Srinagar: Musaif Aijaz slammed a brilliant ton while as left-arm spinner Vanshaj Sharma took 5-wicket haul and Kawal Preet Singh scored big half-century as Jammu and Kashmir thrashed Odisha in the Mens U-25 State A Trophy at Rajkot today.
Batting first, Odisha scored a modest total of 218 runs in 48.2 overs. Sandeep Pattanaik top scored with 72 runs off 79 balls, studded with 7 fours and one six, while Skipper Swastik Samal, Subhankar Biswas and Nisikanta Rout contributed 22, 21 and 20 runs to the total respectively.
For J&K, left-arm spinner Vanshaj Sharma was the wrecker-in-chief who captured 5 wickets by conceding 30 runs in his 9.2 overs, while speedsters Lone Nasir Muzaffar and Basit Bashir took 2 wickets each. Another left-arm spinner Taizeem Younus Tak also claimed one wicket.
In reply, J&K rode on a magnificent partnership of 161 runs and chased the target easily in 41.3 overs by losing 2 wickets, thus won the match by 8 wickets. Musaif Ajaz scored superb unbeaten 104 runs off 125 balls, studded with 12 fours and one six, while Kawal Preet Singh contributed 67 off 86 balls with 8 boundaries. Jiyaad Nazir Magrey also contributed brisk 40 runs to the total.
For Odisha, Ashutosh Chhuria and Harshit Rathod took one wicket each.