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  Odisha draw opening Ranji match against Vidarbha
04 Oct 2015 BHUBANESWAR
 

A lionhearted unbeaten century by vice-captain Govind Poddar and belligerent 92 by Anurag Sarangi helped Odisha draw opening Group A Ranji match against Vidarbha at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur today. However, host Vidarbha secured three points by taking a first-innings lead of 193, while Odisha, who were forced to follow on, settled with one point.

Electing to bat on a dry wicket, Vidarbha rode on a century on debut by opening batsman Aditya Shanware and a maiden first-class ton by India speedster Umesh Yadav to compile a formidable total of 467. In reply, Odisha folded of for 274 despite a valiant unbeaten 148 by vice-captain Govind Poddar.

When Odisha were in deep trouble, losing eight wickets for 177, Poddar rescued the team, constructing two sizeable partnerships. He first put on 80 runs for the third wicket with Anurag Sarangi and added another 97 for the ninth wicket with Basant Mohanty. Poddar hit 20 boundaries and one six in his 254-ball unbeaten knock, which was his highest score and second hundred in first-class cricket.
 

Following on, Odisha made 230 for six in the second innings before the match ended in a draw. Odisha staved off defeat thanks to 178-ball 92 (12x4) by Sarangi, who, however missed out on his maiden first-class ton. Besides Sarangi, Pratik Das, captain Biplab Samantaray, openers Girija Rout and Natraj Behera made decent contributions with the bat. For Vidarbha, off-spinner Akshay Wakhare bagged nine wickets in the match, including five in the second innings. He was adjudged player of the match. Young Odisha wicket-keeper Rajesh Dhuper made a forgettable first-class debut in this match.
SCOREBOARD
VIDARBHA (1st innings): A Shanware b D Behera 119, J Sharma st Dhuper b J Behera 49, G Satish c sub (A Das) b Pradhan 53, W Jaffer b Pradhan 1, S Badrinath c Dhuper b Mohanty 6, S Shrivastava b Mohanty 0, R Jangid c P Das b J Behera 40, S Wagh lbw Mohanty 7, U Yadav (not out) 128, A Wakhare b Samantray 34, R Thakur lbw Pradhan 8; Extras (b-8, lb-11, w-1, nb-2) 22
Total (all out; 143.4 overs) 467
Fall of wickets: 1-93, 2-173, 3-187, 4-197, 5-197, 6-254, 7-279, 8-293, 9-395, 10-467
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 28-8-65-3, Suryakant Pradhan 26.4-6-76-3, Deepak Behera 27-7-82-1, Jayanta Behera 41-5-137-2, Biplab Samantaray 11-1-46-1, Govinda Poddar 8-0-32-0, Pratik Das 2-0-10-0
ODISHA (1st innings): Giruja Rout lbw Wakhara 25, Natraj Behera c J Sharma b Thakur 18, Govind Poddar (not out) 148, Anurag Sarangi c Sharma b Wagh 35, Pratik Das c Jaffer b Jangid 21, Biplab Samantaray st Sharma b Wakhare 0, Rajesh Dhuper c Shanware b Wakhare 0, Deepak Behera lbw Jangid 0, Suryakanta Pradhan c&b Wakhare 7, Basant Mohanty c Sharma b Thakur 14, Jayanta Behera lbw Thakur 0; Extras (b-1, lb-5) 6
Total (all out; 94.3 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-45, 3-125, 4-158, 5-163, 6-169, 7-170, 8-177, 9-274, 10-274
Bowling: Umesh Yadav 16-2-53-0, S Wagh 18-6-46-1, R Thakur 12.3-5-34-3, A Wakhare 30-5-84-4, R Jangid 18-1-51-2
ODISHA (2nd innings): G Rout c Sharma b Thakur 29, N Behera c Jaffer b Wakhare 24, G Poddar c Shrivastava b Wakhare 4, A Sarangi lbw Wakhare 92, B Samantaray b Wakhare 34, P Das (not out) 39, S Dhuper c&b Wakhare 1, D Behera (not out) 1; Extras (lb-6) 6
Total (6 wkts; 105 overs) 230
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-59, 3-65, 4-153, 5-222, 6-226
Bolwing: R Thakur 15-10-17-1, U Yadav 14-4-35-0, R Jangid 25-8-61-0, A Wakhare 37-13-77-5, S Wagh 10-4-24-0, S Badrinath 4-0-10-0.
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TOP: Odisha vice-captain Govind Poddar celebrates his second first-class century in Ranji match against Vidarbha at Nagpur on Oct 3, 2015.
RIGHT: Odisha vice-captain Govind Poddar in action against Vidarbha at Nagpur on Oct 3, 2015.
 
   
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