Ranji Trophy: Odisha Beat Himachal Pradesh By 238 Runs
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Odisha defeated Himachal Pradesh by a convincing 238 runs, registering their first win in Group D of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season on Monday.
Cuttack, Jan 29: Odisha defeated Himachal Pradesh by a convincing 238 runs, registering their first win in Group D of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season here on Monday.
Chasing a victory target of 388, Himachal Pradesh were bundled out for a mere 149 in 57.4 overs on Day 4 of the match being played at the DRIEMS Ground here.
Odisha pace spearhead Rajesh Mohanty sparked a batting collapse in Himachal Pradesh.
Mohanty returned 20-5-33-5 whereas Biplab Samantray took 2/25 and Debabrata Pradhan, Sunil Roul and Harshit Rathod took one wicket apiece.
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✨For Himachal Pradesh, Prashant Chopra waged a lone battle of sorts with 57. Skipper Ankit Kalsi made 27 runs while Abhishek Kumar and Rishi Dhawan scored 12 and 10 runs.
However, the hero of the Odisha victory was top order batter Sandeep Pattnaik who scored 150 in the second innings that helped the home team to post 425/ 8 (declared).
Odisha have played four matches so far and have won one, lost two and managed a first innings lead in the fourth.
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Brief Score: Odisha 138 & 425/8d vs Himachal Pradesh 176 and 149 all out in 57.4 overs (Prashant Chopra 57; Rajesh Mohanty 5/33) Points: Odisha 6, Himachal Pradesh 0.