Fine allround performance by captain Sukhram Majhi powered Odisha to a 56-run win over host Kerala in their second Group-C league match of the Nagesh Trophy Mens National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind at Palace Oval Cricket Ground in Kochi, Kerala today.

This was the second successive win for the Odisha team, which thumped Jharkhand by nine wickets in their opening match yesterday. Odisha will take on Bihar in their third league match at the same venue on December 20.

ODISHA TEAM: Md Jafar Iqbal, Kalia Pradhan, Debaraj Behera, Anil Kumar Malik, Hikim Murmu, Pankaj Bhue, Lal Prasad Soren, Arjun Bhatra, Anjan Singh, Ramdas Murmu, Sukhram Majhi (C), Sukdev Soren, Lingraj Rautara (VC), Dhanapati Gouda (WK). Coach: Chandra sekhar Patnaik, Manager: Suresh Behera.

ODISHA RESULTS:

December 18 (League match): Jharkhand 39/10 in 16.2 overs (Debaraj Behera 3/9, Lingaraj Rautara 2 wickets) lost to Odisha 43/1 in 3.3 overs (Arjun Bhatra 18*, Dhanapati Gauda 17*) by 9 wickets. PoM: Debaraj Behera.

December 19 (League match): Odisha 177/6 in 20 overs (Sukhram Majhi 56, Jafar Iqbal 48, Sukdev Soren 22) beat Kerala 121/10 in 18.4 overs (Debaraj Behera 2/14, Sukhram Majhi 2/14, Anil Malik 2/32) by 56 runs. PoM: Sukhram Majhi.
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PHOTO: Odisha team leaves Bhubaneswar for the Nagesh Trophy Mens National T20 Cricket Tournament for the Blind on 17 December 2023.