Half-century by Govinda Poddar and three-wicket haul by Shantanu Mishra helped Odisha beat hosts Vidarbha by 32 runs in their Vijay Hazare Trophy Elite Group-B match at Motibaug Cricket Ground in Vadodara today. This was the third victory for Odisha.

Poddar hit an 88-ball 76 (8x4, 1x6) as Odisha made a competitive total of 224 for eight after they opted to bat first. The innings featured to impressive partnerships with Poddar and Abhishek Raut putting on 117 runs for the fifth wicket and Sandeep Pattanaik stitching together 59 runs for the second wicket with captain Subhranshu Senapati.

In reply, Vadodara folded up for 192 in 46.1 overs. Part-time bowler Shantanu Mishra was most successful for Odisha, bagging three wickets for 19 runs. Debabrata Pradhan and Pappu Roy chipped in with two wickets each.

SCOREBOARD

ODISHA: Shantanu Mishra c Fazal b Thakur 0, Sandeep Pattanaik b Sarvate 26, Subhransu Senapati run out (Ramaswamy) 34, Debasish Samantray c Ramaswamy b Sarvate 5, Govinda Poddar b Thakur 76, Abhishek Raut lbw Karnewar 41, Prayas Singh c&b Nalkande 14, Rajesh Mohanty b Thakur 0, Sujit Lenka (not out) 7, Debabrata Pradhan (not out) 1; Extras (w-11, b 6, lb 3) 20
Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 224
Did not bat: Pappu Roy
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mishra, 0.1 ov), 2-59 (Pattanaik, 17.3 ov), 3-69 (Debasish Samantray, 21.3 ov), 4-71 (Senapati, 23.4 ov), 5-188 (Raut, 45.5 ov), 6-213 (P Singh, 48.4 ov), 7-216 (Poddar, 49.1 ov), 8-217 (Mohanty, 49.3 ov)
Bowling: Y Thakur 9-2-47-3, D Nalkande 8-3-27-1, A Karnewar 10-0-53-1, F Fazal 1-0-6-0, A Wakhare 10-0-24-0, A Sarvate 10-1-38-2, S Ramaswamy 2-0-20-0.

VIDARBHA: F Fazal run out (Prayas Singh) 0, S Ramaswamy b Pradhan 1, A Sarvate b Roy 23, Wasim Jaffer c Lenka b Roy 5, A Wadkar c Lenka b Mishra 43, Ganesh Satish c Lenka b P Singh 12, R Rathod c&b Raut 17, A Karnewar c Lenka b Pradhan 70, D Nalkande b Mishra 4, A Wakhare lbw Mishra 5, Y Thakur (not out) 0; Extras (w-6, b-5, lb-1) 12
Total (All out; 46.1 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Fazal, 0.3 ov), 2-15 (Ramaswamy, 5.6 ov), 3-30 (Jaffer, 9.1 ov), 4-31 (Sarvate, 9.5 ov), 5-50 (Satish, 16.3 ov), 6-90 (Rathod, 25.6 ov), 7-155 (Wadkar, 37.5 ov), 8-170 (Nalkande, 41.4 ov), 9-184 (Wakhare, 43.6 ov), 10-192 (Karnewar, 46.1 ov)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 8-1-17-0, Debabrata Pradhan 7.1-1-29-2, Pappu Roy 8-1-27-2, Prayas Singh 6-0-31-1, Abhishek Raut 6-0-32-1, Govinda Poddar 6-1-31-0, Shantanu Mishra 5-0-19-3.