Odisha beat Bengal by 32 runs in U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy

Odisha beat Bengal by 32 runs in U-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy

Kalyani: Hosts Bengal suffered a 32-run defeat against Odisha in the Under-19 Vinoo Mankad Trophy East Zone one-dayer at Bengal Cricket Academy ground in Kalyani near Kolkata on Monday. Odisha rode on Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra’s 46 and Saurabh Rawat’s 42 to set a stiff target of 219 after electing to bat. In reply, Bengal captain Agniv Pan scored a half-century but his effort went in vain as they were bundled out of 186. While Bengal pacers Kanishk Seth and Ishan Porel took four and three wickets respectively, Anurag Prusty and Subham Nayak shared five wickets in between them for Odisha.

Odisha were off to a feeble start when they lost openers Subhranshu Senapati and Preeyatam Singh with just 25 runs on board. Three more wickets fell, and the Odisha scoreboard read 91 for 5 in the 25th over. Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra (46) and Saurabh Rawat (42) led the fightback in order to guide the visitors to 199 for 6, before P Pramanik and the rest of the Bengal bowlers wiped out the remainder of the batting order to restrict them to 218.

Bengal suffered their first dismissal in the seventh over when Subham Saha was trapped leg-before by Mohanty for an 18-ball duck. Shahbaz and Avijit Singh briefly resurrected the Bengal innings with knocks of 33 and 41 respectively, before wickets continued to tumble. Agniv Pan put up a brave knock even as wickets continued to tumble around him, remaining unbeaten on 56 till the end.

Brief scores:

Odisha 218 in 49.4 overs (Soubhagya Ranjan Mishra 46, Saurabh Rawat 42, Jamala B Mohapatra 30, Suman Mohanty 28; Kanishk Seth 4 for 35, Ishan Porel 3 for 53) beat Bengal 186 in 47.2 overs (Agniv Pan 56, Avijit Singh 41, Shahbaz Anwar 33; Anurag Prusty 3 for 50, Subham Nayak 2 for 28). Odisha won by 32 runs.