Haryana inch closer to win in Shafi Darashah
Bhubaneswar: A five-wicket haul by Rahul Tebatia of Haryana restricted Odisha second innings for 257 runs and in reply his-mate Avimanyu Khan smashed an unbeaten half century at day three stumps and the team need only 81 runs with remaining nine wicket to beat Odisha in the final day of their four-day-long Zone-D league match in the Shafi Darashah Trophy All-India Cricket Tournament at Bangalore on Friday.
Trailing by 80 runs, in the second innings Odisha added 157 runs for the loss of six wickets on Thursday to their overnight score of 100runs and completed the innings for 257 runs in 86 overs. Cheasing the target of 211 runs, Haryana scored 130 runs for the loss of one wicket. While, Avimanyu scored unbeaten 50 runs and well supported by Sunny Singh who contributed 36 runs and both played till the end.
In reply Odisha’s 194 first innings score, Haryana scored 274 runs in 86.5 overs. All credit goes to Rahul Dhawan who smashed 108 runs and equally supported by Jayant Yadev with 71 runs. Brief score: Odisha 194/10 in 73 overs (Govind Podder 100, Subhrajoyti Mishra 24, Deepak Behera 23; Rahul Tewata 4 wickets, Ashish Hooda 3 wickets) and 257/10 in 86 overs (A Singh 45, Biplab Samantary 86, Deepak Behera 38; Harshal Patel 3/47, Rahul Tebatia 5/84) Vs Haryana 274/10 in 86.5 overs ( Abhimanyu 32, Rahul Dhawan 108, Jayant Yadav 71; Alok Mangaraj 4/57, Deepak Behera 2/46, Jayanta Behera 2/57) and 130/1 in 40 overs (Nitin Saini 30, Avimanyu Khan 50 n.o; Sunny Singh 36 n.o;) .