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Live Cricket Score Vijay Hazare Trophy 2014-15 Odisha vs Punjab Semi-Final 2: Punjab win by 7 wickets, reach final

CricketCountry's live blog of the second semi-final between Odisha and Punjab.

Yuvraj Singh will be the key for Punjab © IANS
Yuvraj Singh will be the key for Punjab © IANS

Nov 23, 2014

Punjab win by seven wickets.


 

OUT! A Singh run out  Samantaray 91

Punjab 181/3| Overs 39


 

OUT! M Singh c Samantaray b Behra 81

Punjab 180/2| Overs 37


Punjab 168/1 | Overs 35


 

Punjab 99/1 | Overs 24

Amitoze Singh has completed a fine half-century as Punjab are cruising at the moment. Mandeep and Amitoze have so far added 86 runs for the second wicket. Punjab now need 139 more runs to win from 26 overs with nine wickets in hand.

 

Amitoze Singh is looking in fine form as he has smashed five boundaries so far in this game. Punjab don’t have a huge task in their hands of chasing down a big total. They need strong partnerships to go through.

 

Punjab have suffered an early blow in form of Manan Vohra, who fell after scoring just four runs. Both Mandeep and Amitoze Singh are looking positive at the crease. They need 218 more runs to win from 43 overs with nine wickets in hand.

 

Punjab have begun their chase with Amitoze Singh playing the first over maiden. Suryakant Pradhan started off the proceedings for Odisha.

 

 



 

Unlucky for Arabind Singh as he misses out on a deserving century, nevertheless, he has taken Odisha from a position of trouble to one that of command. Arabind is run out for 89 on the penultimate ball in the over. Arabind faced 100 balls, scoring 89 runs with the help of nine fours and a six.
OUT! A Singh run out 89 (100)

 

These two batsmen have revived the Odisha innings. They are close to the 200-run mark now, at one point it was looking difficult for them to achieve that. Fine innings by Arabind Singh, who has completed his century with the help of four boundaries.
OUT! A Mallick c M Vohra b S Kaul 36 (26)

 

Arabind Singh and Abhilash Mallick have started to score quickly, as in the last five overs they added 30 runs. Odisha will be hoping that these two batsmen go on to smash big knocks here.

 

Odisha are in complete disarray at the moment as Biplab Samantray has fallen without making much of a difference to the scorecard.Odisha are desperate to get some momentum going, as they would need to post a target in excess of 200 against Punjab.
OUT! B Samantray c G Khera b Yuvraj 6 (9)

 

Nataraj Behera has been dismissed as Odisha are now in a bit of a bother here at the moment. Harbhajan Singh gets his first wicket, getting Behera caught by Taruwar Kohli. Bipbal Samantray has joined Arabind Singh as Odisha would be aiming for another strong stand in the middle. Punjab on top at the moment.
OUT! N Behera c T Kohli b Harbhajan 61 (76)

 

Odisha are crawling at the moment. Nataraj Behera has done well to hang around till now right from the start but his team would be looking for a big score from him. He has completed his half-century. Odisha would be aiming to improve their scoring rate, as they are below three at the moment.

 

 


 

Hello and welcome to CricketCountry’s live blog of the second semi-final between Odisha and Punjab at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

Punjab defeated Railways in the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played at Motibaug Cricket Ground, Vadodara on Friday. Batting first, Railways posted a decent score of 242 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Anstup Majumdar steered the Railways innings with as he scored 76 runs off 100 balls.

Mahes Rawat and Arindam Ghosh also made valuable contributions with the bat for the team. For Punjab, Baltej Singh picked up a five-for. Baltej bowled 45 dot balls in the 10 overs he bowled and gave away 33 runs in return. Sandeep Sharma was also useful with the ball as he picked two wickets but gave away 51 runs.

 

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