Kerala defeated Odisha by 130 runs on the fourth and last day of their C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Elite Group-C match at Vikash Ground in Bargarh today. This was the third defeat for Odisha, who remained at the eighth position in nine-team group with three points from for matches.
Despite the defeat, four players put up impressive performance for Odisha in the match against Kerala. Among them, Ashish Rai bagged five wickets in the first innings and nine in the match, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra hit a half-century in both the innings and wicket-keeper Kshyamasagar Bal scored a half-century in the second innings and held five catches in the match.
For the record, Kerala made 290 in the first innings after opting to bat. In reply Odisha were all out for 203 to concede a lead of 87 runs. Kerala then declared their second innings at 283 for five and set a daunting target of 371 for hosts Odisha to win the match. But the home team folded up for 240 in the second essay. Odisha will next meet Railways at VSS Stadium in Sambalpur from December 8 to 11.
SCOREBOARD
KERALA (1st innings): Subin S b Rai 35, Rohan S Kunnummal c Bal b Sahu 0, Vishnu Raj c Biswal b Rai 35, Daryl S Ferrario b Rai 0, Salman Nizar c Bal b Sa 85, Albin Alias c Bal b Sahu 46, Harikrishnan KN b Sa 49, Sijomon Joseph c Bal b Sahu 3, Fanoos F b Rai 14, Basil NP (not out) 2, Vishweshar A Suresh b Rai 0; Extras (nb-2, w-1, b-8, lb-10) 21
Total (All out; 104.5 overs) 290
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Kunnummal, 4.2 ov), 2-75 (Raj, 36.2), 3-75 (Ferrario, 36.3), 4-88 (Subin, 42.3), 5-190 (Alias, 72.2), 6-270 (Harikrishnan, 95.5), 7-271 (Nizar, 97.3), 8-288 (Joseph, 103.2), 9-290 (Fanoos, 104.2), 10-290 (Suresh, 104.5)
Bowling: Ayaskant Sahu 19-6-49-3, Tarani Sa 18-4-44-2, Ashish Rai 22.5-2-72-5, Kartik Biswal 17-4-48-0, Saurabh Kanojia 15-3-29, Gobinda Tandia 13-4-30-0.
ODISHA (1st innings): Biswajit Bhuyan c Raj b Suresh 4, Amrit Khatua c Subin b Fanoos 4, Debasish Samantray c Kunnummal b Joseph 45, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra (run out) Alias 51, Kartik Biswal lbw Suresh 38, Kshyamasagar Bal c Ferrario b Suresh 0, Saurabh Kanojia st Raj b Joseph 33, Ayaskant Sahu b Joseph 2, Ashish Rai c Raj b Joseph 2, Gobinda Tandia lbw Harikrishnan 13, Tarani Sa (not out) 7; Extras (w-1, lb-3) 4
Total (All out; 80.4 overs) 203
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Khatua, 2.6 ov), 2-15 (Bhuyan, 9.5), 3-70 (Samantray, 23.1), 4-125 (Biswal, 46.1), 5-125 (Bal, 46.4), 6-171 (Kanojia, 59.5), 7-180 (Mishra, 66.1), 8-180 (Sahu, 67.2), 9-185 (Rai, 71.6), 10-203 (Tandia, 80.4)
Bowling: Fanoos F 14-3-47-1, Basil NP 18-2-54-0, Vishweshar A Suresh 18-4-42-3, Sijomon Joseph 24-10-43-4, Harikrishnan KN 5.4-1-8-1, Daryl S Ferrario 1-0-6-0.
KERALA (2nd innings): Kunnummal c Tandia b Rai 40, Subin S b Rai 63, V Raj b Rai 44, DS Ferrario c Khatua b Sahu 55, S Nizar c Bal b Rai 56, S Joseph (not out) 8, Albin Alias (not out) 4; Extras (nb-2, b-7, lb-4) 13
Total (5 wickets declared; 63 overs) 283
Fall of wickets: 1-64 (Kunnummal, 12.1), 2-145 (Subin, 36.1), 3-158 (Raj, 40.3), 4-270 (Ferrario, 61.3), 5-272 (Nizar, 62.1)
Bowling: Ayaskant Sahu 9-0-39-1, Tarani Sa 9-0-46-0, Ashish Rai 18-2-69-4, Kartik Biswal 14-2-51-0, Saurabh Kanojia 9-0-40-0, Gobinda Tandia 4-0-27-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): A Khatua lbw Fanoos 22, B Bhuyan lbw Suresh 6, D Samantray b Joseph 11, G Tandia b Basil 5, SR Mishra b Suresh 81, K Biswal c Subin b Suresh 24, K Bal lbw Joseph 76, S Kanojia b Harikrishnan 19, A Sahu lbw Joseph 0, A Rai b Joseph 0, T Sa (not out) 0; Extras (w-3, b-9, lb-1) 13
Total (All out; 93.1 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Khatua, 6.5), 2-13 (Bhuyan, 9.3), 3-24 (Samantray, 13.3), 4-34 (Tandia, 18.3), 5-84 (Biswal, 36.4), 6-212 (Mishra, 83.4), 7-226 (Bal, 88.4), 8-230 (Sahu, 90.6), 9-240 (Rai, 92.3), 10-240 (Kanojia, 93.1 ov)
Bowling: Fanoos F 17-4-31-1, Basil NP 19-6-45-1, VA Suresh 22-4-82-3, S Joseph 22-9-42-4, Harikrishnan KN 11.1-5-24-1, DS Ferrario 2-0-6-0.