Bhubaneswar: A five-wicket haul by Mahesh Pithiya helped Baroda to restrict Odisha for 193 in the opening day of their Group A Ranji Trophy match at International Cricket Stadium, Kotambi, Vadodara on Saturday.
Odisha managed to draw their home match against Jammu and Kashmir at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and gained three points on the basis of their two-run first-innings lead. However, in the least season, Baroda defeated Odisha by a massive 147 runs in the beginning of this year.
Batting first, Odisha scored 193 in 65 overs with Biplab Samantaray and Aashirwad Swain scoring 58 and 37 runs respectively. Mahesh Pithiya of Baroda caused maximum damage by picking 5 for 61. At day one stump, Baroda scored 50 for 1 in the first innings.
Brief Score: Odisha 193/10 in 65 overs (Biplab Samantaray 58, Aashirwad Swain 37; Mahesh Pithiya 5/61) Vs Baroda 50/1 in 20 overs (Shivalik Sharma 28 n.o;)
Odisha squad: Anil Parida, Anurag Sarangi, Kartik Biswal, Sandeep Pattnaik, Shantanu Mishra, Swastik Samal, Biplab Samantray, Debabrata Pradhan, Govinda Poddar, Rajesh Mohanty, Sumit Sharma, Suryakant Pradhan, Aasirwad Swain, Rajesh Dhuper, Harshit Rathod, Sunil Roul, Tarani Sa
Baroda squad: Jyotsnil Singh, Shashwat Rawat, Shivalik Sharma, Vishnu Solanki, Abhimanyusingh Rajput, Atit Sheth, Krunal Pandya, Ninad Rathva, Priyanshu Moliya, Sukirt Pandey, Akshay More, Mitesh Patel, Akash Singh, Bhargav Bhatt, Lakshit Toksiya, Lukman Meriwala, Mahesh Pithiya, Raj Limbani
