Chhattisgarh beat Odisha by 48 runs in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group-B match at Palam Stadium here today. This was the fourth defeat for Odisha, who now have six points from six matches. They will next play Saurashtra at Feroz Shah Kotla on October 4.
Opting bat after captain Harpreet Singh Bhatia won the toss, Chhattisgarh made a competitive total of 212. In reply, Odisha were bowled out for 164. Among Odisha players, who put up notable performance, Anurag Sarangi shone with both bat and ball, bagging three wickets for 26 runs and hitting a breezy 21 off 12 balls. Besides him, Rajesh Dhuper and Biplab Samantaray contributed 38 runs each.
SCOREBOARD
CHHATTISGARH: Rishabh Tiwari lbw Poddar 25, Ashutosh Singh st Lenka b Roy 38, Manoj Singh c Poddar b Samantaray 6, Harpreet Singh Bhatia c Samantaray b Sarangi 43, Amandeep Khare c Lenka b Sarangi 29, Vishal Singh c Prayas b Raut 5, Jatin Saxena c Prayas b Sarangi 3, Sumit Ruikar (run out) Pradhan 16, Shakeeb Ahmed b Pradhan 38, Shivendra Singh (run out) Senapati 0, Pankaj Rao (not out) 0; Extras (nb-1, b-4, lb-4) 9
Total (All out; 49.5 overs) 212
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Tiwari, 11.3 ov), 2-62 (Manoj, 16.3 ov), 3-101 (Ashutosh, 26.1 ov), 4-141 (Bhatia, 39.3 ov), 5-148 (Vishal, 40.4 ov), 6-153 (Khare, 41.2 ov), 7-162 (Saxena, 43.2 ov), 8-207 (Ruikar, 48.4 ov), 9-212 (Shivendra, 49.4 ov), 10-212 (Shakeeb, 49.5 ov)
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 4.5-1-19-1, Deepak Behera 4-0-20-0, Govinda Poddar 10-4-28-1, Biplab Samantaray 7-0-28-1, Pappu Roy 10-0-55-1, Anurag Sarangi 10-0-26-3, Abhishek Raut 4-0-28-1.
ODISHA: Anurag Sarangi b Shivendra 21, Rajesh Dhuper c Mano b Shivendra Singh 38, Govinda Poddar c Ruikar b Shivendra 1, Biplab Samantaray c Manoj b Rao 38, Subhransu Senapati b Shakeeb 2, Sujit Lenka c Shakeeb b Rao 16, Abhishek Raut c Khare b Rao 9, Prayas Singh lbw Ruikar 25, Deepak Behera (run out) Saxena 3, Suryakant Pradhan lbw Saxena 3, Pappu Roy (not out) 6; Extras (w-1, lb-1) 2
Total (All out; 41 overs) 164
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Sarangi, 3.2 ov), 2-23 (Poddar, 3.6 ov), 3-80 (Dhuper, 21.5 ov), 4-89 (Senapati, 24.1 ov), 5-112 (Samantaray, 30.1 ov), 6-121 (Lenka, 32.4 ov), 7-125 (Raut, 32.6 ov), 8-133 (Behera, 35.5 ov), 9-146 (Pradhan, 37.5 ov), 10-164 (Prayas, 40.6 ov)
Bowling: Pankaj Rao 7-3-15-3, Shakeeb Ahmed 6-0-37-1, Shivendra Singh 8-0-31-3, Sumit Ruikar 8-1-27-1, Jatin Saxena 10-0-39-1, Vishal Singh 2-0-14-0.