Opening batsman Shantanu Mishra and stumper-batter Rajesh Dhuper put up impressive performance for Odisha with the former scoring a century (103 off 267 balls, 11x4) in the second innings and the latter hitting a half-century (71 not out and 52) in each innings.

Dhuper, who also held four catches in the first innings, was named as the Player of the Match. Odisha right-arm fast-medium bowler Ashish Rai made his First-Class debut in this match.

SCORECARD

GOA (1st Innings): Amogh Desai run out (Senapati) 13, Sumiran Amonkar c Pattnaik b B Mohanty 4, Suyash Prabhudessai c Pattnaik b R Mohanty 19, Snehal Kauthankar (c) c Pattnaik b B Mohanty 12, Shubham Ranjane c Dhuper b Rai 6, Eknath Kerkar (wk) c Dhuper b Pradhan 76, Darshan Misal c Dhuper b B Mohanty 0, Shrikant Wagh run out (Poddar) 19, Lakshay Garg c Pattnaik b Raut 2,    Amit Yadav c Dhuper b Raut 0, Amulya Pandrekar not out 27; Extras (lb-3) 3
Total (All out; 64 overs) 181
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Amonkar, 4.2 ov), 2-35 (Prabhudessai, 20.3 ov), 3-41 (Amogh Desai, 21.1 ov), 4-55 (Ranjane, 26.2 ov), 5-59 (Kauthankar, 29.2 ov), 6-63 (Misal, 31.6 ov), 7-116 (Wagh, 43.1 ov), 8-140 (Garg, 47.4 ov), 9-140 (Yadav, 47.5 ov), 10-181 (Kerkar, 63.6 ov)
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 18-8-27-3, Rajesh Mohanty 15-4-48-1, Ashish Rai 14-3-44-1, Debabrata Pradhan 8-2-28-1, Abhishek Raut 6-1-20-2, Govinda Poddar 3-0-11-0.

ODISHA (1st Innings): Shantanu Mishra lbw b Ranjane 6, Anurag Sarangi lbw b Garg 1, Sandeep Pattnaik c Kerkar b Garg 0, Subhranshu Senapati (c) c Yadav b Ranjane 29, Govinda Poddar lbw b Wagh 8, Rajesh Dhuper (wk) not out 71, Abhishek Raut c Kerkar b Prabhudessai 29, Debabrata Pradhan c Kerkar b Ranjane 13, Rajesh Mohanty c Misal b Ranjane 18, Basant Mohanty c Kerkar b Ranjane 0, Ashish Rai c Prabhudessai b Misal 5; Extras (b-4, lb-2, nb-3) 9
Total (All out; 56 overs) 189
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Sarangi, 3.3 ov), 2-2 (Pattnaik, 3.6 ov), 3-23 (Mishra, 13.2 ov), 4-48 (Poddar, 18.5 ov), 5-54 (Senapati, 22.2 ov), 6-101 (Raut, 33.5 ov), 7-121 (Pradhan, 37.3 ov), 8-165 (R Mohanty, 49.3 ov), 9-167 (B Mohanty, 51.5 ov), 10-189 (Rai, 55.6 ov)
Bowling: Shrikant Wagh 15-5-35-1, Lakshay Garg 16-2-48-2, Darshan Misal 3-1-8    -1, Shubham Ranjane 15-2-49-5, Suyash Prabhudessai 4-0-24-1, Amulya Pandrekar 1-0-7-0, Amit Yadav 2-0-12-0.

GOA (2nd Innings): Amonkar b Raut 33, Desai c Sarangi b B Mohanty 42,  Pandrekar c Mishra b Rai 13, Prabhudessai c Senapati b Raut 73, Kauthankar (c) not out 165, Ranjane c Rai b Raut 4, Kerkar not out 50; Extras (lb-10, nb-1, w-3) 14
Total (5 wkts decl; 106.1 overs) 394
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Desai, 27.3 ov), 2-76 (Amonkar, 28.3 ov), 3-116 (Pandrekar, 51.2 ov), 4-251 (Prabhudessai, 76.5 ov), 5-261 (Ranjane, 78.4 ov)
Bowling: B Mohanty 22-8-51-1, R Mohanty 20-7-53-0, Rai 17-3-69-1, Pradhan 14-2-57-0, Senapati 1-0-6-0, Raut 22-1-106-3, Mishra 0.1-0-1-0, Poddar 10-0-41-0.

ODISHA (2nd Innings): Sarangi c Desai b Garg 28, Mishra run out 103, Pattnaik c Prabhudessai b Misal 32, Senapati (c) c Prabhudessai b Misal 2, Poddar c Misal b Wagh 3, Dhuper c Misal b Yadav 52, Raut b Yadav 5, Pradhan not out 2, B Mohanty not out 0; Extras (b-4, lb-5, nb-3) 12
Total (7 wkts; 100 overs) 239
Did not bat: Rajesh Mohanty, Ashish Rai
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Sarangi, 15.5 ov), 2-97 (Pattnaik, 28.3 ov), 3-99 (Senapati, 30.1 ov), 4-108 (Poddar, 33.1 ov), 5-227 (Dhuper, 88.3 ov), 6-237 (Raut, 92.3 ov), 7-237 (Mishra, 96.3 ov)
Bowling: Wagh 12-3-28-1, Garg 12-2-47-1, Misal 32-9-76-2, Yadav 26-11-24-2, Ranjane 4-0-13-0, Pandrekar 14-2-42-0.
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TOP: Odisha wicket-keeper and Player of the Match Rajesh Dhuper in Ahmedabad on 18th February 2022.
RIGHT: Odisha batter Shantanu Mishra and stumper Rajesh Dhuper in Ahmedabad on 20th February 2022.