*Rohit takes five wickets
Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 19: Lanky fast bowler Rohit Sharma breathed absolute fire at one of the best fast bowling friendly tracks in the country and wanted to take on Odisha today in season’s third Ranji Trophy match after J&K’s dismal show in the other outings of the Ranji Trophy at DRIEMS Ground, Cuttack today.
Bowling with nagging line and teasing length, J&K fast bowlers led by Rohit Sharma plotted collapse of their rivals to bundle them out for paltry 130 runs in 47.2 overs. Govinda Poddar top scored with 55 runs off 62 balls studded with 9 boundaries, while skipper Shantanu Mishra contributed 28 runs to the meagre total.
Speedster Rohit Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief for J&K, who captured 5 wickets by conceding just 12 runs in his 13 overs, while Umar Nazir and tearaway Umran Malik bagged 2 wickets each by giving away 27 runs and 34 runs in 9.2 overs and 12 overs respectively.
In reply, J&K were also struggling at 45/4 in 18 overs, with Shubham Singh Pundir and Fazil Rashid at the crease with 2 runs each.
Skipper Shubham Khajuria (24),
Vivrant Sharma (14), Abhinav Puri (01) and Abdul Samad (01) were the batters to be dismissed.
For Odisha, Sunil Kumar Roul was the pick of the bowlers for Odisha, who took 2 wickets by conceding 8 runs in his 5 overs while Rajesh Mohanty and Suryakant Pradhan claimed one wicket each.
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