Host Odisha secured three points by virtue of taking first-innings lead against Bihar in their three-day Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 East Zone league match, which ended in a draw here at Bidanasi Ground today. Bihar settled with one point.

Put into bat by Odisha captain Surya Mohapatra, Bihar made a modest total of 165. In reply mustered 250 to take a first-innings lead of 85 runs. Ashutosh Sahoo was top scorer for Odisha with 45 runs. In the second innings, Bihar were all out for 231. Odisha were 17 for no loss in their second essay when both the captains agreed to end the match as draw.

Shresth Singh was most impressive performer for Odisha, taking six wickets for 76 runs in second innings and a match haul of eight wickets for 97 runs. Odisha will play their fifth and last league match against Tripura at Police Training Ground in Agartala from November 18 to 20.

SCOREBOARD

BIHAR (1st innings): Sraman Nigrodh (run out) Melaka 14, Arnav Kishor c Majhi b Chhuria 11, Raushan lbw Chhuria 1, Harshit (run out) SD Behera 3, Kanishk Kaustabh c Muduli b SD Behera 64, Yashraj c Patra b S Singh 0, Rajesh c A Sahoo b S Singh 9, Rajpal lbw Chhuria 15, Aditya lbw A Samal 28, Reshu Raj c S Singh b Melaka 14, Aarya Chaudhary (not out) 0; Extras (w-2, b-4) 6
Total (All out; 67.1 overs) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Kishor, 3.6 ov), 2-18 (Raushan, 7.1), 3-28 (Harshit, 13.6), 4-36 (Nigrodh, 19.1), 5-36 (Yashraj, 20.4), 6-48 (Rajesh, 24.4), 7-79 (Rajpal, 37.5), 8-113 (Aditya, 49.4), 9-158 (Raj, 62.4), 10-165 (Kaustabh, 67.1)
Bowling: Ramesh Melaka 11-1-26-1, Ashutosh Chhuria 16-8-35-3, Shresth Singh 22-6-31-2, Surya Mohapatra 6-3-17-0, Ashutosh Samal 9-1-38-1, Sobhan Dev Behera 3.1-0-14-1.

ODISHA (1st innings): Sanket Behera (run out) Aditya 28, Biswajit Patra c Rajesh b Aditya 42, Biswa Bibhab Muduli c Rajpal b Raushan 28, Ashutosh Sahoo b Aditya 45, Surya Mohapatra c Nigrodh b Aditya 4, Dinesh Majhi c Arnav b Raj 17, Ramesh Melaka (run out) Bhaswan (Sub) 43, Sobhan Dev Behera (run out) Yashraj 0, Ashutosh Samal c Chaudhary b Raushan 6, Ashutosh Chhuria (not out) 2, Shresth Singh b Raushan 0; Extras (w-10, b-14, lb-11) 35
Total (All out; 109.3 overs) 250
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (S Behera, 21.3 ov), 2-112 (Patra, 38.6), 3-133 (Muduli, 51.4), 4-138 (Mohapatra, 52.5), 5-175 (Majhi, 71.2), 6-242 (Melaka, 98.5), 7-242 (SD Behera, 101.3), 8-242 (A Sahoo, 102.3), 9-250 (A Samal, 107.3), 10-250 (S Singh, 109.3)
Bowling: Arnav Kishor 3-1-26-0, Raushan 32.3-17-49-3, Aditya 38-22-49-3, Aarya Chaudhary 17-3-54-0, Reshu Raj 15-6-36-1, Rajpal 4-2-11-0.

BIHAR (2nd innings): S Nigrodh c Patra b S Singh 22, Rajpal c Mohapatra b S Singh 20, A Kishor c Mohapatra b S Singh 59, Rajesh c Samal b S Singh 8, Yashraj b S Singh 22, Raushan b SD Behera 7, K Kaustabh b A Samal 27, Harshit b Melaka 29, Aditya c Mohapatra b S Singh 16, R Raj (not out) 14, A Chaudhary c SD Behera b A Samal 1; Extras (w-2, b-4) 6
Total (All out; 76 overs) 231
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Rajpal, 19.1 ov), 2-61 (Nigrodh, 21.2), 3-106 (Rajesh, 29.6), 4-115 (Kishor, 31.2), 5-134 (Raushan, 36.1), 6-150 (Yashraj, 45.4), 7-185 (Kaustabh, 55.6), 8-209 (Harshit, 72.3), 9-228 (Aditya, 74.3), 10-231 (Chaudhary, 75.6)
Bowling: A Chhuria 12-5-24-0, SD Behera 16-3-49-1, R Melaka 7-0-27-1, S Singh 24-6-76-6, A Samal 11-2-38-2, S Mohapatra 6-2-13-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): S Behera (not out) 11, B Muduli (not out) 6
Total (0 wicket; 7 overs) 17
Did not bat: Ashutosh Sahoo, Dinesh Majhi, Ramesh Melaka, SD Behera, S Singh, Biswajit Patra, Surya Mohapatra, Ashutosh Chhuria, Ashutosh Samal
Bowling: Aditya 3-2-5-0, Raushan 3-1-11-0, Rajpal 1-0-1-0.