Odisha registered a stunning 86-run win over Mumbai in their seventh and last Group-A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Senior Men List-A Cricket Tournament at Alur Cricket Stadium in Bangalore today. This was the fourth win for the Odisha team, which finished sixth in the group table with 16 points from seven matches, which also included three defeats.
Middle-order batter Kartik Biswal was the star performer in the Odisha win, hitting a 98-ball 64, which featured six boundaries. Experienced Odisha campaigner Govinda Poddar also shone with both bat and ball.
SCORECARD:
ODISHA: Sandeep Pattnaik b Mulani 35, Shantanu Mishra (c) c Pawar b Dias 1, Subhranshu Senapati b Avasthi 0, Prabin Luha (wk) b Dias 3, Kartik Biswal c Patil b Ankolekar 64, Govinda Poddar b Ankolekar 39, Abhishek Raut not out 35, Abhishek Yadav lbw b Avasthi 1, Debabrata Pradhan c Bista b Dube 10, Rajesh Mohanty b Avasthi 1, Tarani Sa not out 0; Extras (lb-3, nb-1, w-6) 10
Total (9 wicket, 50 overs) 199
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mishra, 3.5 ov), 2-7 (Senapati, 4.3 ov), 3-16 (Luha, 7.6 ov), 4-60 (Pattnaik, 18.6 ov), 5-149 (Biswal, 38.5 ov), 6-152 (Poddar, 40.6 ov), 7-155 (Yadav, 41.6 ov), 8-177 (Pradhan, 45.5 ov), 9-185 (Mohanty, 47.1 ov)
Bowling: Mohit Avasthi 10-2-30-3, Royston Dias 10-1-36-2, Shivam Dube 8-0-36-1, Shams Mulani 10-0-51-1, Atharva Ankolekar 10-0-34-2, Sairaj Patil 2-0-9-0.
MUMBAI: Suved Parkar b Mohanty 10, Jay Bista c sub (R Dhuper) b Pradhan 6, Hardik Tamore b Yadav 23, Ajinkya Rahane (c) c Raut b Pradhan 7, Shivam Dube c Yadav b Poddar 8, Prasad Pawar (wk) run out (Biswal) 1, Shams Mulani c Yadav b Poddar 19, Sairaj Patil c sub (Dhuper) b Mohanty 10, Atharva Ankolekar c sub (H Rathod) b Mishra 0, Mohit Avasthi c Pattnaik b Yadav 0, Royston Dias not out 24; Extras (lb-4, w-1) 5
Total (All out, 32.3 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Bista, 5.3 ov), 2-23 (Parkar, 6.4 ov), 3-32 (Rahane, 9.2 ov), 4-44 (Dube, 13.4 ov), 5-46 (Pawar, 14.5 ov), 6-75 (Mulani, 23.5 ov), 7-88 (Patil, 26.4 ov), 8-89 (Tamore, 28.1 ov), 9-89 (Ankolekar, 29.2 ov), 10-113 (Avasthi, 32.3 ov)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 7-0-21-2, Debabrata Pradhan 6-1-20-2, Tarani Sa 6-1-12-0, Govinda Poddar 7-1-26-2, Abhishek Yadav 4.3-1-28-2, Shantanu Mishra 2-0-2-1.
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PHOTO: Odisha batter Kartik Biswal poses after scoring a half-century in their Vijay Hazare Trophy match against Mumbai in Bangalore on 5 December 2023.