In reply, the hapless home team was bowled out for 151 to concede a lead of 324 runs. Forced to follow on, Odisha folded up for 274 in their second innings, losing the last five wickets for two runs. Odisha made three changes for this match, replacing Aashirwad Swain, Sunil Roul and Sumit Sharma with Gourav Choudhury, Sourav Gouda and Tarani Sa.

Stumper Gouda made his first-class debut in this match. Opening batter Choudhury justified his inclusion by contributing 48 and 80 runs in his two innings. Top-order batter Sandeep Pattnaik was another notable performer for Odisha, hitting a half-century in both the innings. Odisha will next meet Vidarbha at VCA Stadium in Nagpur from November 8 to 11.

SCORECARD

ANDHRA (1st innings): Abhishek Reddy c Choudhury b Baral 76, Srikar Bharat (wk) b Biswal 93, Shaik Rasheed not out 140, Ricky Bhui (c) lbw b Baral 0, Karan Shinde c Gouda b Sa 32, Revanth Reddy c Samal b Mohanty 0, KV Sasikanth c Gouda b Poddar 46, Saurabh Kumar c Biswal b Poddar 69; Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 5, w 1) 19
Total (7 wkts declared; 123.1 overs) 475
Did not bat: Prithvi Raj, Tripurana Vijay, Kavuri Saiteja
Fall of wickets: 1-161 (Bharat, 45.1 overs), 2-201 (A Reddy, 62.1), 3-201 (Bhui, 62.6), 4-292 (Shinde, 89.3), 5-293 (R Reddy, 90.3), 6-381 (Sasikanth, 111.4), 7-475 (S Kumar, 123.1)
Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 25-2-118-1, Tarani Sa 21-4-53-1, Sambit Baral 26-5-85-2, Badal Biswal 32-6-113-1, Swastik Samal 2-0-13-0, Govinda Poddar 17.1-1-80-2.

ODISHA (1st innings): Swastik Samal c R Reddy b Saiteja 0, Gourav Choudhury c Rasheed b S Kumar 48, Sandeep Pattnaik c A Reddy b Vijay 58, Badal Biswal c Bharat b Saiteja 1, Subhranshu Senapati (c) b S Kumar 6, Govinda Poddar c Bharat b Saiteja 14, Sambit Baral run out (Sasikanth) 0, Rajesh Dhuper b Vijay 11, Sourav Gouda (wk) b S Kumar 7, Rajesh Mohanty c Bharat b Vijay 0, Tarani Sa not out 0; Extras (lb 1, pen 5) 6
Total (All out, 56.4 overs) 151
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Samal, 3.2 overs), 2-65 (Choudhury, 16.4), 3-72 (Biswal, 25.1), 4-79 (Senapati, 26.5), 5-103 (Poddar, 35.6), 6-116 (Baral, 40.4), 7-140 (Pattnaik, 47.6), 8-151 (Dhuper, 53.5), 9-151 (Mohanty, 55.5), 10-151 (Gouda, 56.4 ov)
Bowling: Prithvi Raj 7-1-36-0, Kavuri Saiteja 10-3-30-3, Saurabh Kumar 20.4-7-32-3, KV Sasikanth 8-2-33-0, Tripurana Vijay 11-5-14-3.

ODISHA (2nd innings, Following on): Gourav Choudhury c Bhui b Sasikanth 80, Swastik Samal run out (Bhui) 36, Sandeep Pattnaik c Vijay b S Kumar 63, Govinda Poddar c S Kumar b Saiteja 13, Subhranshu Senapati (c) c Bharat b Raj 16, Rajesh Dhuper c A Reddy b Vijay 38, Sambit Baral c Bharat b S Kumar 9, Sourav Gouda (wk) b Vijay 1, Rajesh Mohanty lbw b Vijay 1, Badal Biswal b S Kumar 0, Tarani Sa not out 0; Extras (b 9, lb 5, nb 1, w 2) 17
Total (All out, 104.2 overs) 274
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (Samal, 13.5 overs), 2-176 (Pattnaik, 52.1), 3-198 (Choudhury, 61.1), 4-206 (Poddar, 64.2), 5-237 (Senapati, 92.2), 6-272 (Dhuper, 99.5), 7-272 (Baral, 100.1), 8-273 (Mohanty, 101.4), 9-274 (Gouda, 103.4), 10-274 (Biswal, 104.2)
Bowling: Tripurana Vijay 33-11-89-3, Saurabh Kumar 26.2-7-47-3, Kavuri Saiteja 14-2-38-1, KV Sasikanth 9-4-27-1, Prithvi Raj 19-5-43-1, Shaik Rasheed 2-0-12-0, Ricky Bhui 1-0-4-0.
Player of the Match: Saurabh Kumar.
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TOP: File picture of Odisha batter Sandeep Pattnaik who scored a half-century in both the innings of their Ranji Trophy match against Andhra, held in Cuttack from 1-4 Nov 2025.
RIGHT: File picture of Odisha batter Gourav Choudhury who was the highest scorer with 128 runs in their Ranji Trophy match against Andhra, held in Cuttack from 1-4 Nov 2025.