Put into bat after losing the toss, Odisha suffered a top-order collapse as they were reduced to were in deep four for 38. But Subhranshu Senapati, in association with Rajesh Dhuper and Harshit Rathod, not only rescued the team but also put it in a commanding position.

Senapati created history by scoring the second highest individual score of 277 (487 balls, 19x4, 11x6) for Odisha in Ranji Trophy after 300 not out by Shiv Sunder Das. He first steadied the ship with a 118-run partnership for the fifth wicket with Dhuper, who hit a responsible half-century (51 off 141 balls, 6x4, 1x6).

Senapati and debutant Rathod, who came in to bat at number 10, then turned the course of the match with a record-breaking partnership of 238 runs for the ninth wicket (highest for Odisha).

Odisha registered a total of 498, in reply to which MP were bowled out for 318 with Sunil Kumar Roul being the peak of the bowlers with a five-wicket haul. After conceding a first-innings lead of 180 runs and forced to follow on, Madhya Pradesh made 291 for four and declared their second innings.

Chasing a target of 112 runs to win, with not many overs to spare, Odisha were 38 for one in the second innings when the match ended in a draw. Senapati received the Man of the Match award from Match Referee Col Sanjai Verma.

Odisha made four changes for this match with Rajesh Dhuper, Prayash Singh, Harshit Rathod and Sunil Roul replacing Aasirwad Swain, Kartik Biswal, Rajesh Mohanty and Debabrata Pradhan.

SCORECARD

ODISHA (1st innings): Shantanu Mishra (C) b Pandey 2, Anurag Sarangi b Khejroliya 9, Sandeep Pattnaik c Mantri b Iyer 11, Subhranshu Senapati c Mantri b Kartikeya 277, Govinda Poddar lbw b Iyer 5, Rajesh Dhuper (wk) c Mantri b Jain 51, Prayash Singh b Pandey 27, Suryakant Pradhan lbw b Kartikeya 26, Sunil Roul c Mantri b Jain 1, Harshit Rathod not out 60, Jayanta Behera lbw b Jain 0; Extras (b-7, lb-16, nb-2, w-4) 29
Total (All out, 170.2 overs) 498   
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sarangi, 4.4 ov), 2-15 (Mishra, 7.6 ov), 3-32 (Pattnaik, 17.6 ov), 4-38 (Poddar, 21.1 ov), 5-156 (Dhuper, 61.6 ov), 6-208 (P Singh, 85.3 ov), 7-253 (S Pradhan, 101.4 ov), 8-259 Roul, 107.1 ov), 9-497 (Senapati, 169.4 ov), 10-498 (Behera, 170.2 ov)
Bowling: Kulwant Khejroliya 32-5-68-1, Aryan Pandey 27-5-89-2, Amarjeet Singh 17-1-56-0, Kumar Kartikeya 47-13-109-2, Venkatesh Iyer 15-3-38-2, Saransh Jain 27.2-3-90-3, Shubham Sharma 5-0-25-0.

MADHYA PRADESH (1st innings): Yash Dubey b Roul 11, Himanshu Mantri (wk) lbw b P Singh 1, Shubham Sharma c Dhuper b Pradhan 11, Harsh Gawli c Pattnaik b Roul 167, Venkatesh Iyer st Dhuper b Poddar 19, Aditya Shrivastava (C) lbw b P Singh 17, Saransh Jain c Dhuper b Roul 40, Aryan Pandey c Dhuper b Roul 17, Kumar Kartikeya c Pattnaik b Roul 0, Amarjeet Singh not out 3, Kulwant Khejroliya lbw b Poddar 21; Extras (lb-1, nb-6, w-4) 11
Total (All out, 97.2 overs) 318
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Mantri, 1.1 ov), 2-22 (S Sharma, 4.3 ov), 3-32 (Dubey, 9.6 ov), 3-35, 4-89 (Shrivastava, 24.1 ov), 5-190 (Jain, 60.2 ov), 6-246 (Pandey, 80.3 ov), 7-246 (Kartikeya, 80.5 ov), 8-277 (Gawli, 90.1 ov), 9-300 (Khejroliya, 93.5 ov), 10-318 (Iyer, 97.2 ov)
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 24-8-62-1, Prayash Singh 15-1-80-2, Sunil Roul 23-5-100-5, Harshit Rathod 6-0-20-0, Govinda Poddar 15.2-2-26-2, Jayanta Behera 14-5-29-0.

MADHYA PRADESH (2nd innings, Following on): Y Dubey c Pattnaik b Behera 91, H Mantri c P Singh b Roul 119, S Sharma c Pradhan b Poddar 48, V Iyer not out 16, H Gawli b Behera 0; Extras (b-7, lb-5, nb-2, w-3) 17
Total (4 wkts declared, 59 overs) 291
Did not bat: A Shrivastava, S Jain, A Pandey, K Kartikeya, A Singh, K Khejroliya
Fall of wickets: 1-194 (Dubey, 46.2 ov), 2-269 (Mantri, 55.4 ov), 3-276 (Sharma, 57.4 ov), 4-291 (Gawli, 58.6 ov)
Bowling: P Singh 4-1-11-0, Suryakant Pradhan 4-1-14-0, S Roul 4-0-25-1, G Poddar 10-2-21-1, S Mishra 4-1-14-0, J Behera 20-0-113-2, H Rathod 13-0-81-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): S Mishra not out 33, Anurag Sarangi lbw b Kartikeya 0, R Dhuper not out 5; Extras 0
Total (1 wicket, 10 overs) 38
Did not bat: S Senapati, G Poddar, S Pattnaik, P Singh, S Pradhan, S Roul, H Rathod, J Behera
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Sarangi, 0.4 ov)
Bowling: K Kartikeya 5-0-15-1, S Jain 5-0-23-0.
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TOP: Odisha batter Subhranshu Senapati receives the man of the match award for his majestic knock of 277 in their Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh in Indore on 15 January 2024.
RIGHT: Odisha allrounder Harshit Rathod receives his Senior Odisha cap from Head Coach Dinesh Mongia before making first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh in Indore on 12 January 2024.