Odisha suffered second straight defeat in the Vijay Hazare Trophy Tournament whey they lost to Railways by eight wickets in their second Elite Group-C match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru today. Shivam Chaudhary and Pratham Singh steered Railways to victory, hitting a half-century each.

Put into bat by Railway captain Karn Sharma, Odisha were bowled out for 230 in 49.3 overs. Ankit Yadav was the top scorer for Odisha with a 42-ball 48. In reply, Railway romped home with 33 balls to spare, losing two wickets in the process. Odisha will next meet Karnataka at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru on February 24.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Gaurav Choudhary lbw Sangwan 24, Sandeep Pattanaik c Sharma b Sangwan 13, Shantanu Mishra (c) c Mor b Chaudhary 36, Subhransu Senapati lbw Tyagi 22, Abhishek Yadav lbw Chaudhary 20, Rajesh Dhuper (w) c P Singh b Sharma 36, Ankit Yadav c Tyagi b Mishra 48, Debabrata Pradhan c Devdhar b Poojar 8, Suryakant Pradhan b Poojar 7, Saurabh Kanojia b Poojar 4, Rajesh Mohanty not out 1; Extras (w-4, lb-7) 11
Total (All out; 49.3 overs) 230
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Pattanaik, 7.5 ov), 2-37 (Coudhary, 9.1 ov), 3-82 (Senapati, 19.3 ov), 4-115 (Mishra, 29.1 ov), 5-128 (Abhishek Yadav, 31.6 ov), 6-206 (Ankit Yadav, 44.5 ov), 7-210 (Dhuper, 45.5 ov), 8-223 (S Pradhan, 47.6 ov), 9-229 (Kanojia, 49.1 ov), 10-230 (D Pradhan, 49.3 ov)
Railway Bowling: Amit Mishra 10-2-37-1, Pradeep Poojar 8.3-0-54-3, Himanshu Sangwan 6-0-34-2, Karn Sharma 10-0-45-1, Harsh Tyagi 10-1-35-1, Shivam Chaudhary  5-0-18-2.

RAILWAYS: Mrunal Devdhar c Pattanaik b Mishra 44, Pratham Singh lbw Kanojia 63, Shivam Chaudhary not out 81, Arindam Ghosh not out 39; Extras (w-4) 4
Total (2 wickets; 44.3 overs) 231
Did not bat: Himanshu Sangwan, Saurabh Singh, Karn Sharma (c), Amit Mishra, Pradeep Poojar, Harsh Tyagi, Dinesh Mor
Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Devdhar, 16.3 ov), 2-143 (Pratham Singh, 27.6 ov)
Odisha Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 9-1-37-0, Debabrata Pradhan 5.4-0-46-0, Suryakant Pradhan 8.3-1-41-0, Saurabh Kanojia 10-0-48-1, Shantanu Mishra 7-0-36-1, Ankit Yadav 4.2-0-23-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Odisha batsman Ankit Yadav.