Orissa thrashed Jammu & Kashmir by five wickets on the penultimate day of their four-day Elite Group-C league match of the C K Nayudu Trophy (under-22) Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University ground in Cuttack today. The win fetched Orissa five points, while the losers got one point. The highlight of the third day was a half-century each in the second inning by Orissa openers Sandeep Mulia and Natraj Behera. Parveez Rasool bagged five wickets for the visitors.
Brief scores:
Jammu & Kashmir: 188 and 195 (Dheeraj Sharma 28, Parveez Rasool 28: Alok Sahoo 3/34, Natraj Behera 2/0, Lagnajit Samal 2/37, Dhiraj Singh 2/43) lost to Orissa: 232 and 154 for 5 (Natraj Behera 61, Sandeep Mulia 51: Parveez Rasool 5/44).