Odisha lost to Team Rajasthan by eight wickets in their opening Elite Group-C league match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-19 One-Day Limited-Overs Tournament at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur today. The win fetched Team Rajasthan four points, while Odisha drew blank.

Chosing to bat after captain Raghunath Malla won the toss, Odisha made a modest total of 165 in 49.1 overs. Host Rajasthan clinched win, overhauling the target in 33.5 overs, losing two wickets in the process. Swastik Samal was the top scorer for Odisha with a 59-ball 37.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Swastik Samal b Bishnoi 37, Aakash Ch Nayak c Choudhary b A Singh 8, Raghunath Malla st Ahuja b Suthar 16, Jyoti R Behera lbw Choudhary 0, Kunal Mallick b Choudhary 23, Subham Satrujit st Ahuja b Suthar 28, Somen Chand c Ahuja b A Singh 3, Shekhar Majhi c Suthar b Choudhary 7, Pritam Jena st Ahuja b Gajraj 19, Shibasish Sahoo (not out) 10, Satyakam Bharadwaj (run out) Bishnoi 4; Extras (nb-1, w-8, lb-1) 10
Total (All out; 49.1 overs) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Nayak, 4.3 ov), 2-48 (Malla, 11.6 ov), 3-61 (Behera, 16.5 ov), 4-71 (Samal, 21.1 ov), 5-108 (Satrujit, 30.3 ov), 6-116 (Chand, 34.4 ov), 7-122 (Mallick, 37.1 ov), 8-135 (Majhi, 42.5 ov), 9-161 (Jena, 48.3 ov), 10-165 (Bharadwaj, 49.1 ov)
Bowling: A Singh 9-0-35-2, S Kumar 8-1-35-0, M Suthar 10-2-15-2, R Bishnoi 10-0-38-1, R Choudhary 10-1-25-3, D Choudhary 1.1-0-11-0, D Gajraj 1-0-5-1.

TEAM RAJASTHAN: D Gajraj (not out) 83, A Singh c Chand b Sahoo 0, K Baniwal c Satrujit b Behera 48, S Ahuja (not out) 31; Extras (w-2, b-4) 6
Total (2 wickets; 33.5 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (A Singh, 1.1 ov), 2-105 (Baniwal, 20.2 ov)
Bowling: Shekhar Majhi 5-0-31-0, Shibasish Sahoo 4-0-19-1, Satyakam Bharadwaj 4-0-23-0, Somen Chand 6-1-20-0, Pritam Jena 6.5-0-34-0, Swastik Samal 1-0-11-0, Jyoti R Behera 7-0-26-1