CUTTACK 13-Oct-2019
Odisha came from behind to beat Bihar by 45 runs on the third and last day of their opening match of the Vijay Merchant Trophy East Zone U-16 Cricket Tournament at Bidanasi Ground here today. Put into bat by Bihar captain Aditya, Odisha were bowled out for 94.
In reply, Bihar made 146 to take a lead of 52 runs. But the home team bounced back into the game by compiling a challenging total of 208 in the second innings and then dismissed the opposition for 111. Ansuman Bej, captain Shresth Singh and Saideep Mohapatra played instrumental roles in the Odisha win.
Bej was most successful bowler, bagging eight wickets in the match. Shresth led from the front, scalping seven wickets in the game and hitting a valuable 46 in the second innings. Mohapatra scored the only half-century in the match for the home team in the second essay.
SCOREBOARD:
ODISHA (1st innings): Tanay K Biswal lbw VP Singh 4, Saideep Mohapatra lbw Aditya 5, Sudarshan Swain c Ayush Anand b Aditya 28, Aashirwad Swain b Raj 0, Subham Naik b Raj 3, Digvijay Patra c Harshit b Abhishek Anand 20, Tarini Prasad Nayak b Aditya 6, Shresth Singh lbw Abhishek Anand 8, Ansuman Bej not out 1, Sai Prasad Patra b Abhishek Anand 0, Bhabisya Behera st Harshit b Aditya 5; Extras (b-13, lb-1) 14
Total (All out; 51.1 overs) 94
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Biswal, 5.6 ov), 2-37 (S Swain, 19.1), 3-37 (S Mohapatra, 19.6), 4-40 (S Naik, 22.5), 5-45 (A Swain, 24.2), 6-60 (TP Nayak, 33.5), 7-80 (D Patra, 44.6), 8-85 (S Singh, 46.3), 9-85 (SP Patra, 48.1), 10-94 (B Behera, 51.1)
Bowling: Vasudev Prasad Singh 6-3-16-1, Badal Kanaujia 4-3-1-0, Abhishek Anand 9-3-9-3, Aditya 20.1-11-22-4, Aditya Anil Raj 10-4-26-2, Rajpal 2-0-6-0.
BIHAR (1st innings): Yash Raj Singh c A Swain b T Nayak 70, Rajpal b Behera 0, Bhaswan run out Bej 10, Animesh Kumar c A Swain b Bej 18, Harshit c Behera b T Nayak 6, Ayush Anand lbw S Singh 0, Abhishek Anand lbw S Singh 15, Aditya c Naik b S Singh 10, Vasudev Prasad Singh Naik b Bej 6, Badal Kanaujia b Bej 0, Aditya Anil Raj not out 1; Extras (w-6, b-1, lb-3) 10
Total (All out; 46.5 overs) 146
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Rajpal, 0.6 ov), 2-52 (Bhaswan, 14.3), 3-83 (YR Singh, 26.2), 4-89 (Harshit, 26.5), 5-89 (Ayush Anand, 27.3), 6-123 (A Kumar, 37.3), 7-123 (Abhishek Anand, 38.6), 8-145 (Aditya, 45.6), 9-145 (VP Singh, 46.1), 10-146 (B Kanaujia, 46.5)
Bowling: Bhabisya Behera 8-2-25-1, Sai Prasad Patra 3-0-15-0, Saideep Mohapatra 2-0-12-0, Digvijay Patra 7-2-20-0, Tarini Prasad Nayak 8-2-23-2, Shresth Singh 13-5-31-3, Ansuman Bej 5.5-1-16-3.
ODISHA (2nd innings): Sudarshan Swain b Aditya 16, Tanay K Biswal b VP Singh 5, Saideep Mohapatra c Harshit b Raj 61, Aashirwad Swain b Raj 1, Subham Naik b Raj 17, Digvijay Patra b Raj 8, Tarini Prasad Nayak b VP Singh 13, Shresth Singh b Aditya 46, Ansuman Bej lbw Aditya 16, Bhabisya Behera not out 4, Sai Prasad Patra b Aditya 4; Extras (w-1, b-8, lb-8) 17
Total (All out; 95.5 overs) 208
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Biswal, 6.2 ov), 2-43 (S Swain, 19.4), 3-44 (A Swain, 22.3), 4-99 (Naik, 37.6), 5-107 (D Patra, 39.6), 6-112 (S Mohapatra, 45.4), 7-176 (TP Nayak, 86.1), 8-190 (S Singh, 91.3), 9-204 (Bej, 95.3), 10-208 (SP Patra, 95.5)
Bowling: VP Singh 17-6-23-2, B Kanaujia 5-2-14-0, Abhishek Anand 14-6-38-0, Aditya Anil Raj 28-15-55-4, Aditya 26.5-13-40-4, Rajpal 5-1-22-0.
BIHAR (2nd innings): Yash Raj Singh lbw Bej 37, Rajpal c Bej b S Singh 9, Bhaswan lbw S Singh 0, A Kumar b Bej 11, Harshit run out Mohapatra 32, Aditya c D Patra b Bej 8, Abhishek Anand c A Swain b S Singh 5, Ayush Anand lbw S Singh 0, VP Singh b Bej 5, B Kanaujia lbw Bej 0, Aditya Anil Raj not out 4; Extras 0
Total (All out; 34.1 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Rajpal, 13.6 ov), 2-46 (Y Singh, 14.5), 3-46 (Bhaswan, 15.2), 4-66 (A Kumar, 20.1), 5-82 (Aditya, 22.6), 6-101 (Harshit, 26.1), 7-102 (Ayush Anand, 29.1), 8-107 (VP Singh, 30.2), 9-107 (Abhishek Anand, 31.1), 10-111 (Kanaujia, 34.1)
Bowling: B Behera 2-0-12-0, TP Nayak 6-2-25-0, Ansuman Bej 13.1-3-27-5, D Patra 1-0-4-0, Sai Prasad Patra 2-0-9-0, Shresth Singh 10-1-34-4.
