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  Ranji Trophy: Odisha fall flat at first hurdle
18 Oct 2025
 

After putting up a strong fight on the opening day, host Odisha struggled for the remaining three day to suffer a seven-wicket defeat against Baroda in their four-day Ranji Trophy opening Elite Group-A match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. The emphatic victory fetched Baroda six points, while Odisha drew blank.

Opting to bat, Odisha were in deep trouble, losing four wickets for 49 runs. Captain Subhranshu Senapati and Rajesh Dhuper steadied the innings with a 156-run partnership for the fifth wicket as Odisha ended the opening day at 205 for five.

But Odisha started losing its grip over the match from the second day as they were bowled for 271, losing their remaining five wickets for 21 runs. Both Senapati and Dhuper scored a half-century each, while the latter missed his century by six runs.

In reply, Baroda rode on a century each by Shivalik Sharma and Mitesh Patel to declare their first innings at 413 for seven, and took a lead of 142 runs. In the second innings, Odisha folded up for 174, leaving a small target of 33 runs for the opposition to win the match.
 

Baroda lost three wickets for 12 runs in their second innings before registering a comfortable victory. Mahesh Pithiya and Bhargav Bhatt destroyed the Odisha second innings, bagging six and three wickets respectively. Odisha captain Senapati stood tall in the second innings with an unbeaten half-century. Baroda batter Shivalik Sharma was adjudged the Player of the Match. Gourav Choudhury and Badal Biswal made their First-Class debut for Odisha in this match.

SCORECARD

ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal c Patel b Sheth 24, Gourav Choudhury run out (Sheth) 24, Sandeep Pattnaik c Patel b Bhatt 0, Subhranshu Senapati (c) b Bhatt 79, Govinda Poddar b Sheth 0, Rajesh Dhuper lbw b Sheth 94, Aashirwad Swain (wk) c Sharma b Sheth 22, Rajesh Mohanty c Sharma b Salam 8, Sunil Roul b Salam 9, Badal Biswal not out 1, Sumit Sharma b Salam 0; Extras (b-3, lb-5, w-2) 10
Total (All out, 116.1 overs) 271    
Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Choudhury, 18.5 overs), 2-49 (Pattnaik, 19.2), 3-49 (Samal, 20.3), 4-49 (Poddar, 22.2), 5-205 (Senapati, 89.5), 6-250 (Dhuper, 108.2), 7-253 (Swain, 110.2), 8-270 (Mohanty, 114.3), 9-271 (Roul, 114.6), 10-271 (Sharma, 116.1)
Bowling: Atit Sheth 22-3-67-4, Rasikh Salam 21.1-2-66-3, Lukman Meriwala 5-1-7-0, Bhargav Bhatt 35-7-62-2, Mahesh Pithiya 30-8-54-0, Jyotsnil Singh 3-0-7-0.

BARODA (1st innings): Jyotsnil Singh run out (sub, Anil Parida]) 12, Shivalik Sharma lbw b Biswal 124, Shashwat Rawat c Swain b Poddar 8, Sukirt Pandey b Biswal 71, Vishnu Solanki b Sharma 19, Mitesh Patel (wk) not out 100, Atit Sheth (c) b Sharma 28, Mahesh Pithiya c Poddar b Sharma 5, Rasikh Salam not out 45; Extras (lb-1) 1
Total (7 wickets declared, 146 overs) 413
Did not bat: Bhargav Bhatt, Lukman Meriwala
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (J Singh, 21.4 overs), 2-51 (Rawat, 27.3), 3-211 (S Sharma, 90.5), 4-222 (Pandey, 98.4), 5-244 (Solanki, 107.5), 6-296 (Sheth, 121.5), 7-324 (Pithiya, 127.6)
Bowling: Sumit Sharma 28-2-104-3, Rajesh Mohanty 16-4-33-0, Govinda Poddar 27-5-73-1, Sunil Roul 22-3-71-0, Badal Biswal 52-12-131-2, Swastik Samal 1-1-0-0.

ODISHA (2nd innings): S Samal b Pithiya 6, G Choudhury lbw b Pithiya 28, S Pattnaik c Sharma b Bhatt 17, S Senapati not out 59, G Poddar c Sharma b Bhatt 6, Rajesh Mohanty b Salam 25, Rajesh Dhuper c Sharma b Pithiya 3, Aashirwad Swain c Pandey b Pithiya 17, S Roul lbw b Bhatt 5, B Biswal lbw b Pithiya 1, S Sharma c J Singh b Pithiya 0; Extras (b-4, lb-3) 7
Total (All out, 59.3 overs) 174
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Samal, 3.3 overs), 2-48 (Pattnaik, 14.2), 3-62 (Choudhury, 21.5), 4-74 (Poddar, 27.3), 5-115 (Mohanty, 40.6), 6-120 (Dhuper, 45.5), 7-146 (Swain, 49.2), 8-153 (Roul, 52.6), 9-174 (Biswal, 59.1), 10-174 (Sharma, 59.3)
Bowling: A Sheth 3-0-11-0, M Pithiya 26.3-4-63-6, B Bhatt 21-5-57-3, R Salam 6-0-31-1, Jyotsnil Singh 3-0-5-0.

BARODA (2nd innings): J Singh c Samal b Biswal 0, S Sharma not out 32, S Rawat lbw b Poddar 1, V Solanki b Biswal 1, M Patel not out 2; Extras 0
Total (3 wickets, 7.4 overs) 36
Did not bat: Bhargav Bhatt, Sukirt Pandey, Atit Sheth, Mahesh Pithiya, Rasikh Salam, Lukman Meriwala
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (J Singh, 0.2 overs), 2-5 (Rawat, 1.3), 3-12 (Solanki, 2.4)
Bowling: B Biswal 4-0-20-2, Govinda Poddar 3.4-0-16-1.
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PICS: File pictures of captain Subhranshu Senapati (Top) and Rajesh Dhuper who shone with the bat in their opening Ranji Trophy match against Baroda, held in Cuttack from 15 to 18 October 2025.
 
   
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