rahul Mehta c Samantaray b Mallick 30, Alam Khan c Naik b Majhi 0, Udit Yadav b Bhuyan 4, Mohit Redkar c Satrujit b Malla 9, Shanu Vantamuri (not out) 39, Ruthvik Naik c Nayak b Mallick 0, Shadab Khan b Samantaray 4, S Mishra c MR Nayak b Majhi 1, Shubham Tari (run out) Samantaray 0; Extras (nb-1, b-5, lb-3) 9
Total (All out; 51.1 overs) 104
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Yadav, 0.3 ov), 2-13 (Kambli, 6.1), 3-13 (A Khan, 6.3), 4-20 (Yadav, 9.5), 5-37 (Redkar, 18.5), 6-61 (Mehta, 33.2), 7-61 (Naik, 33.5), 8-93 (S Khan, 45.1 ov), 9-102 (Mishra, 50.6), 10-104 (Tari, 51.1)
Bowling: Shekhar Majhi 15-9-29-4, Nihar Ranjan Bhuyan 7-1-19-1, Raghunath Malla 10-6-14-1, Biswajit Mallick 14-6-26-2, Nitish Samantaray 5.1-3-8-1.

GOA (2nd innings): G Kambli c Rungata b Bhuyan 8, R Mehta c MR Nayak b Bhuyan 5, P Yadav c MR Nayak b Malla 95, Alam Khan (run out) Samantaray 5, U Yadav c MR Nayak b Majhi 25, M Redkar c & b Samantaray 47, S Vantamuri b Samantaray 20, R Naik b Bhuyan 36, Shadab Khan (run out) Parida 2, S Mishra (not out) 0, Shubham Tari b Malla 0; Extras (nb-2, w-5, b-3, lb-11) 21
Total (All out; 105 overs) 264
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Kambli, 3.5 ov), 2-16 (Mehta, 5.2), 3-22 (A Khan, 7.4), 4-55 (Yadav, 24.2), 5-136 (Redkar, 57.2), 6-165 (Vantamuri, 68.1), 7-243 (Naik, 94.6), 8-256 (S Khan, 101.5), 9-264 (P Yadav, 105.4), 10-264 (Tari, 105.6)
Bowling: Shekhar Majhi 23-9-53-1, N B Bhuyan 24-5-61-3, Raghunath Malla 9-4-13-2, Subham Satrujit 1-0-1-0, Biswajit Mallick 26-14-32-0, Nitish N Samantaray 16-2-77-2, Swastik Samal 6-2-13-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): R Malla (not out) 2, S Rungata (not out) 0
Total (0 wicket, 0.2 overs) 2
Did not bat: Anil Parida, Subham Satrujit, Ayush Naik, Biswajit Mallick, Nitish N Samantaray, N Bhuyan, Shekhar Majhi, Swastik Samal, Manas Ranjan Nayak
Bowling: Ruthvik Naik 0.2-0-2-0.
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PHOTO: Members of Odisha team after their win against Goa in Margao on Nov 22, 2018.