29-Oct-2009 222
Sadeep Mulia and Natraj Behera hit a century each to put Orissa in a commanding position at the close of second day of their four-day C K Nayudu Trophy cricket match against Rajasthan at Nimpur ground in Cuttack today.
The home side rode on the duo’s massive opening wicket partnership of 295 run to take a first-innings lead of 134 runs with seven wickets in hand. In reply to Rajasthan’s total of 244, Orissa finished the day at 378 for three wickets. Mulia hit 173, including 31 boundaries, while Behera slammed unbeaten 163, which included 24 hits to the fence.
Brief scores:
Rajasthan: 244 all out (Arjit Gupta 69, Sumit Khatri 50, Mohamed Ahmed 49 n.o: Alok Sahoo 4/75, Dhiraj Singh 2/45) vs Orissa: 378 for 3 (Sandeep Mulia 173, Natraj Behera batting 163: Sumit Khatri 2/70).
