Baral scored 26 and 55 in his two innings. Among Odisha bowlers, Chhuria was most successful, taking three wickets in each innings, while Jaisingh claimed four in the first innings and one in the second. Captain Shresth Singh and Sushil Barik also bowled well for Odisha.

SCORECARD

ODISHA (1st innings): Dinesh Majhi c Topno b Phukan 8, Saransh Kumar c Mayukh Hazarika b Phukan 7, MD Sohail Khan b Phukan 0, Aashirwad Swain (W) c Kashyap b Mayukh Hazarika 59, Shresth Singh (C) c Musaraf b Dipok 6, Saideep Mohapatra c Lahkar b Dipok 45, Sambit Baral c Dey b Phukan 26, Sushil Barik c Topno b Mayukh Hazarika 5, Niranjan Gouda lbw Dipok 6, Ashutosh Chhuria st Topno b Dipok 4, Aditya Jaisingh not out 4; Extras (nb-9, w-1, b-16, lb-2) 28
Total (All out; 80.1 overs) 198
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Majhi, 2.2 ov), 2-11 (Sohail, 2.5 ov), 3-19 (Saransh, 8.4 ov), 4-39 (Shresth, 20.6 ov), 5-127 (Saideep, 55.5 ov), 6-164 (Swain, 68.3 ov), 7-174 (Baral, 71.1 ov), 8-181 (Barik, 72.3 ov), 9-191 (Gouda, 76.6 ov), 10-198 (Chhuria, 80.1 ov)
Bowling: Anurag Phukan 22-10-39-4, Mayukh Hazarika 18-4-37-2, Saurav Dey 15-2-39-0, Reshabh Dipok 18.1-6-41-4, Bhargab Pratim Lahkar 6-0-18-0, Sumit Kashyap 1-0-6-0.

ASSAM (1st innings): Parvej Musaraf c Baral b Chhuria 30, Nihar Narah c Swain b Jaisingh 26, Rohan Hazarika c Majhi b Jaisingh 21, Shivam Mittal c Swain b Jaisingh 5, Roshan Topno (W) c Swain b Shresth 21, Sumit Kashyap c Shresth b Chhuria 12, Saurav Dey c Swain b Shresth 13, Reshabh Dipok (C) b Chhuria 1, Mayukh Hazarika  c Baral b Jaisingh 3, Anurag Phukan not out 24, Bhargab Pratim Lahkar c Swain b Shresth 1; Extras (nb-7, b-4, lb-10) 21
Total (All out; 61.1 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Musaraf, 10.5 ov), 2-79 (Narah, 18.2 ov), 3-88 (Mittal, 24.2 ov), 4-97 (R Hazarika, 26.5 ov), 5-123 (Kashyap, 38.4 ov), 6-144 (Topno, 47.4 ov), 7-147 (Dipok, 48.2 ov), 8-150 (Dey, 51.6 ov), 9-159 (M Hazarika, 58.3 ov), 10-178 (Lahkar, 61.1 ov)
Bowling: Niranjan Gouda 8-3-26-0, Ashutosh Chhuria 18-6-44-3, Aditya Jaisingh 16-6-43-4, Sushil Barik 9-3-20-0, Shresth Singh 10.1-1-31-3.

ODISHA (2nd innings): Sohail Khan c Topno b Phukan 6, Saransh Kumar b Phukan 5, D Majhi c Irfan Ansari (Sub) b Phukan 19, A Swain c Dey b M Hazarika 27, S Baral b M Hazarika 55, S Mohapatra b Lahkar 65, S Singh (C) b Lahkar 15, S Barik c Topno b M Hazarika 15, N Gouda b Phukan 7, A Chhuria lbw M Hazarika 0, A Jaisingh not out 0; Extras (nb-1, w-3, b-11, lb-2) 17
Total (All out; 68.4 overs) 231
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Sohail, 3.3 ov), 2-14 (Saransh, 5.4 ov), 3-44 (Majhi, 13.3 ov), 4-106 (Swain, 24.3 ov), 5-125 (Baral, 30.1 ov), 6-206 (Mohapatra, 53.5 ov), 7-209 (Shresth, 55.6 ov), 8-231 (Barik, 66.3 ov), 9-231 (Gouda, 67.3 ov), 10-231 (Chhuria , 68.4 ov)
Bowling: M Hazarika 20.4-5-43-4, A Phukan 13-3-48-4, S Dey 5-1-14-0, R Dipok 14-3-52-0, B Lahkar 7-4-17-2, S Kashyap 4-0-22-0, P Musaraf 4-2-15-0, R Hazarika 1-0-7-0.

ASSAM (2nd innings): Musaraf lbw Barik 51, Narah b Chhuria 7, R Hazarika c Sohail b Jaisingh 23, Mittal b Chhuria 7, Topno run out Mohapatra 28, Kashyap c Majhi b Chhuria 0, Dey c&b Barik 29, M Hazarika run out Baral 0, Dipok run out Majhi 0, Phukan b Shresth 17, Lahkar not out 0; Extras (nb-1, w-2, lb-3) 6
Total (All out; 44.3 overs) 168
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Narah, 3.6 ov), 2-85 (R Hazarika, 20.2 ov), 3-85 (Musaraf, 21.1 ov), 4-121 (Mittal, 28.1 ov), 5-121 (Topno, 28.4 ov), 6-123 (Kashyap, 30.1 ov), 7-129 (M Hazarika, 33.4 ov), 8-129 (Dipok, 33.6 ov), 9-168 (Phukan, 43.1 ov), 10-168 (Dey, 44.3 ov)
Bowling: Gouda 7-3-22-0, Chhuria 15-3-64-3, Mohapatra 4-1-15-0, Jaisingh 6-0-25-1, Barik 9.3-2-30-2, S Singh 3-1-9-1.
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TOP: Odisha batsman Saideep Mohapatra emotes after scoring a half-century in the second innings against Assam in Pune on 8 December 2021.
RIGHT: Odisha bowler Ashutosh Chhuria displays the ball with which he picked up three wickets in the second innings in Pune on 8 December 2021.