Gujarat vs Odisha: Desai five-for seals 10-wicket Ranji win, then T20s clash at Eden Gardens
Gujarat and Odisha met for the second time in eight weeks when they lined up for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20, Match 8 of the 2026 edition, at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 16, 2026. Odisha elected to field, and at the start of the Gujarat innings the live scorecard on India Today showed India’s state team Gujarat at 0/0 after 0.0 overs.
Odisha collapsed twice in a row
It was the latest chapter in a lopsided stretch between the two sides. In the Ranji Trophy Group C opener earlier in the season, Odisha posted a paltry total and then collapsed again in the final innings. Left-arm spinner Siddharth Desai took a five-wicket haul for Gujarat as the visitors bowled their rivals out cheaply, leaving Gujarat a target of just 47 runs. Gujarat chased the 47 down with the loss of neither opener — a commanding 10-wicket victory in their first game of the campaign.
Odisha’s batting failure was total across the match. After conceding a first-innings deficit, they were bundled out in front, leaving Desai’s left-arm spin at the centre of another Gujarat win. The result was one of the biggest margin-type wins of the Group C opening round — a 10-wicket victory on a 47-run chase is as close to a formality as first-class cricket allows.
Second straight defeat at Motera
The teams met again in the Ranji Trophy 2026/27 on October 11, 2026, in Match 13 at the Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B in Motera, Ahmedabad. India Today’s live scorecard recorded Gujarat delivering a strong performance to secure victory against Odisha on their home ground — a second straight win over the Odisha side, this time at Narendra Modi Stadium.
That October result meant Odisha had lost to Gujarat in both the Group C opener and the October clash at Motera before the two sides faced off in the T20 format at Eden Gardens.
A hat-trick of encounters in one season
The three results — the 10-wicket Ranji opener win, the October victory at Motera and the T20 meeting at Eden Gardens — made Gujarat vs Odisha one of the more one-sided pairings of the 2026-27 domestic season. The Eden Gardens T20 was the first between the sides in the shorter format this season, with Odisha again putting Gujarat in to bat.
India Today carried live ball-by-ball coverage of the Match 8 fixture, with the scorecard updating ball by ball as the Gujarat openers settled. With Odisha electing to field on a Kolkata pitch, the first session of the tournament game belonged to Gujarat’s top order.
What the numbers say
The Ranji opener ended with Odisha all out for well under 100 in the second innings and Gujarat reaching 47 without loss — a 10-wicket win powered by Desai’s five-wicket haul. The October 11 match at Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B produced another Gujarat win, with India Today crediting a strong team performance for the result. The November 16 T20 was the latest fixture between the pair, played at Eden Gardens with Odisha fielding.
Gujarat’s bowlers, led by Desai with the ball in the Ranji opener, and their openers, who chased 47 without losing a wicket, were the difference in the first-class meetings. Odisha’s batting has collapsed twice on the biggest stage in front of them this season, and the Eden Gardens T20 gave them a chance to answer with the ball in their own conditions.
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