Other opener Anshuman Rath and Subhranshu Senapati also shone with the bat for Odisha, contributing unbeaten 33 runs each. Odisha will next play Tamil Nadu at the same venue tomorrow.

SCORECARD

SIKKIM: Pankaj Kumar Rawat st Swain b Behera 34, Anwesh Sharma run out (Senapati) 15, Ashish Thapa (c,wk) run out (Raut) 14, Sumit Singh b Beg 4, Palzor Tamang run out (DB Pradhan) 2, Ankur Malik not out 13, Lee Yong Lepcha st Swain b Behera 7, Mandup Bhutia not out 2; Extras (lb-3, w-6) 9   
Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 100
Did not bat: Md Saptulla, Akash Luitel, James Rai
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Sharma, 7.2 ov), 2-61 (Rawat, 10.6 ov), 3-69 (Sumit, 12.6 ov), 4-72 (Thapa, 13.6 ov), 5-74 (Tamang, 15.1 ov), 6-91 (Lepcha, 18.2 ov)
Bowling: Debabrata Pradhan 3-0-13-0, Suryakant Pradhan 3-0-21-0, Tarani Sa 2-0-11-0, Mushtaq Beg 4-0-15-1, Jayanta Behera 4-0-19-2, Abhishek Raut 3-0-12-0, Sameer Mohanty 1-0-6-0.

ODISHA: Aasirwad Swain c Luitel b Lepcha 30, Anshuman Rath not out 33, Subhranshu Senapati not out 33; Extras (b-4, w-1) 5
Total (1 wicket, 15.2 overs) 101
Did not bat: Abhishek Raut (c), Sameer Mohanty, Rakesh Pattnaik, Suryakant Pradhan, Tarani Sa, Debabrata Pradhan, Mushtaq Beg, Jayanta Behera
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Swain, 9.1 ov)
Bowling: Palzor Tamang 2-0-15-0, Lee Yong Lepcha 4-0-21-1, Sumit Singh 2-0-12-0, Md Saptulla 2-0-11-0, Ankur Malik 3-0-16-0, James Rai 1.2-0-15-0, Anil Subba 1-0-7-0.
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TOP: Odisha stumper Ashirwad Swain expresses his happiness after making a succcessful T20 debut for the State in Lucknow on 11 October 2022.
RIGHT: Odisha T20 debutant Mushtaq Beg receives his State cap from batting coach Natraj Behera in Lucknow on 11 October 2022.