A four-wicket haul by pacer Debabrata Pradhan and an unbeaten half-century by opening batter Sandeep Pattanaik powered Odisha to a nine-wicket win over Sikkim in their sixth and penultimate Group-A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Senior Men List-A Cricket Tournament at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bangalore today.

This was the third win for Odisha, who will take on Mumbai in their last match on December 5. Pradhan was too hot to handle for Sikkim, bagging four wickets for 16 runs. Pattanaik slammed an unbeaten 57 (61 balls) with the help of three fours and two sixes.

SCORECARD:

SIKKIM: Arun Chettri b Mohanty 11, James Lepcha (wk) c Poddar b Pradhan 0, Nilesh Lamichaney (c) c Luha b Sa 6, Ashish Thapa c Luha b Sa 0, Pranesh Chettri b Pradhan 3, Ankur Malik c Luha b Sa 13, Sumit Singh lbw b Poddar 14, Palzor Tamang c Rathod b Pradhan 42, Lee Yong Lepcha c Luha b Pradhan 3, Md Saptulla c Senapati b Raut 1, Rahul Tamang not out 0; Extras (b-4, lb-6, w-8) 18
Total (All out, 34.4 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (J Lepcha, 1.2 ov), 2-17 (Lamichaney, 6.1 ov), 3-17 (Thapa, 6.5 ov), 4-20 (P Chettri, 9.5 ov), 5-35 (A Chettri, 13.5 ov), 6-35 (Malik, 14.3 ov), 7-73 (S Singh, 23.5 ov), 8-84 (LY Lepcha, 28.3 ov), 9-89 (Saptulla, 31.4 ov), 10-111 (Tamang, 34.4 ov)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 7-3-13-1, Debabrata Pradhan 8.4-4-16-4, Tarani Sa 7-0-37-3, Harshit Rathod 5-1-10-0, Govinda Poddar 4-0-17-1, Abhishek Raut 3-0-8-1.

ODISHA: Sandeep Pattanaik not out 57, Shantanu Mishra (c) c LY Lepcha b Sumit Singh 4, Kartik Biswal not out 44; Extras (nb-2, w-10) 12
Total (1 wicket, 21.5 overs) 117
Did not bat: Harshit Rathod, Govinda Poddar, Prabin Luha (wk), Rajesh Mohanty, Abhishek Raut, Debabrata Pradhan, Subhranshu Senapati, Tarani Sa
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Mishra, 2.3 ov)
Bowling: Sumit Singh 6-0-21-1, Rahul Tamang 3-0-20-0, Ankur Malik 6-0-33-0, Lee Yong Lepcha 5-0-32-0, Md Saptulla 1.5-0-11-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha pacer Debabrata Pradhan jubilates after scalping four wickets in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Sikkim in Bangalore on 3 December 2023.