Last Update: January 10, 2023, 23:54 IST
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At stumps on the first day at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Himachal were comfortably placed at 91/2 with reliable opener Prashant Chopra scoring 61 runs.
Himachal Pradesh pacer Vaibhav Arora took his third five-wicket haul in first-class cricket to restrict Odisha to 191 in their Ranji Trophy Group A match, even as the other two pacers – Rishi Dhawan and Abhinay also played an important role in the demolition. visitor on Tuesday.
At stumps on the first day at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Stadium, Himachal were comfortably placed at 91/2, with reliable opener Prashant Chopra batting on 61 and the hosts just 100 runs away from taking a first-innings lead.
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The 25-year-old Tej Vaibhav dismissed opener Anurag Sarangi for six in the ninth over and was again on target in the 16th over as he sent back Anshi Rath for three.
With Himachal’s bowlers striking at regular intervals, Odisha were in dire trouble at 85/5 but a half-century from Shantanu Mishra (52 off 107 balls) helped them to 160 for eight before the last two Wickets fell quickly.
Coming out to bat, Himachal opener and prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket Prashant Chopra scored a brilliant half-century – his 16th in first-class cricket – and captaining the side against Uttarakhand earlier in the Ranji season seemed a distant dream. Was.
In the first innings of their Ranji match against Uttarakhand, Himachal were all out for 49 in the third round of matches, with home team bowler Deepak Dhapola returning career-best figures of 8/35 in just 8.3 overs.
The five-wicket defeat in that game at Dehradun (December 27–30) was a direct result of openers Raghav Dhawan and Prashant Chopra’s failure to score big.
But since then, the team has atoned for its batting lapses, which was clearly visible in the fourth round match against Baroda, which ended in a draw after Himachal posted a total of over 500 in the first innings. had ended. Chopra and skipper Ankit Kalsi scored brilliant centuries in that game.
On Tuesday, Chopra was again rocking the innings, scoring 61 off 89 balls. But the biggest disappointment of the day was skipper Kalsi who got out for a duck.
Earlier, Odisha were restricted to a sub-200 score thanks to the efforts of three Himachal pacers. While Vaibhav Arora was dominant, Kanwar Abhinay and Rishi Dhawan also had two wickets each as they helped the hosts take the honors on day one.
Brief scores: At Nadaun: Odisha 191 in 50 overs (Shantanu Mishra 52, Prayash Singh 39; Vaibhav Arora 5/51, Rishi Dhawan 2/44, Kanwar Abhinay 2/39) vs Himachal Pradesh 91/2 in 31 overs (Prashant Chopra 61 batting.
At Kalyani: Baroda 222/7 in 81 overs (Jyotsnil Singh 85, Priyanshu Moliya 50; Mukesh Kumar 3/50, Akash Deep 4/67) vs Bengal.
At Rohtak: Nagaland 83/5 in 37 overs (Shrikant Mundhe 30 batting; Harshal Patel 2/23) vs Haryana.
At Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh 29/3 in 21 overs (Deepak Dhapola 2/10) vs Uttarakhand.
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