Odisha crushed Mizoram by 207 runs in their opening Group-E match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Mens U-19 Cricket Tournament at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground in Jaipur, Rajasthan today. Three batters and three bowlers put up notable performances for Odisha.

Captain Sambit Beja (56), stumper Panakala Mokshit (52 out out & 3 catches) and Ayush Sutar (51) scored a half-century each, while Arnab Patnaik (4/24), Krishna Mohanty (3/1) and Rudra Prasad Mallick (2/1) bagged two or more wickets each.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: Panakala Sasanka c Dinpuia b Mala 9, Ayush Sutar lbw Zira 51, Hemanth Rathi c Valpuia b Rohlua 1, Shreyansh Bhardwaj c Valpuia b Zira 22, Sambit K Beja (c) b Ahmaa 56, Rudra P Mallick lbw Johan 19, Panakala Mokshit (wk) not out 52, Krishna Mohanty st Valpuia b Johan 7, Sayed Tufayl Ahmad b Ahmaa 2, Sreeraj Pattanaik st Valpuia b Ahmaa 8, Arnab Patnaik not out 4; Extras (b-5, lb-5, w-15, nb-1) 26
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs) 257
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Sasanka), 2-35 (Rathi), 3-95 (Sutar), 4-100 (Bhardwaj), 5-135 (Mallick), 6-213 (Beja), 7-220 (K Mohanty), 8-223 (Ahmad), 9-243 (Pattanaik).
Bowling: Rohlua 8-0-42-1, Mala 4-1-18-1, Kima 8-0-34-0, Zira 8-0-39-2, Johan 10-0-46-2, Dinpuia 3-0-23-0, Ahmaa 9-0-45-3.

MIZORAM: Mapuia b Krishna Mohanty 9, Samuela c Bhardwaj b Ahmad 3, Valpuia (wk) c Mokshit b Krishna Mohanty 0, Peka c Mokshit b Krishna Mohanty 0, Johan (c) c Beja b Arnab Patnaik 22, Dinpuia c&b Arnab Patnaik 2, Zira c Mokshit b Arnab Patnaik 0, Mala c Bhardwaj b Arnab Patnaik 9, Kima lbw Mallick 0, Ahmaa b Mallick 0, Rohlua not out 0; Extras (b-0, lb-3, w-2) 5
Total (All out; 23.5 overs) 50
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Mapuia), 2-15 (Valpuia), 3-15 (Peka), 4-21 (Samuela), 5-34 (Dinpuia), 6-34 (Zira), 7-41 (Johan), 8-42 (Kima), 9-42 (Ahmaa).
Bowling: Sreeraj Pattanaik 5-1-12-0, Krishna Mohanty 7-6-1-3, Sayed Tufayl Ahmad 6-2-9-1, Arnab Patnaik 4.5-2-24-4, Rudra Prasad Mallick 1-0-1-2.
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PHOTO: Odisha U-19 men cricket team with coaches and support staff.