Indian Railway crushed Odisha by five wickets on the third and last day of their Group-B match in the All-India Buchi Babu Memorial Invitational Cricket Tournament at SRMC Turf in Chennai, Tamil Nadu today. This was the second straight defeat for Odisha, who lost to Baroda by 113 runs in their opening match earlier. Odisha lost the match despite taking a first-innings lead of 12 runs.

BRIEF SCORES:

Odisha (1st innings): 222/10 in 85.4 overs (Rajesh Dhupar 43, Sambit Baral 37, Badal Biswal 34*; Raj Choudhary 6/104, Akash Pandey 2/54).

Indian Railways (1st innings): 210/10 in 60.5 overs (Zubair Ali Khan 80, Kush Marathe 33; Sumit Sharma 4/110, Badal Biswal 3/57).

Odisha (2nd innings): 184/8 in 45 overs (Om T Munde 41, Swastik Samal 37; Akash Pandey 4/64, Raj Choudhary 2/66).

Indian Railways (2nd innings): 197/5 in 38 overs (Dinesh Mor 67, Eshaan Goyal 40; Kartik Biswal 2/21, Sumit Sharma 2/67).
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PHOTO: File picture of Odisha bowler Sumit Sharma who claimed six wickets against Indian Railways in their league match of the All India Buchi Babu Cricket Tournament in Chennai.