Odisha beat Nagaland by 45 runs in their sixth and penultimate Group-E match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 Cricket Tournament at Lalbhai Contractor Stadium in Surat today. This was the third win for Odisha, who now have 12 points in their kitty.

Put into bat by Nagaland skipper Hokaito Zhimomi, Odisha made 149 for nine with Subhranshu Senapati (42), Abhishek Raut (36) and Rajesh Dhuper (23*) making notable contributions.

In reply, Nagaland were bowled out for 104 in 17 overs. Among successful Odisha bowlers, captain Govinda Poddar and Pappu Roy scalped three wickets each, while Suryakant Pradhan picked up two. Odisha will play their seventh and last league match against Delhi tomorrow.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Govinda Poddar c Wotsa b Tahmeed Rahman 17, Sandeep Pattnaik lbw Chishi 1, Subhranshu Senapati b Lemtur 42, Biplab Samantray c Zhimomi b Lemtur 9, Rajesh Dhuper not out 23, Abhishek Raut run out (Jamir) 36, Ankit Yadav c Longchar b Binny 4, Prayash Singh b Binny 2, Suryakant Pradhan run out (Mundhe) 3, Rajesh Mohanty run out (Takawale) 0; Extras (lb-4, nb-2, w-6) 12
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 149
Did not bat: Pappu Roy
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Pattnaik, 1.2 ov), 2-60 (Senapati, 6.6 ov), 3-63 (Poddar, 7.3 ov), 4-79 (Samantray, 10.2 ov), 5-137 (Raut, 18.2 ov), 6-143 (Yadav, 19.1 ov), 7-145 (P Singh, 19.3 ov), 8-149 (Pradhan, 19.5 ov), 9-149 (Mohanty, 19.6 ov)
Bowling: Stuard Binny 4-0-26-2, Nagaho Chishi 3-0-24-1, S Mundhe 4-0-44-0, I Lemtur 4-0-20-2, Tahmeed Rahman 4-0-21-1, H Zhimomi 1-0-10-0.

NAGALAND: Y Takawale b Raut 31, A Longchar c Raut b Poddar 14, Shrikant Mundhe b Poddar 20, S Binny not out 31, H Zhimomi lbw b Roy 1, I Lemtur b Roy 0, Tahmeed Rahman c Raut b Roy 0, M Wotsa run out (Pradhan) 2, Nagaho Chishi c Pattnaik b Poddar 1, Temjentoshi Jamir b Pradhan 2, Moakumzuk Tzudir b Pradhan 0; Extras (lb-1, nb-1) 2
Total (all out, 17 overs) 104
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Longchar, 3.3 ov), 2-61 (Takawale, 8.6 ov), 3-69 (Mundhe, 9.6 ov), 4-71 (Zhimomi, 11.1 ov), 5-71 (Lemtur, 11.2 ov), 6-71 (Rahman, 11.5 ov), 7-91 (Wotsa, 14.1 ov), 8-93 (Chishi, 15.2 ov), 9-104 (Jamir, 16.5 ov), 10-104 (Tzudir, 16.6 ov)
Bowling: Pappu Roy 4-0-21-3, Suryakant Pradhan 3-0-10-2, Rajesh Mohanty 2-0-15-0, Govinda Poddar 3-0-21-3, Ankit Yadav 1-0-7-0, Prayash Singh 1-0-8-0, Abhishek Raut 3-0-21-1.