Match haul of nine wickets for 48 runs by Tarini Prasad Nayak powered Odisha to an innings and 27-run win over host Assam on the second day of their three-day East Zone match of the Vijay Merchant Trophy U-16 Cricket Tournament at ACA Stadium, Barsapara in Guwahati today.

Nayak bagged five wickets for 11 runs in first innings to enable Odisha skittle out Assam for 93 after the home team chose to bat first. In reply, Odisha made 187, which game them a lead of 94 runs.

Needing 95 to avoid innings defeat, Assam folded up for 67 in the second innings with Nayak and captain Shresth Singh picking up four wickets each for Odisha. This was the third win in four matches for Odisha, who will next play Bengal at Barabati Stadium, Cuttack from November 6 to 8.

SCOREBOARD:

ASSAM (1st innings): Arnab Bora b Nayak 15, Aryan Kashyap c Bej b Sahoo 16, Debanuj Goswami st Aashirwad Swain b Bej 0, Ronit Akhter c Patra b Nayak 19, Manjeet Deka c & b Nayak 3, Irfan Ansari c Aashirwad Swain b Nayak 26, Nishant Singhania c Aashirwad Swain b Sahoo 7, Ranjan Bikash Das c Naik b Sahoo 0, Mayukh Hazarika lbw Sahoo 0, Ankur Gogoi b Nayak 0, Pulkit Jain not out 1; Extras (b-4, lb-2) 6
Total (All out; 56.4 overs) 93
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Kashyap, 12.4 ov), 2-33 (Goswami, 13.2), 3-47 (A Bora, 22.6), 4-54 (Akhter, 26.4), 5-82 (Ansari, 44.3), 6-91 (Singhania, 53.2), 7-91 (RB Das, 53.6), 8-91 (Deka, 54.3), 9-91 (Hazarika, 55.5), 10-93 (Gogoi, 56.4)
Bowling: Bhabisya Behera 4-1-4-0, Digvijay Patra 3-2-1-0, Shresth Singh 17-7-25-0, Ansuman Bej 12-3-33-1, Omm Prakash Sahoo 8-4-13-4, Tarini Prasad Nayak 12.4-9-11-5.

ODISHA (1st innings): Tanay K BIswal c Deka b Gogoi 19, Aashirwad Swain c Ansari b Das 34, Saideep Mohapatra c Akhter b Gogoi 28, Sudarshan Swain c Deka b Gogoi 9, Subham Naik b Gogoi 6, Digvijay Patra c Ansari b Gogoi 11, Tarini Prasad Nayak run out (Ranjan Bikash Das) 9, Shresth Singh lbw Hazarika 12, Ansuman Bej b Hazarika 15, Omm Prakash Sahoo b Gogoi 15, Bhabisya Behera not out 8; Extras (nb-1, w-1, b-18, lb-1) 21
Total (All out; 78.1 overs) 187
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Biswal, 7.3 ov), 2-75 (Aashirwad Swain, 24.3), 3-90 (Sudarshan Swain, 29.3), 4-106 (Naik, 35.6), 5-111 (Mohapatra, 37.2), 6-128 (Nayak, 43.3), 7-143 (Patra, 55.4), 8-150 (S Singh, 65.1), 9-175 (Bej, 75.1), 10-187 (Sahoo, 78.1)
Bowling: Nishant Singhania 22-9-41-0, Ankur Gogoi 30.1-8-60-6, Pulkit Jain 4-0-11-0, Mayukh Hazarika 16-2-37-2, Ranjan Bikash Das 6-2-19-1.

ASSAM (2nd innings): A Bora st Aashirwad Swain b Nayak 0, A Kashyap c Mohapatra b Nayak 0, D Goswami c Naik b Nayak 0, R Akhter b S Singh 16, M Hazarika st Aashirwad Swain b Nayak 7, M Deka not out 16, RB Das lbw S Singh 16, I Ansari c Sudarshan Swain b S Singh 0, N Singhania lbw Bej 3, A Gogoi st Aashirwad Swain b S Singh 5, P Jain run out (Bej) 0; Extras (b-4) 4
Total (All out; 24.3 overs) 67
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Kashyap, 1.4 ov), 2-4 (Goswami, 3.3), 3-11 (Bora, 5.4), 4-27 (Hazarika, 7.5), 5-27 (Akhter, 8.2), 6-49 (Das, 12.1), 7-49 (Ansari, 12.2), 8-54 (Singhania, 17.3), 9-65 (Gogoi, 22.6), 10-67 (Jain, 24.3)
Bowling: Bhabisya Behera 3-2-2-0, TP Nayak 11-4-37-4, S Singh 7.3-3-15-4, A Bej 1-0-1-1, OP Sahoo 2-0-8-0.