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Sharp bowling and fielding from P. Vidyuth (two for 46) and Nidhish Rajagopal (two for 9) stood retired arsenic Tamil Nadu bowled retired Odisha for 247 to registry its archetypal triumph of the season, by 207 runs, connected time 4 of their Elite Group-A sixth-round Ranji Trophy lucifer astatine the KIIT Stadium present connected Sunday.
Anil Parida was Odisha’s lone ranger, compiling a brave 98 (220b, 14x4).
The archetypal league distilled into defiance versus desperation. Tamil Nadu probed and persisted, but the archetypal breakthrough was elusive. Parida unfurled a brace of glorious screen drives disconnected Gurjapneet Singh, the 2nd a reflector of the first, contempt the pacer switching ends and angles. At the different end, skipper Subhranshu Senapati (55, 68b, 10x4) raised his fifty.
There were moments erstwhile Tamil Nadu felt close. Pacer Sonu Yadav slid 1 past Parida’s extracurricular borderline by a fraction; Subhranshu edged Sonu too, the shot sneaking betwixt keeper and archetypal slip. Relief yet arrived done brilliance successful the tract - Subhranshu pushed to mid-off for an ill-judged single, Vidyuth’s nonstop deed catching him abbreviated astatine the non-striker’s end.
Again, the waiting resumed. Govinda Poddar (27) drove pacer Trilok Nag crisp and straight, twice, portion Parida rode his luck, edging left-arm spinner Vidyuth for boundaries disconnected some the extracurricular and wrong edge. Eventually, Vidyuth recovered reward, castling Poddar.
Odisha’s absorption dissolved successful the adjacent session. Vidyuth cleaned up Biplab Samantaray (1), and Sambit Baral (1) holed retired to long-on disconnected Sai Kishore. Medium-pacer Nidhish Rajagopal took implicit from determination - a spectacular diving caught-and-bowled to region Rajesh Dhuper (7), and Debabrata Pradhan (0) playing connected to his mediate stump.
Victory was a specified formality that Tamil Nadu completed successful the 3rd session. Parida, who had weathered a barrage of short-pitched bowling from Trilok, edged to gully disconnected Gurjapneet. Rajesh Mohanty (30) past top-edged his propulsion disconnected Sonu, the keeper moving to his close to settee nether the shot and pouch it.
The scores (sixth round): Elite-A: Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: 286.
Odisha — 1st innings: 148.
Tamil Nadu — 2nd innings: 316.
Odisha — 2nd innings: Swastik Samal c Sonu b Sai Kishore 10, Shantanu lbw b Sonu 0, Subhranshu Senapati tally retired 55, Anil Parida c Ajitesh b Gurjapneet 98, Govinda Poddar b Vidyuth 27, Biplab Samantaray b Vidyuth 1, Sambit Baral c Nidhish b Sai Kishore 1, Rajesh Dhuper c & b Nidhish 7, Debabrata Pradhan b Nidhish 0, Rajesh Mohanty .c Jagadeesan b Sonu 30, Badal Biswal (not out) 0; Extras (b-13, lb-1, nb-1, w-3): 18; Total (all retired successful 83.5 overs): 247.
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-47, 3-85, 4-143, 5-149, 6-158, 7-186, 8-190, 9-239, 10-247.
Tamil Nadu bowling: Gurjapneet 13-4-48-1, Sonu 12.5-2-39-2, Trilok 10-0-48-0, Vidyuth 21-9-46-2, Sai Kishore 24-8-43-2, Nidhish 3-0-9-2.
Points: TN 6 (11), Odisha 0 (7).
