BHUBANESWAR 11-Jan-2019
Odisha suffered a nine-wicket defeat against hosts Himachal Pradesh in their eighth and last Elite Group-C match of the C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Tournament at HPCA Stadium in Dharamsala today. This was the fourth defeat for Odisha, who finished last in the nine-team group with eight points. Other four matches of Odisha ended in draw.
Amidst the defeat, Kartik Biswal put up impressive all-round performance, bagging seven wickets with off-spin in the first innings and scoring 48 runs in the second essay. Half-century each by new captain Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra and Kshyamasagar Bal were other notable performance of Odisha team in the four-day match that ended with more than a day to go.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal b Jamwal 2, Amrit Khatua lbw Jamwal 20, Anshuman Mishra c Khanduri b Jamwal 4, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra c Rangi b Jamwal 8, Kartik Biswal c N Sharma b Jamwal 9, Kshyamasagar Bal lbw Walia 3, Rajkishan Patel c&b Jamwal 15, Saurabh Kanojia c Kanwar b Walia 11, Ayaskant Sahu (not out) 38, Ashish Rai c Thakur b Walia 29, Asis Pradhan c Thakur b Walia 4; Extras (nb-2, b-8, lb-8) 18
Total (All out; 53.5 overs) 161
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Samal, 2.2 ov), 2-14 (A Mishra, 6.4), 3-38 (SR Mishra, 18.6), 4-45 (Khatua, 22.3), 5-60 (Bal, 31.2), 6-60 (Biswal, 32.4), 7-83 (Kanojia, 37.4), 8-103 (Patel, 46.5), 9-134 (Rai, 49.3), 10-161 (Pradhan, 53.5)
Bowling: A Jamwal 27-9-53-6, N Kanwar 3-0-5-0, Vipin Sharma 5-0-16-0, Jayshodhan Thakur 3-1-3-0, A Walia 15.5-2-68-4.
HIMACHAL PRADESH (1st innings): S Arora b Rai 39, R Thakur b Biswal 22, P Khanduri b Biswal 0, Mohd Arslan Z Khan lbw Biswal 0, A Walia c Bal b Biswal 42, N Sharma c A Mishra b Biswal 27, D Rangi b Kanojia 106, A Jamwal c Sahu b Kanojia 24, Jayshodhan Thakur c Bal b Biswal 40, N Kanwar c Pradhan b Biswal 6, Vipin Sharma (not out) 4; Extras (nb-3, b-1, lb-10) 14
Total (All out; 82.1 overs) 324
Fall of wickets: 1-54 (R Thakur, 11.2 ov), 2-54 (Khanduri, 11.6), 3-58 (Khan, 13.5), 4-78 (Arora, 20.5), 5-134 (N Sharma, 41.5), 6-155 (Walia, 43.6), 7-211 (Jamwal, 53.3), 8-314 (J Thakur, 78.3), 9-314 (Rangi, 79.2), 10-324 (Kanwar, 82.1)
Bowling: Ayaskant Sahu 8-0-43-0, Kartik Biswal 26.1-7-106-7, Asis Pradhan 6-0-21-0, Rajkishan Patel 14-1-61-0, Ashish Rai 14-1-42-1, Saurabh Kanojia 13-2-37-2, Anshuman Mishra 1-0-3-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): S Samal b Jamwal 13, Amrit Khatua (run out) R Thakur 8, K Bal c Arora b J Thakur 63, SR Mishra lbw Kanwar 68, K Biswal b V Sharma 46, A Mishra (run out) V Sharma 4, A Sahu c Jamwal b N Sharma 9, R Patel c Arora b Jamwal 16, S Kanojiac R Thakur b N Sharma 0, A Rai (not out) 1, A Pradhan b Jamwal 1; Extras (nb-1, w-4, b-4, lb-5) 14
Total (All out; 101 overs) 243
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Samal, 4.6 ov), 2-31 (Khatua, 12.5), 3-119 (Bal, 47.3), 4-204 (SR Mishra, 84.4), 5-212 (Biswal, 89.5), 6-215 (A Mishar, 90.6), 7-241 (Patel, 98.2), 8-241 (Sahu, 99.2), 9-242 (Kanojia, 99.5), 10-243 (Pradhan, 100.6)
Bowling: A Jamwal 21-11-44-3, N Kanwar 18-1-54-1, J Thakur 14-3-35-1, V Sharma 18-3-50-1, A Walia 15-5-27-0, N Sharma 10-1-16-2, D Rangi 5-2-8-0.
HIMACHAL PRADESH (2nd innings): MAZ Khan (not out) 40, R Thakur c Patel b Rai 20, S Arora (not out) 18; Extras (lb-4) 4
Total (1 wicket; 13.3 overs) 82
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (R Thakur, 4.4 ov)
Bowling: K Biswal 2-0-17-0, A Pradhan 2-0-23-0, A Rai 5-0-12-1, R Patel 3-0-10-0, S R Mishra 1-0-11-0, S Samal 0.3-0-5-0.
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PHOTO: Kartik Biswal shone with ball and bat in the match against Himachal Pradesh.
