10-Nov-2008 218
An unbeaten ton by Cheteshwar Pujara and his valuable 173-run undefeated stand with Ravindra Jadeja helped Saurashtra recover from early jitters to a respectable score of 273 for four on the opening day of their Elite Division Ranji Trophy match against Orissa at Rajkot today.
At stumps Pujara was on 128, while all-rounder Jadeja was unbeaten on 71. For Orissa, medium-pacer Basant Mohanty was the most successful bowler picking up two wickets for 70 runs.
SCOREBOARD
Saurashtra (1st innings):
Kanaiya Vaghela c SS Das B Mohanty 11, Bhushan Chauhan c SS Das b D Mohanty 4, Jaydev Shah c SS Das b B Mohanty 11, Cheteshwar Pujara (batting) 128, Sitanshu Kotak lbw b N Behera 37, Ravindra Jadeja (batting) 71: Extras (b-4, w-1, nb-6) 11
Total (4 wickets, 90 overs) 273
Fall of wickets: 1-9, 2-26, 3-27, 4-100
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 15.1-5-29-1, Basant Mohanty 17-3-70-2, Preetamjeet Das 15.5-6-29-0, Sourav Sahegal 19-2-60-0, Rakesh Mohanty 8-0-34-0, Niranjan Behera 15-2-47-1.
