CUTTACK 28-Feb-2019
Karnataka rode on a 59-ball 89 by Rohan Kadam and a four-wicket haul by KC Cariappa to beat hosts Odisha by 51 runs in their Group-D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Senior Men T20 Tournament at Barabati Stadium here today. This was the third defeat in six matches for Odisha, who will next meet Bengal at Barabati Stadium on March 2.
Put into bat by stand-in Odisha captain Anurag Sarangi, Karnataka compiled a strong total of 155 for nine. Among Odisha bowlers, Biplab Samantaray and Pappu Roy performed well, picking up two wickets each.
In reply, Odisha were bowled out for 104 in 18.2 overs. None of the specialist batsmen failed to make a decent contribution, while pacer Suryakant Pradhan emerged top scorer with 17-ball 32, which included two sixes and three boundaries.
SCOREBORAD
KARNATAKA: Rohan Kadam c P Singh b Mohanty 89, Mayank Agarwal c Mohanty b D Pradhan 10, Karun Nair lbw Samantaray 10, Manish Pandey c Samal b Samantaray 8, B R Sharath c S Pradhan b Roy 1, Suchith J c&b Roy 0, Vinay Kumar R c Sarangi b S Pradhan 6, Shreyas Gopal (run out) Mohanty 17, Mithun A (not out) 6, K C Cariappa (run out) Samantaray 0; Extras (w-2, b-4, lb-2) 8
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 155
Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Agarwal, 4.2 ov), 2-58 (Nair, 7.2), 3-76 (Pandey, 9.4), 4-80 (Sharath, 11.1), 5-81 (Suchith, 11.4), 6-96 (V Kumar, 14.3), 7-149 (Kadam, 19.2), 8-154 (Gopal, 19.5), 9-155 (Cariappa, 19.6)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 4-0-32-1, Suryakant Pradhan 4-0-34-1, Debabrata Pradhan 4-0-39-1, Biplab Samantaray 2-0-10-2, Prayas Singh 2-0-13-0, Pappu Roy 4-0-21-2.
ODISHA: Swastik Samal lbw Koushik 8, Rajesh Dhuper b Vinay Kumar 0, Anurag Sarangi c Sharath b Koushik 12, Biplab Samantaray lbw Cariappa 8, Aravinda Singh b Suchith 5, Abhishek Raut st Sharath b Suchith 8, Prayas Singh c Agarwal b Cariappa 12, Suryakant Pradhan st Sharath b Cariappa 32, Rajesh Mohanty b Cariappa 0, Debabrata Pradhan c Suchith b Koushik 13, Pappu Roy (not out) 0; Extras (w-5, lb-1) 6
Total (All out; 18.1 overs) 104
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Dhuper, 0.4 ov), 2-20 (Sarangi, 3.2), 3-21 (Samal, 3.5), 4-29 (Samantaray, 6.6), 5-40 (Raut, 9.1), 6-44 (A Singh, 9.5), 7-85 (S Pradhan, 14.1), 8-85 (Mohanty, 14.3), 9-102 (P Singh, 16.4), 10-104 (D Pradhan, 18.1)
Bowling: Vinay Kumar R 3-0-14-1, Mithun A 3-0-15-0, Koushik V 2.1-0-8-3, K C Cariappa 4-0-15-4, Suchith J 3-0-27-2, Shreyas Gopal 3-0-24-0.
