Girija, Biplab shines in Shafi Darshah Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Opener Girija Rout and skipper Biplab Samantary of Odisha smashed an unbeaten century each and powered the team score 273 runs for the loss of three wickets and scripted a seven runs first innings lead against Saurashtra at day two stumps of their four-day- long Zone-D league match in the Shafi Darshah Trophy All-India Cricket Tournament at Bangalore on Tuesday. In reply to Saurashtra’s 266 runs first innings score, Odisha lost their early three wickets at the score of 60 runs. But the skipper Biplab and opener Girija scripted an unbeaten 213 runs partnership for the fourth wicket and Odisha gathered a seven run lead. While, Girija contributed 132 runs and Biplab smashed 116 runs. Earlier in the opening day, winning the toss, Odisha elected to field first, Chirag Pathak played the anchor role in the Saurashtra innings and scored unbeaten 68 runs, other who were contributed Jaydev Saha (28), Chirag Jain (34), Vishal Joshi (37) and Dharmendra Jadeja (32) helped the team to reach 266 runs in 96.3 overs at day one stumps. Alok Mangaraj claimed highest three wickets, while Deepak Behera and Jayanta Behera bagged two wickets each.
Brief Score: Saurashtra 266/10 in 96.3 overs (Chirag Pathak 68 n.o; Chirag Jani 34, Jaydev Saha 28, Vishal Joshi 37, Dharmendra Jadeja 32; Alok Mangaraj 3/56, Deepak Behera 2/34, Jayanta
Behera 2/18) Vs Odisha 273/3 in 98 overs (Girija Rout
132 n.o; Biplab Samantary 116 n.o;).