BHUBANESWAR 11-Dec-2018
Host Odisha collected three points by virtue of taking first-innings lead against Railways in their four-day C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Elite Group-C match, which ended in draw at Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur today. Choosing to bat, Railways were bowled out for paltry 113. In reply, Odisha piled up 384 to take a first-innings lead of 271 runs.
But Railways bounced back into the match by declaring their second innings at 505 for seven and setting a target of 235 runs for Odisha to win the match. The home team were 95 for six in their second innings when both the captains agreed to end the match as draw.
Three players from Odisha put up impressive performance in this match. Pace bowler Ayaskant Sahu bagged seven wickets in the first innings and 10 in the match to be adjudged the man of the match. Opening batsmen Sandeep Pattanaik (123, 223b, 17x4, 2x6) and Amrit Khatua (109, 289b, 13x4) scored a century each. Odisha will next meet Chhattisgarh at BSP Cricket Stadium in Bhilai from December 16 to 19.
SCOREBOARD
RAILWAYS (1st innings): Karan Sharma lbw Sahu 20, Rishabh Mishra lbw Sahu 4, A Ram c Bhuyan b Sahu 0, Sahim Hasan c Bal b Sahu 30, Avijit Singh b Sahu 0, Dinesh Mor c Pattanaik b Rai 14, V Dhaka lbw Sahu 4, Dhrushant H Soni (not out) 16, Mayank Singh lbw Sahu 0, Varun (run out) Bhuyan 0, Himanshu Sangwan b Kanojia 5; Extras (nb-6, w-1, b-9, lb-4) 20
Total (All out; 37.5 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mishra, 4.3 ov), 2-17 (Ram, 6.1), 3-39 (Sharma, 12.4), 4-43 (A Singh, 14.3), 5-80 (Mor, 24.3), 6-85 (Hasan, 30.5), 7-94 (Dhaka, 32.4), 8-94 (M Singh, 32.5), 9-94 (Varun, 33.6), 10-113 (Sangwan, 37.5)
Bowling: Ayaskant Sahu 14-4-48-7, Ashish Rai 13-7-36, Prashant Pandey 5-2-9-0, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra 3-1-5-0, Kartik Biswal 2-1-1-0, Saurabh Kanojia 0.5-0-1-1.
ODISHA (1st innings): Sandeep Pattanaik c Soni b M Singh 123, Amrit Khatua c&b M Singh 109, Biswajit Bhuyan c Mishra b Ram 16, Debasish Samantray M Singh b Soni 42, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra c M Singh b Sangwan 5, Kshyamasagar Bal c Dhaka b Ram 7, Kartik Biswal c Hasan b Ram 34, Saurabh Kanojia c Hasan b Soni 21, Ayaskant Sahu (not out) 19, Ashish Rai b Soni 0, Prashant Pandey (run out) Hasan 0; Extras (nb-4, w-3, lb-1) 8
Total (All out; 143.5 overs) 384
Fall of wickets: 1-216 (Pattanaik, 75.4 ov), 2-254 (Bhuyan, 92.5), 3-258 (Khatua, 95.1), 4-265 (Mishra, 100.5), 5-286 (Bal, 111.1), 6-326 (Biswal, 125.1), 7-362 (Kanojia, 134.4), 8-368 (Samantray, 139.1), 9-368 (Rai, 141.2), 10-384 (Pandey, 143.6)
Bowling: Himanshu Sangwan 24-9-74-1, Varun 19-5-55-0, Mayank Singh 43-10-113-2, Dhrushant H Soni 24.5-9-55-3, A Ram 27-2-74-3, Karan Sharma 3-1-9-0, V Dhaka 3-2-3-0.
RAILWAYS (2nd innings): K Sharma c Bal b Pandey 61, Rishabh Mishra b Pandey 24, A Ram lbw Biswal 50, S Hasan b Sahu 175, D Mor (not out) 154, A Singh c Biswal b Sahu 22, D Soni c Pattanaik b Sahu 0, V Dhaka c Rai b Biswal 9; Extras (nb-4, w-2, b-4) 10
Total (7 wickets declared; 88 overs) 505
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (Mishra, 20.5 ov), 2-111 (Sharma, 26.6), 3-163 (Ram, 37.3), 4-450 (Hasan, 82.2), 5-476 (A Singh, 84.1), 6-481 (Soni, 84.5), 7-505 (Dhaka, 87.6)
Bowling: A Sahu 20-1-117-3, Ashish Rai 17-3-81-0, Kartik Biswal 15-0-99-2, S Kanojia 18-3-79-0, P Pandey 11-0-65-2, D Samantray 5-0-42-0, A Khatua 2-0-18-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): S Pattanaik c Sangwan b Soni 18, A Khatua lbw Sangwan 8, B Bhuyan c Mor b Varun 4, K Bal c Hasan b Sangwan 0, D Samantray lbw Sangwan 0, SR Mishra (not out) 29, K Biswal c Hasan b Sangwan 29, A Sahu (not out) 2; Extras (nb-1, b-4) 5
Total (6 wickets; 41 overs) 95
Did not bat: A Rai, P Pandey, S Kanojia
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Pattanaik, 9.2 ov), 2-34 (Khatua, 13.2), 3-34 (Bal, 13.6), 4-34 (Bhuyan, 14.1), 5-34 (Samantray, 15.3), 6-73 (Biswal, 27.5)
Bowling: H Sangwan 12-3-22-4, D Soni 10-3-27-1, Varun 7-3-13-1, M Singh 7-3-16-0, A Ram 3-1-3-0, A Singh 1-0-1-0, V Dhaka 1-0-9-0.
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PHOTO: Ayaskant Sahu (Left) receives the man of the match trophy for his 10-wicket haul in the C K Nayudu Trophy match in Sambalpur on Dec 11, 2018.
