BHUBANESWAR 15-Feb-2019
Bengal defeated Odisha by 178 runs in their Elite Group-B match of the BCCI Mens One-day League at Darshanam Sports and Education Academy, Vadodara today. This was the second defeat for Odisha who will next meet Kerala at Anand on February 17.
Batting failure was the main reason for the defeat of Odisha, who were bowled out for 107 while chasing a huge target of 286. Only four batsmen reached doubles figures and Amrit Khatua was the top scorer among them with 29 runs.
Earlier put into bat by Odisha captain Debasish Samantray, Bengal rode on a half-century each by captain by Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (90) and Kazi Junaid Saifi (75) to post to formidable total of 285. Among successful Odisha bowlers, Preet Kunwar Singh Chohan bagged three wickets for 44 runs, while Ashish Rai and Tarani Sa took a brace each.
SCOREBOARD
BENGAL: Sudip Kumar Gharami c Rai b Mishra 37, Kazi Junaid Saifi c Mishra b Sa 75, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury c Samantray b Kanojia 90, Subham Chatterjee c Bal b Chohan 15, Agniv Pan c Mishra b Chohan 36, Karan Lal b Sa 6, Sourav Paul (run out) Rai 1, Aamir c Nayak b Rai 9, Anurag Tiwari c Nayak b Rai 2, Ishan Porel lbw Chohan 1, Ananta Saha (not out) 0; Extras (w-7, b-2, lb-4) 13
Total (All out; 49.1 overs) 285
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Gharami, 15.2 ov), 2-179 (Saifi, 35.2), 3-224 (Roy Chowdhury, 40.2), 4-230 (Chatterjee, 41.3), 5-261 (Lal, 44.1), 6-263 (Paul, 44.3), 7-279 (Pan, 47.1), 8-283 (Tiwari, 48.3), 9-285 (Aamir, 48.6), 10-285 (Porel, 49.1)
Bowling: Preet K Singh Chohan 9.1-0-44-3, Tarani Sa 10-1-42-2, Ashish Rai 5-0-34-2, Kartik Biswal 6-0-38-0, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra 7-0-32-1, Saurabh Kanojia 8-0-55-1, Jamala B Mohapatra 4-0-34-0.
ODISHA: Abinash Nayak c Pan b Saha 2, Amrit Khatua b Aamir 29, Kshyamasagar Bal c Pan b Saha 4, Debasish Samantray c&b Roy Chowdhury 21, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra c Pan b Lal 14, Kartik Biswal lbw Tiwari 5, Saurabh Kanojia c Pan b Tiwari 0, Jamala B Mohapatra c Pan b Lal 6, Ashish Rai (not out) 10, Tarani Sa c Pan b Aamir 5, Preet K Singh Chohan b Porel 1; Extras (w-6, lb-4) 10
Total (All out; 38.4 overs) 107
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Nayak, 4.1 ov), 2-16 (Bal, 4.4), 3-62 (Khatua, 19.2), 4-62 (Samantray, 20.3), 5-68 (Biswal, 22.3), 6-68 (Kanojia, 22.5), 7-91 (Mohapatra, 31.3), 8-100 (Mishra, 33.6), 9-106 (Sa, 37.3), 10-107 (Chohan, 38.4 ov)
Bowling: Ananta Saha 7-0-22-2, Ishan Porel 5.4-2-11-1, Aamir 8-1-16-2, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury 6-0-21-1, Anurag Tiwari 7-1-17-2, Karan Lal 5-0-16-2.
