Fashion Odisha victory in Syed Mushtaq Ali game : Govind Poddar, Biplab Samantray
Bhubaneswar: After a restricted three-run misfortune on account of Jammu and Kashmir in their last match, Odisha turned out all weapons blasting Thursday and crushed a star-less Saurashtra by 49 runs in their Group E Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy experience in Surat, Thursday.
Picking to bat, captain Govind Poddar (57, 42b, 5×4, 2×6 and 3/7) and Biplab Samantray (60, 35b, 5×4, 2×6) drove Odisha to a difficult 163/5.
Jharkhand top the gathering table with 18 points, while four groups – Gujarat, Odisha, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir – are bolted at 12 each. Odisha stand third in the table.
It was never a nice for the Saurashtra batsmen as they thought that it was difficult to remain before a taught Odisha bowling line-up and they lost wickets at normal interims.
While Pappu Roy, who opening the bowling fixing the screws toward one side, it was the combo of Debabrata Pradhan (2/28) and Ankit Yadav (2/13) whose normal leaps forward made life hard for Saurashtra batsman.
It is likewise to be noticed that previous India wicketkeeper Kiran More who is one of the headhunters for IPL establishment Mumbai Indians (MI) was additionally at the stands, potentially for a glance at Pappu who as of late had a decent preliminary with the three-time IPL champions. What’s more, with figures of 2/13 of every four overs at an economy of 3.25, Pappu carried out his responsibility truly well.
Prior, Odisha began a shocking note as opener Sandeep Patnaik, who hit a fifty in the last coordinate, fell efficiently. In any case, Poddar and Subhranshu Senapati (19) revived the innings with a 44-run second wicket association.
With Govind additionally back in the hovel with the score understanding 100/3 in the thirteenth over, it was Biplab tied down the innings with his lady 50 years of the competition to take Odisha past 160-run mark.
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