Odisha Senior Men Cricket Team suffered an inning and 98-run defeat against Baroda on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group-A match at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, Gujarat today. Baroda captain Krunal Pandya was awarded as the Player of the Match for scoring a century.

Opting to bat, Odisha made a modest total of 193 in the first innings with only Biplab Samantray scoring a half-century. In reply, Baroda made 456 to gain a massive lead of 263 runs. Among Odisha bowlers, captain Govind Poddar bagged five wickets.

Forced to follow on, Odisha folded up for 165 in their second innings. Once again, only one Odisha batter could make a half-century. He was Kartik Biswal who hit an unbeaten 53. Odisha will play their fourth match against Mumbai at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC in Mumbai from November 6 to 9.

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ODISHA (1st innings): Anurag Sarangi c Sharma b Akash Singh 3, Shantanu Mishra c Patel b Bhatt 23, Sandeep Pattanaik c Akash Singh b Pithiya 9, Govind Poddar (c) c Patel b Bhatt 11, Biplab Samantray c Rajput b Pithiya 58, Kartik Biswal b Akash Singh 16, Aashirwad Swain (wk) c sub (KPB Patel) b Pithiya 37, Suryakant Pradhan c&b Pandya 18, Harshit Rathod not out 4, Sunil Roul c Rathva b Pithiya 10, Sumit Sharma b Pithiya 0; Extras (b-3, lb-1) 4
Total (all out, 65 overs) 193
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Sarangi, 4.1 ov), 2-35 (Pattanaik, 15.1), 3-43 (Mishra, 16.4), 4-46 (Poddar, 18.3), 5-73 (Biswal, 33.3), 6-145 (Swain, 51.6), 7-179 (S Pradhan, 59.6), 8-179 (Samantray, 60.2), 9-193 (Roul, 64.5), 10-193 (Sharma, 64.6)
Bowling: Akash Singh 13-3-42-2, Abhimanuyu Singh Rajput 3-0-4-0, Mahesh Pithiya 22-5-61-5, Bhargav Bhatt 17-4-44-2, N Rathva 6-2-20-0, Krunal Pandya 4-0-18-1.

BARODA (1st innings): Jyotsnil Singh c Swain b Poddar 5, Shivalik Sharma c&b Poddar 96, Shashwat Rawat c Biswal b Poddar 34, Abhimanyu Singh Rajput lbw Sharma 10, Vishnu Solanki lbw Rathod 98, Krunal Pandya (c) c Samantray b Poddar 119, Ninad Rathva lbw Poddar 10, Mitesh Patel (wk) c Swain b Roul 6, Mahesh Pithiya c Swain b Biswal 36, Bhargav Bhatt not out 26, Akash Singh c Swain b Roul 0; Extras (b-7, lb7, w2) 16
Total (all out, 128.4 overs) 456
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Jyotsnil Singh, 1.3 ov), 2-83 (Rawat, 29.4), 3-100 (Rajput, 34.1), 4-221 (Shivalik Sharma, 73.6), 5-303 (Solanki, 95.1), 6-353 (Rathva, 103.3), 7-366 (Mitesh Patel, 110.6), 8-404 (K Pandya, 119.4), 9-455 (Pithiya, 127.6), 10-456 (Akash Singh, 128.4)
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 10-3-31-0, Govind Poddar 45-9-131-5, Sunil Roul 26.4-4-92-2, Kartik Biswal 14-1-41-1, Harshit Rathod 10-4-34-1, Sumit Sharma 17-1-75-1, Biplab Samantray 4-0-20-0, Shantanu Mishra 2-0-18-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): A Sarangi b Rathva 49, S Mishra c Pithiya b Bhatt 0, S Pattanaik c Jyotsnil Singh b Pithiya 29, G Poddar (c) lbw Rathva 5, B Samantray c Jyotsnil Singh b Pithiya 1, K Biswal not out 53, A Swain c Sharma b Bhatt 11, S Pradhan lbw Rathva 1, H Rathod st Patel b Rathva 4, S Roul lbw Rathva 0, S Sharma lbw Rathva 12; Extras 0
Total (all out, 34 overs) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mishra, 6.4 ov), 2-69 (Sarangi, 19.6), 3-75 (Poddar, 21.3), 4-83 (Pattanaik, 24.3), 5-88 (Samantray, 26.1), 6-134 (Swain, 30.2), 7-139 (Pradhan, 31.2), 8-143 (Rathod, 31.5), 9-143 (Roul, 31.6), 10-165 (Sharma, 33.6 ov)
Bowling: Akash Singh 2-1-1-0, A Rajput 1-0-4-0, M Pithiya 13-4-62-2, B Bhatt 8-1-38-2, N Rathva 10-2-60-6.
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PHOTO: Odisha captain Govind Poddar poses after taking five wickets in their Ranji Trophy match against Baroda in Vadodara on 27 October 2024.