Host Jharkhand beat Odisha by 112 runs on the last day of their three-day Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 East Zone league match at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today. Chasing a victory target of 238, Odisha were dismissed for 126. The win fetched Jharkhand six points, while Odisha got none.

Odisha started the match on a promising note as a five-wicket haul by Bikash Naik helped them restrict host Jharkhand to 177 in the first innings. Naik was well supported by Sushil Barik, who picked up two wickets for 39 runs.

But the impressive performance of the bowlers could not be backed by the batsmen as Odisha folded up for a paltry 101. Only four batsmen from Odisha were ableto reach double figures and Sushil Barik was the top scorer among them with 30 runs. Manishi was most successful Jharkhand Bowler with six wickets for 15 runs.

After taking a 76-run first-innings lead, Jharkhand declared their second at 162 for four, leaving Odihsa with a tantalizing target of 239 runs to win the match. But the visitors failed to cash in on the opportunity even though they performed slightly better than first innings total of 101.

Sushil Barik once again emerged as the top scorer for Odisha with a 106-ball 44. For Jharkhand, Manishi again became the most successful bowler, taking six wickets in the second innings and match haul of 12 for 37. Odisha will next meet Bengal here from December 13 to 15.

SCOREBOARD

JHARKHAND (1st innings): Parmit Singh lbw Naik 39, Aryan Hooda lbw Barik 27, Ankit b Naik 9, Kumar Kushagra (run out) Barik 14, Satya Setu lbw Barik 7, Sahil Raj c Tripathy b Naik 53, Anand Kumar (run out) Mohanty 2, Manishi lbw Shree 0, A Lala ct & b Naik 7, Mohit Kumar Ray (not out) 0, Amit Kumar c Pradhan b Naik 0; Extras (nb-1, w-7, b-7, lb-4) 19
Total (All out; 74.3 overs) 177
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (Parmit, 22.6 ov), 2-68 (Hooda, 23.3), 3-80 (Ankit, 30.6), 4-90 (Setu, 36.1), 5-107 (Kushagra, 42.1), 6-133 (Anand Kumar, 51.4), 7-137 (Manishi, 54.5), 8-176 (A Lala, 70.2), 9-177 (Raj, 72.5), 10-177 (Amit Kumar, 74.3)
Bowling: Suraj Behera 10.5-1-37-0, Subham Shree 15.1-4-34-1, Anwesh Tripathy 4-1-12-0, Sushil Barik 17-6-39-2, Bikash Naik 21.3-9-35-5, Surya Mohapatra 4-1-6-0, Binayak Mohanty 2-0-3-0.

ODISHA (1st Innings): Biswajit Patra lbw Manishi 1, Anwesh Tripathy b Lala 21, Pratyush Pradhan lbw Manishi 13, Binayak Mohanty b Ray 6, Surya Mohapatra lbw Manishi 8, Kevin Christopher ct & b Raj 10, Manitej Mohanty c Kushagra b Manishi 1, Sushil K Barik c Raj b Ray 30, Bikash Naik (not out) 4, Suraj K Behera c Raj b Manishi 1, Subham Shree lbw Manishi 0; Extras (b-6) 6
Total (All out; 45.5 overs) 101
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Patra, 12.4 ov), 2-26 (Tripathy, 19.2), 3-41 (Pradhan, 27.1), 4-49 (B Mohanty, 28.5), 5-53 (S Mohapatra, 31.2), 6-55 (M Mohanty, 33.1), 7-96 (Christopher, 39.4), 8-96 (S Barik, 40.5), 9-97 (S Behera, 43.6), 10-101 (Shree, 45.5)
Bowling: Sahil Raj 9-5-9-1, A Lala 8-3-19-1, Mohit Kumar Ray 11-5-33-2, Manishi 13.5-9-15-6, Amit Kumar 4-1-19-0.

JHARKHAND (2nd innings): Parmit Singh b Shree 1, A Hooda (run out) B Naik 69, Ankit c Pradhan b S Behera 8, K Kushagra (not out) 71, Sahil Raj c P Pradhan b Shree 5, Satya Setu (not out) 2; Extras (b-2, lb-4) 6
Total (4 wickets declared; 41 overs) 162
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (P Singh, 2.4), 2-29 (Ankit, 9.2), 3-137 (Hooda, 37.5), 4-155 (Raj, 39.3)
Bowling: Subham Shree 9-1-39-2, Sushil Barik 9-3-15-0, Suraj Behera 5-1-14-1, Bikash Naik 12-2-55-0, Kevin Christopher 3-0-15-0, Surya Mohapatra 2-0-11-0, Binayak Mohanty 1-0-7-0.

ODISHA (2nd Innings): B Patra c Raj b Manishi 31, A Tripathy lbw Raj 2, P Pradhan c P Singh b Manishi 5, B Mohanty c Ray b Manishi 0, S Mohapatra b Manishi 27, K Christopher b Manishi 1, M Mohanty b Ray 3, B Naik c P Singh b Manishi 8, S Barik (run out) Raj 44, S Behera c Raj b Lala 0, S Shree (not out) 0; Extras (w-1, b-4) 5
Total (All out; 59 overs) 126
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Tripathy, 0.6 ov), 2-28 (Pradhan, 7.1), 3-28 (B Mohanty, 7.2), 4-48 (Patra, 13.5), 5-54 (Christopher, 15.3), 6-71 (M Mohanty, 20.2), 7-73 (S Mohapatra, 23.5), 8-102 (B Naik, 39.6), 9-126 (S Barik, 56.1), 10-126 (S Behera, 58.6)
Bowling: Sahil Raj 8-3-32-1, A Lala 4-1-8-1, Manishi 21-10-22-6, Mohit Kumar Ray 20-9-36-1, Amit Kumar 5-1-17-0, Ankit 1-0-7-0.