Odisha crashed out of the Ranji Trophy Championship, suffering successive innings defeat in Elite Group-D league. In their third and last league match, Odisha went down to Mumbai by an innings and 108 runs at Narendra Modi Stadium B Ground, Motera in Ahmedabad on the fourth and last day today.
Ealier, after drawing their opening match against Goa, Odisha had lost to Saurashtra by an innings and 131 runs in their second match. Opting to bat against Mumbai, Odisha rode on a polished knock of 89 (213 balls, 11x4) by in-form opener Shantanu Mishra to made a modest total of 284.
In reply, Mumbai declared at 532 for nine to take a first-innings lead of 348 runs. Sarfaraz Khan (165) and Armaan Jaffer (125) set the platform for the emphatic Mumbai win, hitting a century each. Rajesh Mohanty was most successful Odisha bowler, taking three wickets for 123 runs.
Needing 349 runs to force Mumbai again, Odisha suffered the innings defeat as they folded up for 140 in their second innings. Amidst the crushing defeat, Odisha allrounder Abhishek Raut provided some consolation, slamming 59 (71 balls, 9x4) in the second innings. Odisha medium pacer Prasanta Rana made First-Class debut in this match.
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ODISHA (1st Innings): Debasish Samantray b Raut 10, Shantanu Mishra lbw Kulkarni 89, Subhranshu Senapati (c) lbw Avasthi 13, Govinda Poddar c Tare b Avasthi 37, Anshuman Rath lbw Kotian 14, Rajesh Dhuper (wk) c Yadav b Kotian 19, Abhishek Raut c Rahane b Kulkarni 39, Rajesh Mohanty c Tare b Mulani 39, Jayanta Behera b Avasthi 0, Prasanta Rana not out 4, Pappu Roy b Mulani 2; Extras (b-4, lb-9, w-5) 18
Total (All out: 107.1 overs) 284
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Samantray, 9.2 ov), 2-36 (Senapati, 16.1 ov), 3-110 (Poddar, 41.4 ov), 4-147 (Rath, 48.5 ov), 5-188 (Mishra, 66.4 ov), 6-221 (Dhuper, 74.3 ov), 7-264 (Raut, 94.4 ov), 8-278 (Behera, 104.5 ov), 9-278 (R Mohanty, 105.3 ov), 10-284 (Roy, 107.1 ov)
Bowling: Dhawal Kulkarni 25.5-12-42-2, Siddharth Raut 16-3-42-1, Shams Mulani 20.2-3-53, Mohit Avasthi 21-5-66-3, Tanush Kotian 24-3-68-2.
MUMBAI (1st Innings): Prithvi Shaw (c) c Dhuper b R Mohanty 53, Sachin Yadav c Rana b R Mohanty 19, Armaan Jaffer lbw Rana 125, Ajinkya Rahane c Poddar b R Mohanty 0, Sarfaraz Khan c sub (SP Pattnaik) b Rana 165, Aditya Tare (wk) st Dhuper b Roy 72, Shams Mulani c Mishra b Behera 70, Tanush Kotian c Dhuper b Behera 8, Mohit Avasthi st Dhuper b Roy 0, Siddharth Raut not out 10, Dhawal Kulkarni not out 0; Extras (b-3, lb-4, nb-2, w-1) 10
Total (9 wkts decl; 131 overs) 532
Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Shaw, 22.2 ov), 2-76 (Yadav, 24.1 ov), 3-76 (Rahane, 24.2 ov), 4-353 (Jaffer, 88.2 ov), 5-378 (Sarfaraz, 94.2 ov), 6-478 (Mulani, 120.5 ov), 7-496 (Kotian, 124.4 ov), 8-501 (Avasthi, 125.5 ov), 9-522 (Tare, 129.4 ov)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 30-2-123-3, Prasanta Rana 26-5-97-2, Jayanta Behera 43-5-137-2, Pappu Roy 26-0-122-2, Govinda Poddar 2-0-14 -0, Abhishek Raut 1-0-17-0, Shantanu Mishra 1-0-3-0, Subhranshu Senapati 2-0-12-0.
ODISHA (2nd Innings): A Rath c Yadav b Mulani 34, S Mishra c Khan b Raut 1, Subhranshu Senapati (c) c Shaw b Mulani 3, G Poddar lbw Raut 1, Rajesh Dhuper (wk) lbw Mulani 4, A Raut st Tare b Kotian 59, D Samantray c Kotian b Mulani 22, R Mohanty c Jaffer b Mulani 6, P Rana not out 7, J Behera lbw Kotian 2, P Roy b Kotian 0; Extras (lb-1) 1
Total (All out; 42 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Mishra, 5.4 ov), 2-11 (Senapati, 6.1 ov), 3-18 (Poddar, 9.6 ov), 4-35 (Dhuper, 14.6 ov), 5-66 (Rath, 22.1 ov), 6-110 (Samantray, 34.2 ov), 7-118 (Mohanty, 36.6 ov), 8-132 (Raut, 39.2 ov), 9-140 (Behera, 41.3 ov), 10-140 (Roy, 41.6 ov)
Bowling: D Kulkarni 3-3-0-0, S Raut 13-1-44-2, Shams Mulani 18-4-64-5, Tanush Kotian 8-0-31-3.
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PHOTO: Odisha allrounder Abhishek Raut after hitting a second-innings half-century in their Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai in Ahmedabad on 6th March 2022.