Kerala defeated Odisha by 111 runs in their Elite Group-B match of the BCCI Mens One-day League at Shastri Medan in Anand today. This was the third consecutive defeat for Odisha who will next meet Karnataka at Vadodara on February 20.

Opting to bat against Odisha, Kerala rode on a century by Vishnu Raj to muster a healthy total of 255 for nine. Among Odisha bowlers, Preet Kunwar Singh Chohan and Tarani Sa pocketed two wickets each.

In reply, Odisha were bowled out for 133 in 43.1 overs. Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra was the top scorer with 42 runs. Among other Odisha batsmen, Ranjit Paikaray contributed a useful 28.

SCOREBOARD

KERALA: Rohan S Kunnummal lbw Chohan 1, Vishnu Raj c Paikaray b Rai 108, Akshay Manohar b Sa 9, Salman Nizar (run out) Rai 37, Daryl S Ferrario c Bal b Chohan 48, Sijomon Joseph (run out) Rai 17, Sreeroop M P c Parida b Sa 6, Anuj Jotin (run out) Bal 0, Basil N P (run out) Khatua 0, Fanoos F (not out) 1, Athul Raveendran (not out) 0; Extras (nb-1, w-3, b-4, lb-9) 17
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 244
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Kunnummal, 0.6 ov), 2-53 (Manohar, 15.2), 3-122 (Nizar, 31.1), 4-202 (Ferrario, 44.3), 5-232 (Joseph, 47.3), 6-237 (Raj, 48.2), 7-237 (Jotin, 48.3), 8-237 (Basil, 48.5), 9-240 (Sreeroop, 49.3)
Bowling: Preet K Singh Chohan 9-0-53-2, Ashish Rai 9-1-39-1, Jamala B Mohapatra 10-0-43-0, Tarani Sa 10-0-49-2, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra 7-0-32-0, Kartik Biswal 5-0-15-0.

ODISHA: Amrit Khatua st Raj b Joseph 14, Debasish Samantray (run out) Joseph 1, Anil Parida (run out) Sreeroop 0, Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra c Raj b Fanoos 42, Kshyamasagar Bal c Sreeroop b Ferrario 3, Ranjit Paikaray c Sreeroop b Raveendran 28, Kartik Biswal c Nizar b Joseph 10, Jamala B Mohapatra (run out) Raj 1, Ashish Rai b Joseph 12, Tarani Sa b Raveendran 8, Preet K Singh Chohan (not out) 0; Extras (w-4, b-6, lb-4) 14
Total (All out; 43.1 overs) 133
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Samantray, 2.2 ov), 2-6 (Parida, 3.5), 3-24 (Khatua, 10.5), 4-29 (Bal, 13.6), 5-87 (Paikaray, 28.6), 6-110 (Mishra, 34.6), 7-113 (Biswal, 36.5), 8-113 (Mohapatra, 37.3), 9-133 (Rai, 42.4), 10-133 (Sa, 43.1)
Bowling: Basil N P 5-1-11-0, Fanoos F 6-0-28-1, Sreeroop M P 7-2-15-0, Sijomon Joseph 9-1-31-3, Athul Raveendran 7.1-1-10-2, Daryl S Ferrario 6-0-13-1, Akshay Manohar 3-0-15-0.