Odisha went down to Bengal by eight wickets in their seventh and last Group-D match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Senior Men T20 Tournament at Barabati Stadium here today. This was the fourth defeat for Odisha, who finished sixth in the group table with 12 points, winning four matches in the process.
On the other hand, the win over Odisha helped Bengal qualify for super league as they finished second in the group with 20 points. Karnataka emerged Group-D toppers with 28 points.
Opting to bat against Bengal, hosts Odisha were restricted to 108 for nine in the stipulated 20 overs. Amidst disappointing performance by the top-order batsmen, pace bowler Rajesh Mohanty became the top scorer with a 21-ball 24.
Bengal then rode on half-century by former India stumper Wriddhiman Saha to overhaul the target with 44 balls to spare. Subham Nayak, Ashutosh Das and Shantanu Mishra made their T20 debut for Odisha in this match.
SCOREBORAD
ODISHA: Shantanu Mishra b Porel 8, Rajesh Dhuper c Shahbaz b Bhattacharjee 10, Anurag Sarangi c Easwaran b Bhattacharjee 20, Biplab Samantaray c V Singh b Ghosh 2, Abhishek Raut c Goswami b Porel 18, Aravinda Singh c Roy Chowdhury b Dinda 16, Suryakant Pradhan b Porel 0, Rajesh Mohanty (run out) Saha 24, Subham Nayak b Dinda 1, Pappu Roy (not out) 0; Extras (w-4, b-3, lb-2) 9
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 108
Did not bat: Ashutosh Das
Bowling: Ashoke Dinda 4-0-29-2, Ishan Porel 4-0-19-3, Ayan Bhattacharjee 4-0-13-2, Sayan Ghosh 4-0-16-1, Vivek Singh 3-0-19-0, Shahbaz 1-0-7-0.
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Mishra, 1.6 ov), 2-28 (Dhuper, 4.4), 3-31 (Samantaray, 5.3), 4-55 (Sarangi, 10.5), 5-68 (Raut, 13.2), 6-68 (Pradhan, 13.4), 7-99 (Aravinda, 18.1), 8-103 (Nayak, 18.6), 9-108 (Mohanty, 19.6)
BENGAL: Shreevats Goswami b Das 11, Wriddhiman Saha st Dhuper b Nayak 52, A Easwaran (not out) 33, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury (not out) 8; Extras (b-4, lb-3) 7
Total (2 wickets; 12.4 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Goswami, 3.3 ov), 2-102 (Saha, 11.6)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 2-0-13-0, Suryakant Pradhan 2-0-16-0, Ashutosh Das 2-0-19-1, Pappu Roy 2.4-0-28-0, Subham Nayak 3-0-18-1, Abhishek Raut 1-0-10-0.