Five players made notable contributions for the Odisha win. Captain Swagat Sourav Mishra, stumper Panakala Mokshit and Koustik Mohanty scored a half-century each, while Soumya Ranjan Singh and Raaz Yadav bagged seven wickets each. Mokshit also held a total of six catches in the match.

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ASSAM (1st innings): Manas Gupta c Mokshit b Naik 1, Zayan Ahmed (wk) c Mokshit b M Sahoo 0, Sharvin Das b M Sahoo 14, Darmiyan Rasul c Choudhury b SR Singh 15, Sujad Islam lbw SR Singh 11, Lalit Katowal c Mokshit b SR Singh 0, Md Arman Ali b Yadav 17, Hritwik Dhar (c) c Mokshit b Yadav 27, Nayan Mahanayak b Yadav 0, Moksod Uddin c Mishra b SR Singh 11, Alham Wahid not out 0; Extras (b-3, lb-2) 5
Total (All out; 51.1 overs) 101
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Gupta, 3.5 overs), 2-1 (Ahmed, 4.4), 3-16 (S Das, 8.3), 4-34 (Rasul, 15.4), 5-43 (Islam, 19.4), 6-44 (Katowal, 21.2), 7-74 (Arman Ali, 38.2), 8-76 (Mahanayak, 40.6), 9-101 (Dhar, 50.5), 10-101 (Moksod, 51.1)
Bowling: Mahesh Sahoo 14-2-44-2, Priya Naik 7-5-15-1, Soumya Ranjan Singh 15.1-7-20-4, Raaz Yadav 15-7-17-3.

ODISHA (1st innings): Roshan Choudhury c Ahmed b Dhar 2, Koustik Mohanty c Rasul b Dhar 60, Krishna Sasmal lbw Dhar 11, Swagat Sourav Mishra (c) c Rasul b Moksod 79, Panakala Mokshit (wk) b Wahid 75, Ashim Barad c Rasul b Moksod 9, Raaz Yadav c Rasul b Moksod 0, Soumya Ranjan Singh b Dhar 38, Satyajit Sahoo b Wahid 0, Priya Naik not out 2, Mahesh K Sahoo b Wahid 3; Extras (b-2, lb-2, nb-1) 5
Total (All out; 84.2 overs) 284
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Choudhury, 0.6 overs), 2-33 (Sasmal, 12.6), 3-134 (K Mohanty, 44.5), 4-164 (Mishra, 51.6), 5-200 (Barad, 57.4), 6-200 (Yadav, 57.6), 7-276 (Mokshit, 80.5), 8-278 (SR Singh, 81.2), 9-280 (S Sahoo, 82.1), 10-284 (M Sahoo, 84.2)
Bowling: Hritwik Dhar 25-4-74-4, Alham Wahid 13.2-2-53-3, Moksod Uddin 22-5-72-3, Nayan Mahanayak 8-0-37-0, Md Arman Ali 16-7-44-0.

ASSAM (2nd innings): Manas Gupta lbw SR Singh 7, Zayan Ahmed (wk) c Mokshit b Yadav 18, Sharvin Das lbw Yadav 5, Sujad Islam lbw SR Singh 3, Darmiyan Rasul c Mokshit b M Sahoo 32, Lalit Katowal c Mishra b SR Singh 0, Md Arman Ali b Yadav 10, Hritwik Dhar lbw S Sahoo 7, Nayan Mahanayak run out (S Sahoo) 3, Moksod Uddin c&b Yadav 14, Alham Wahid not out 21; Extras (b-10, lb-1) 11
Total (All out; 56.2 overs) 131
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Gupta, 7.5 overs), 2-29 (Ahmed, 8.3), 3-32 (Islam, 9.2), 4-38 (S Das, 12.6), 5-41 (Katowal, 15.5), 6-62 (M Ali, 22.3), 7-73 (Dhar, 29.6), 8-95 (Rasul, 38.1), 9-99 (Mahanayak, 39.5), 10-131 (Moksod, 56.2)
Bowling: Mahesh K Sahoo 11-2-27-1, Priya R Naik 2-0-9-0, Soumya Ranjan Singh 14-5-38-3, Raaz Yadav 17.2-6-26-4, Satyajit Sahoo 12-7-20-1.
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PHOTO: Players and support staff of Odisha U-16 boys team pose after winning their Vijay Merchant Trophy match against Assam in Gwalior on 8 Dec 2024.