BHUBANESWAR 09-Jan-2019
Odisha ended their Ranji Trophy 2018-19 campaign with a thumping 276-run win over Goa in the ninth and last Elite Group-C match at Vikash Cricket Ground near here today. This was the fourth win for Odisha and they finished fourth in Group-C league table with 26 points.
Sparkling century by opener Sandeep Pattanaik, superb allround performance by Suryakant Pradhan and an eight-wicket haul by young speedster Rajesh Mohanty enabled Odisha trounce Goa. Chasing a daunting target of 388 for victory, Goa batting line-up once again came a cropper against the home team pace attack by getting bundled out for 111 on the penultimate day of the four-day match.
Pacers Rajesh Mohanty and Basant Mohanty made short work of the Goa second innings, bagging five and four wickets respectively. This was the third five-wicket haul in an innings for Rajesh Mohanty, who returned with a match haul of eight wickets for 101 runs. In fact, the 18-year-old bowler proved to be one of the highly successful Odisha players of the season, bagging 40 wickets in eight first-class matches.
