Last Update: January 25, 2023, 20:34 IST
Captain Subhranshu Senapati struck a half-century but Ishaan Porel and Pritam Chakraborty took three wickets each as Bengal bowled out Odisha for 265 in their first innings in a Ranji Trophy Group A match at the Eden Gardens on Wednesday.
Bengal then reached 39 for 2 in 15 overs with Abhimanyu Easwaran (14) and Pritam (7) reaching stumps.
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Senapati’s 67 off 127 balls was studded with nine fours but Odisha kept losing wickets at regular intervals at the other end.
The first to go was opener Shantanu Mishra (42), who could only add one run to his night’s score, becoming Pritam’s first victim.
Rakesh Patnaik was dismissed by Ishan in the 42nd over, while G Poddar fell to Akash Ghatak as Odisha collapsed to 139 for five, losing half their team.
Senapati added 45 runs with Rajesh Dhupar (15) but was later clean bowled by Ishan. Prayas Singh and Senapati took them past 200 before they were back in the hut in the 81st over.
Eight balls later, Senapati was removed by Pritam as their score was 210 for 8.
Lower-order batsmen Pradhan (22), Sunil Raul (24) and Basant Mohanty (15 not out) then made useful contributions to take Odisha past the 250-mark.
In both Rohtak and Nadaun, play was suspended without a ball being bowled on the second day due to bad light.
Abbreviated Score:
At Kolkata: Odisha 265 all out in 98 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 67, Shantanu Mishra 41; Ishan Porel 3/67, Pritam Chakraborty 3/59) vs Bengal 39 for 2 in 15 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 14; Sunil Raul 1/8) .
At Rohtak: Haryana 158 for 6 in 53 overs (Kapil Hooda 42, Sumit Kumar 33 batting, Yuvraj Singh 34; Avnish Sudha 5/45) vs Uttarakhand.
In Nadaun: Himachal Pradesh scored 15 runs without loss in 4.4 overs against Uttar Pradesh.
Baroda: 561 for 6 in 128 overs (Vishnu Solanki 179, Ninad Rathwa 143, Atit Sheth 140 not out; Imliwati Lemtur 2/129) vs Nagaland 130 all out in 45.5 overs (Inkato Zhimomi 44; B Bhatt 5/40) and 19 for 3 in 7 overs (Mungkham Phom 14; Bhargav Bhatt 2/8).
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