Punjab pulverised Odisha by an innings and 179 runs on the third and last day of their Vijay Merchant Trophy Elite Group-B match MPCA Ground in Morena today. This was the second defeat in four matches for Odisha, who earlier lost to Chhattisgarh by nine wickets in between two draws against Rajasthan and Bihar.

Opting to bowl after winning the toss, Odisha rocked rattled the top order of the Punjab batting line up, reducing them to 33 for four and 109 for six. But a majestic unbeaten knock of 176 by Shivansh helped Punjab muster a healthy total of 371.

In reply, Odisha folded up for 111 in the first inning and 81 in the second after being forced to follow on. Odisha will play their fifth and last league match against Pondicherry at Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Stadium in Gwalior from December 29 to 31.

SCORECARD

PUNJAB (1st innings): Updeshwar Singh Buttar lbw Midhansu 14, Prabhsimar lbw Gunjan 6, Jaskirat Singh c Midhansu b Gunjan 5, Harjagteshwar Khaira (wk) b Bag 1, Shivansh not out 176, Paras Dhamija (c) c&b Sheeben Majhi 20, Sahibjotveer Singh c Neil Mohanty b Sheeben Majhi 21, Varun c&b Gunjan 38, Abhishek Rajput c Muduli b Gunjan 14, Ayaan Srivastava b Sheeben Majhi 43, Shivam Matri b Mrutyunjay Das 13; Extras (b-5, lb-3, nb-12) 20
Total (All out; 121.4 overs) 371
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Prabhsimar, 1.4 overs), 2-14 (Jaskirat, 7.4), 3-15 (Harjagteshwar, 8.5), 4-33 (Updeshwar, 11.6), 5-81 (Dhamija, 33.2), 6-109 (Sahibjotveer, 41.1), 7-198 (Varun, 74.5), 8-240 (Rajput, 84.6), 9-333 (Srivastava, 111.6), 10-371 (Matri, 121.4)
Bowling: Sidheswar Bag 16-6-34-1, Gunjan Sahoo 25-3-109-4, Midhansu Das 13-2-33-1, Mrutyunjay Das 15.4-3-27-1, Sheeben Majhi 17-0-78-3, Partha Sarathi Lenka 28-5-64-0, Ashutosh Kumar Naik 7-2-18-0.

ODISHA (1st innings): Midhansu Das c Khaira b Matri 12, Ashutosh Kumar Naik c Sahibjotveer b Matri 11, Aurobinda Muduli lbw Srivastava 8, Neil Nitin Mohanty (c) c&b Shivansh 44, Sidheswar Bag lbw Varun 0, Bhabatosh Barik b Varun 13, Om Prakash Das (wk) lbw Varun 2, Partha Sarathi Lenka b Varun 6, Mrutyunjay Das lbw Varun 1, Sheeben Majhi st Khaira b Varun 0, Gunjan Sahoo not out 4; Extras (b-5, lb-5) 10
Total (All out; 35.2 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Naik, 4.6 overs), 2-34 (Midhansu, 10.1), 3-34 (Muduli, 11.2), 4-56 (Bag, 17.3), 5-90 (Neil, 22.5), 6-95 (Om, 25.3), 7-100 (Barik, 27.1), 8-106 (Mrutyunjay, 31.1), 9-106 (Majhi, 31.5), 10-111 (Lenka, 35.2).
Bowling: Shivam Matri 10-2-45-2, Ayaan Srivastava 7-2-16-1, Varun 10.2-7-14-6, Shivansh 8-0-26-1.

ODISHA (2nd innings, Following on): Midhansu Das c Buttar b Varun 17, Ashutosh Kumar Naik lbw Varun 3, Bhabatosh Barik c Khaira b Varun 20, Sidheswar Bag b Srivastava 0, Aurobinda Muduli lbw Srivastava 10, Partha Sarathi Lenka lbw Dhamija 8, Neil Nitin Mohanty (c) c Matri b Dhamija 10, Om Prakash Das (wk) lbw Dhamija 5, Mrutyunjay Das not out 0, Sheeben Majhi run out (Sahibjotveer) 1, Gunjan Sahoo lbw Dhamija 0; Extras (b-5, nb-2) 7
Total (All out; 36 overs) 81
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Naik, 1.5 overs), 2-32 (Barik, 7.5), 3-41 (Bag, 10.1), 4-53 (Midhansu, 21.4), 5-59 (Muduli, 26.1), 6-69 (Lenka, 29.2), 7-75 (Om, 31.2), 8-80 (Neil, 35.1), 9-81 (Majhi, 35.3), 10-81 (Gunjan, 35.6).
Bowling: Shivam Matri 8-2-28-0, Varun 12-4-26-3, Ayaan Srivastava 7-3-11-2, Sahibjotveer Singh 4-1-7-0, Paras Dhamija 5-2-4-4.