Host Punjab rode on an unbeaten century by opening batter Varinder Singh to beat Odisha by five wickets in their Group-E match of the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Mens U-19 Cricket Tournament at K L Saini Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan today. This was the first defeat in two matches for Odisha who earlier beat Mizoram by 207 in their opening match.

Put into bat by Punjab captain Aryan Yadav, Odisha made a competitive total of 177 for nine. Shreyansh Bhardwaj was the top scorer with 42 runs. In reply, Punjab chased down the target with ease, losing five wickets. Panakala Sasank was the most successful Odisha bowler taking two wickets for 30 runs.

SCORECARD

ODISHA: P Sasanka b Damnpreet Singh 19, Ayush Sutar c Rahul Kumar b Damnpreet Singh 25, Hemanth Rathi st Anatbir Singh Gill b Shubham Rana 33, Shreyansh Bhardwaj c Arjun Rajput b Shubham Rana 42, Sambit K Beja (c) c Damnpreet Singh b Arjun Rajput 24, Rudra P Mallick lbw Shubham Rana 1, Panakala Mokshit (wk) c Garv Kumar b Damnpreet Singh 5, Krishna Mohanty c&b Arjun Rajput 2, Sayed Tufayl Ahmad not out 18, Sreeraj Pattanaik c&b Arjun Rajput 0, Soubhagya Ojha not out 1; Extras (lb-2, w-4, nb-1) 7
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 177
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Sasanka 11.4 overs), 2/56 (Sutar, 17.3), 3-100 (Rathi, 30.4), 4-138 (Bhardwaj, 38.4), 5-142 (Mallick, 40.6), 6-150 (Mokshit, 44.4), 7-157 (Beja, 46.2), 8-156 (K Mohanty, 46.4), 9-158 (Pattanaik 46.5).
Bowling: Garv Kumar 4-1-22-0, Varinder Singh 3-0-12-0, Damnpreet Singh 10-0-20-3, Aryan Yadav 10-1-32-0, Shubham Rana 10-0-35-3, Reavan 6-0-26-0, Arjun Rajput 7-1-28-3.

PUNJAB: Varinder Singh not out 101, Bikramjeet Singh b Krishna Mohanty 2, Rahul Kumar b Sasanka 2, Aryan Yadav (c) b Sasanka 7, Arjun Rajput c Bhardwaj b Ahmad 10, Dev Amritpal Singh run out (Ahmad) 29, Anatbir Singh Gill (wk) not out 8; Extras (w-19) 19
Total (5 wickets; 31.3 overs) 178
Did not bat: Garv Kumar, Shubham Rana, Damnpreet Singh, Reavan
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Bikramjeet Singh, 3.5 overs), 2-35 (Rahul Kumar, 7.5), 3-53 (Aryan Yadav, 11.5), 4-85 (Arjun Rajput, 15.2), 5-158 (Dev Amritpal Singh, 30.1).
Bowling: Sreeraj Pattanaik 7-1-30-0, Krishna Mohanty 3.3-0-22-1, P Sasanka 3.3-0-30-2, Soubhagya Ojha 4-1-18-0, Sambit K Beja 4.3-0-33-0, Sayed Tufayl Ahmad 7-1-30-1, Rudra P Mallick 2-0-15-0.
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PHOTO: Odisha allrounder Panakala Sasanka poses after taking two wickets against Punjab in their Vinoo Mankad Trophy U-19 match in Jaipur on 6 Oct 2024.