Odisha suffers another shameless defeat in Ranji
Bhubaneswar: Odisha suffered a shameless defeat from Rajasthan in the group-B league match of the Ranji Trophy at Gandhi Stadium in Balangir on Friday. Rajasthan edged out Odisha by 10 wickets. Vineet Saxena of Rajasthan smashed 106 runs and well supported by Chatan Bist and Deepak Chahar contributed 51 and unbeaten 57 runs respectively and team scored 305 runs in the first innings. In reply, Pankaj Singh and Deepak Chahar scalped four wickets each and restricted Odisha innings for 144 runs in 55.2 overs. After following on Odisha scored only 199 runs in the second innings. Odisha’s only batsman Anurag Sarangi scored 47 and 56 runs in first and second innings respectively. Pankaj Singh and Tanveer Ul Haq bagged three and four wickets respectively. Chasing a target of 38 runs to win, Rajasthan reached the winning target in 6.4 overs without losing any wickets.
Brief score: Rajasthan 305/10 in 115.3 overs (Vineet Saxena 106, Chetan Bist 51, Deepak Chahar 57 n. o; Pankaj Singh 27; Basant Mohanty 4/68, Depak Behera 2/35) and 42/0 in 6.4 overs beat Odisha 144/10 in 55.2 overs (Anurag Sarangi 47; Pankaj Singh 4/47, Deepak Chahar 4/30) and 199/10 in 52.4 overs (Anurag Sarangi 56, Pratik Das 45; Pankaj Singh 3/50, Tanveer Ul Haq 4/29) by 10 wickets.