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Kanpur: Anshuman Sahoo’s unbeaten century (102no) and his 136 runs partnership with Ashirwad Swain (74) helped Odisha to thwart all attempts of UP to finish the match on the third day as Odisha after the follow on scored 295 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in Cooch Behar Trophy match played at Pune.
Odisha, after trailing 323 runs behind in the first innings, struggled hard to save themselves from the ignominityy of an innings defeat. They were successful in their attempt as they needed another 28 runs with four second innings wickets in hand and forced UP to bat in their second innings to win the match.
Their centurion batsman Anshuman is in the crease and till he is there they are hopeful to collect some respectable score to challenge UP in the second innings. Odisha in its first innings had scored 162 runs against UP’s first innings mammoth score of 485 runs. Their batsmen were stuck in the middle of Deccan Gymkhana cricket ground in Pune and offered full resistance to UP bowlers.
Both openers Dinesh K Majhi (45) and Niranjan Gouda (21) returned on 74. Thereafter Anshuman and Ashirwad took the charge in the middle. They thwarted all attempts of UP for an early break. Odisha collected as many as 136 runs in 31 overs in their third wicket partnership which enhanced the confidence of lower order batsmen.
Their partnership broke when Prashant claimed Ashirwad for 74 runs scored with the help of 11 boundaries and a six in 116 balls. Anshuman stood like a rock at one end and completed his century in 232 balls hammering 16 boundaries. Odisha lost three more wickets at regular intervals. Sambit was trying to stick in the middle, fell prey to Prashant Yadhav after scoring 25 runs.
At close, captain Shrestha Singh was playing with Anshuman and Odisha was hoping for a good partnership from them. On the other hand, UP bowlers have to work hard to wrap Odisha’s second innings at the earliest so that they could complete the victory formality before lunch or tea. Prashan T and Vipraj claimed two wickets for UP.
Brief score: UP first innings-485 (Arjun Bhardwaj 225, Aranav Baliyan 64, Ansh Tiwari 16, Swastik 54, Manish Singh 50, Vijay Kumar 20, Satyam Chauhan 19 no, Niranjan Gouda 2 for 76, Ashutosh Chhuria 1 for 62, Sambit Barai 1 for 7, Sushil K Barik 5 for 80, Shreshtha Singh 1 for 74,) Odisha first innings- 62 (Anshuman Sahoo 32, Sambit S Barai 20, Saideep Mohapatra 16, Ashirwad Swain 32, Niranjan Gouda 16, Sushil K Barik 23 , Vijay Kumar 2 for 30, Prashant Yadhav 2 for 50, Naman Tiwari 3 for 24, Swastik 2 for 0) Odisha second innings- 6 for 295 (Dinesh K Majihi 45, Niranjan Gouda 21, Anshuman Sahoo 102 no, Ashirwad Swain 74, Sambit S Baral 25, Jaideep Mahapatra 10, Pashant Yadhav 2 for 49, Vijay Kumar 1 for 45, Naman Tiwari 1 for 47, Vipraj Nigam 2 for 86).
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Kanpur: Anshuman Sahoo’s unbeaten century (102no) and his 136 runs partnership with Ashirwad Swain (74) helped Odisha to thwart all attempts of UP to finish the match on the third day as Odisha after the follow on scored 295 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in Cooch Behar Trophy match played at Pune.
Odisha, after trailing 323 runs behind in the first innings, struggled hard to save themselves from the ignominityy of an innings defeat. They were successful in their attempt as they needed another 28 runs with four second innings wickets in hand and forced UP to bat in their second innings to win the match.
Their centurion batsman Anshuman is in the crease and till he is there they are hopeful to collect some respectable score to challenge UP in the second innings. Odisha in its first innings had scored 162 runs against UP’s first innings mammoth score of 485 runs. Their batsmen were stuck in the middle of Deccan Gymkhana cricket ground in Pune and offered full resistance to UP bowlers.
Both openers Dinesh K Majhi (45) and Niranjan Gouda (21) returned on 74. Thereafter Anshuman and Ashirwad took the charge in the middle. They thwarted all attempts of UP for an early break. Odisha collected as many as 136 runs in 31 overs in their third wicket partnership which enhanced the confidence of lower order batsmen.
Their partnership broke when Prashant claimed Ashirwad for 74 runs scored with the help of 11 boundaries and a six in 116 balls. Anshuman stood like a rock at one end and completed his century in 232 balls hammering 16 boundaries. Odisha lost three more wickets at regular intervals. Sambit was trying to stick in the middle, fell prey to Prashant Yadhav after scoring 25 runs.
At close, captain Shrestha Singh was playing with Anshuman and Odisha was hoping for a good partnership from them. On the other hand, UP bowlers have to work hard to wrap Odisha’s second innings at the earliest so that they could complete the victory formality before lunch or tea. Prashan T and Vipraj claimed two wickets for UP.
Brief score: UP first innings-485 (Arjun Bhardwaj 225, Aranav Baliyan 64, Ansh Tiwari 16, Swastik 54, Manish Singh 50, Vijay Kumar 20, Satyam Chauhan 19 no, Niranjan Gouda 2 for 76, Ashutosh Chhuria 1 for 62, Sambit Barai 1 for 7, Sushil K Barik 5 for 80, Shreshtha Singh 1 for 74,) Odisha first innings- 62 (Anshuman Sahoo 32, Sambit S Barai 20, Saideep Mohapatra 16, Ashirwad Swain 32, Niranjan Gouda 16, Sushil K Barik 23 , Vijay Kumar 2 for 30, Prashant Yadhav 2 for 50, Naman Tiwari 3 for 24, Swastik 2 for 0) Odisha second innings- 6 for 295 (Dinesh K Majihi 45, Niranjan Gouda 21, Anshuman Sahoo 102 no, Ashirwad Swain 74, Sambit S Baral 25, Jaideep Mahapatra 10, Pashant Yadhav 2 for 49, Vijay Kumar 1 for 45, Naman Tiwari 1 for 47, Vipraj Nigam 2 for 86).
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