Earlier, put into bat by Odisha captain and wicketkeeper Rajesh Dhuper, Tamil Nadu made 165 for five, thanks to an unbeaten 44 by Baba Aparajith. Odisha will next meet Maharashtra tomorrow.

SCORECARD

TAMIL NADU: C Hari Nishaanth c Rout b Rai 11, N Jagadeesan (CW) c Pradhan b Raut 37, B Sai Sudharsan c Rout b Raut 28, B Aparajith not out 44, Shahrukh Khan lbw Raut 0, Kaushik c Senapati b Behera 10, M Mohammed not out 27; Extras (w-8) 8
Total (5 wickets; 20 overs) 165
Did not bat: Warrier, T Natarajan, R Sai Kishore, M Ashwin
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Nishaanth, 2.6 ov), 2-74 (Sudharsan, 9.6 ov), 3-94 (Jagadeesan, 13.2 ov), 4-94 (Shahrukh, 13.3 ov), 5-123 (Kaushik, 16.3 ov)
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 4.1-0-40-0, Govinda Poddar 1-0-2-0, Ashish Rai 4-0-45-1, Jayanta Behera 4-0-25-1, Bikash K Rout 3-0-23-0, Abhishek Raut 4-0-30-3.

ODISHA: Rajesh Dhuper (CW) c Sai Kishore b Mohammed 12, Anshuman Rath b Warrier 4, Subhransu Senapati c Aparajith b Natarajan 67, Govinda Poddar run out Ashwin 29, Abhishek Yadav lbw Ashwin 0, Abhishek Raut not out 38, Sarbeswar Mohanty b Natarajan 3, Bikash Rout not out 1; Extras (nb-2, w-3, b-1, lb-4) 10
Total (6 wickets; 20 overs) 164
Did not bat: Ashish Rai, Jayanta Behera, Debabrata Pradhan
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Rath, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Dhuper, 5.4 ov), 3-93 (Poddar, 13.1 ov), 4-94 (Yadav, 13.3 ov), 5-143 (Senapati, 17.6 ov), 6-154 (Mohanty, 19.2 ov)
Bowling: Warrier 4-0-34-1, T Natarajan 4-0-38-2, B Aparajith 1-0-8-0, R Sai Kishore 4-0-32-0, M Mohammed 3-0-21-1, M Ashwin 4-0-26-1.
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TOP: Odisha allrounder Abhishek Raut after his fine performance against Tamil Nadu in Lucknow on 5 November 2021.
RIGHT: Odisha batter Subhransu Senapati after hitting a spectacular 67 against Tamil Nadu in Lucknow on 5 November 2021.