CUTTACK 28-Dec-2019
Host Odisha accomplished a hat-trick of wins in Ranji Trophy, trouncing Uttarakhand by 10 wickets on the fourth and last day of their Elite Group-C match at DRIEMS Ground in Tangi, near here today.
The win fetched Odisha a maximum of seven points and catapulted the team to the top of the group table with a total of 27 points. Odisha opening batsman Shantanu Mishra was adjudged the Player of the Match for scoring his maiden first-class century in the first innings.
Right-hand batsman Mishra made 110 (245b, 12x4) in the first innings and followed it with an unbeaten 29 in the second essay. Electing to field first, Odisha bowled out Uttarakhand 117 and then mustered a competitive total of 253 to gain a first-inning lead of 136.
In the second innings, Uttarakhand made 195 to set a target of 59 for the home team to win the match. Odisha overhauled the target without losing any wicket. Among other notable performers for Odisha, experienced pacer Basant Mohanty returned with a match haul of nine wickets for 93 runs, including six for 17 in the first innings.
Fellow pacer Suryakant Pradhan shone in the second innings, scalping five wickets for 63 runs. Odisha will next meet Tripura at Maharaja Bir Bikram College Stadium in Agartala from 3 to 6 January, 2020.
SCOREBOARD
UTTARAKHAND (1st innings): Tanmay Srivastava c B Samantray b B Mohanty 24, Unmukt Chand lbw R Mohanty 6, Avneesh Sudha c B Samantray b S Pradhan 17, Dikshanshu Negi c Senapati b B Mohanty 36, Saurabh Rawat lbw B Mohanty 4, Karn Veer Kaushal lbw B Mohanty 0, Rahil Shah not out 7, Dhanraj Sharma b D Pradhan 17, Sunny Rana c Lenka b D Pradhan 2, Pradeep Chamoli c Lenka b B Mohanty 1, Akash Mandwaal c Senapati b B Mohanty 1; Extras (lb-2) 2
Total (10 wkts, 48.4 overs) 117
Fall of wickets: 16-1 (Chand, 11.2), 42-2 (Sudha, 17.4), 64-3 (Srivastava, 26.2), 68-4 (Rawat, 30.4), 68-5 (Kaushal, 30.5), 91-6 (Negi, 40.1), 108-7 (D Sharma, 42), 110-8 (Rana, 45.3), 111-9 (Chamoli, 46.2), 117-10 (Mandwaal, 48.4)
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 19.4-10-17-6, Rajesh Mohanty 10-2-32-1, Debabrata Pradhan 9-1-39-2, Suryakant Pradhan 10-4-27-1.
ODISHA (1st innings): Govinda Poddar c Rawat b Rana 11, Shantanu Mishra c Rana b Chamoli 110, Debasish Samantray b Rana 0, Subhranshu Senapati b Mandwaal 16, Biplab Samantray lbw Chamoli 37, Abhishek Raut c Chand b Chamoli 8, Sujit Lenka c Sub (V Jethi) b Sharma 2, Debabrata Pradhan c Rawat b Rana 14, Suryakant Pradhan b Sharma 11, Rajesh Mohanty b Rahil 17, Basant Mohanty not out 6; Extras (b-6, lb-12, w-1, nb-2) 21
Total (All out, 83.5 overs) 253
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Poddar, 6), 19-2 (DSamantray, 7.4), 41-3 (Senapati, 18.4), 4-102 (B Samantray, 41.1), 5-116 (Raut, 45.1), 6-127 (Lenka, 50.1), 7-170 (D Pradhan, 63.5), 8-182 (S Pradhan, 64.5), 9-213 (R Mohanty, 71.3), 10-253 (Mishra, 83.5)
Bowling: Pradeep Chamoli 18.5-4-48-3, Akash Mandwaal 20-2-45-1, Sunny Rana 16-1-45-3, Dhanraj Sharma 19-4-75-2, Rahil Shah 8-0-20-1, Unmukt Chand 2-0-2-0.
UTTARAKHAND (2nd innings): T Srivastava c Lenka b B Mohanty 2, U Chand c Lenka b R Mohanty 13, A Sudha c Lenka b B Mohanty 0, D Negi c Mishra b S Pradhan 40, S Rawat c Mishra b S Pradhan 15, K Kaushal b B Mohanty 12, R Shah b S Pradhan 11, D Sharma c D Samantray b S Pradhan 50, S Rana c Lenka b S Pradhan 0, P Chamoli not out 25, A Mandwaal b D Pradhan 20; Extras (lb-7) 7
Total (All out; 52.1 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Srivastava, 1.2 overs), 2-3 (Sudha, 1.5), 3-15 (Chand, 2.5), 4-53 (Rawat, 20.6), 5-82 (Kaushal, 31.4), 6-94 (Negi, 34.2), 7-121 (Shah, 38.2), 8-121 (Rana, 38.4), 9-156 (Sharma, 44.3), 10-195 (Mandwaal, 52.1).
Bowling: R Mohanty 12-5-35-1, B Mohanty 21-5-76-3, S Pradhan 15-1-63-5, D Pradhan 2.1-0-7-1, A Raut 2-0-7-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): D Samantray retired hurt 7, S Mishra not out 29, G Poddar not out 26; Extras (lb-1) 1
Total (0 wkt; 21.4 overs) 63
Bowling: P Chamoli 3-0-10-0, D Sharma 6-2-5-0, S Rana 5-1-9-0, A Mandwaal 4.4-0-17-0, R Shah 3-0-21-0.
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PHOTO: File photo of Odisha batsman Shantanu Mishra.
