18-Dec-2009 115
Orissa survived batting disater in the second innings to draw their seventh and last round Ranji Trophy Super League (Group-A) match against Himachal Pradesh at Dharamsala today.
Needing 296 runs for their first victory of the season, Orissa suffered a top order collapse before finishing the match at 183 for eight wickets in the second innings. Host Himachal captain Ashok Thakur bagged six wickets for 38 runs to carry his team from the jaws of defeat to the brink of victory.
But tailenders Debasis Mohanty and Basant Mohanty survived the last three overs to save the match for Orissa. Haladhar Das (47) and Subhrajit Sahoo (33) also made notable contribution in the rescue act, compiling 68 runs for the sixth wicket.
Earlier, resuming the second innings at 360 for seven, Himachal Pradesh scored 128 runs in 21 overs before being all out for 486. Vikramjeet Malik hit a whirlwind 72 (74 balls, 5x4, 5x6) to enable the home team compile the huge total.
Despite the draw, Orissa gained three points by virtue first innings lead (191 runs), while Himachal got one point. In the Group-A, Orissa finished fifth with 12 points, while Himachal Pradesh occupied the sixth position with 10 points. Both the teams successfully retained their places in the Super League.
SCOREBOARD
HIMACHAL PRADESH (1st innings): 125
ORISSA (1st innings): 316
HIMACHAL PRADESH (2nd innings): B Thakkar lbw D Mohanty 5, H Dogra c S Sahoo b D Mohanty 12, V Indulkar lbw B Mohanty 165, Mukesh Sharma c SS Das b A Sahoo 40, P Dogra b A Sahoo 13, A Mannu b D Singh 30, K Diwan (run out) 83, Sarandeep Singh c D Singh b A Sahoo 6, VS Malik b D Singh 72, A Thakur c Mullick b D Singh 14, Mohinderraj Sharma (not out) 0: Extras (b-17, lb-13, nb-9, w-7) 46.
Total (all out, 124.1 overs) 486
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-27, 3-92, 4-132, 5-174, 6-347, 7-358, 8-429, 9-472, 10-486
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 33-7-98-2, Basant Mohanty 25-3-118-1, Alok Sahoo 35-8-100-3, Dhiraj Singh 26.1-3-123-3, Rakesh Mohanty 3-0-16-0, Pravanjan Mullick 2-1-1-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): Bikash Pati c Thakkar b Thakur 0, Shiv Sundar Das lbw Thakur 6, Niranjan Behera lbw Thakur 0, Rakesh Mohanty b Thakur 21, Pravanjan Mullick c Mannu b Mohinder Sharma 19, Subhrajit Sahoo b Thakur 33, Haladhar Das b Mohinder Sharma 47, Alok Sahoo lbw Thakur 0, Debasis Mohanty (not out) 17: Extras (b-8, lb-12, nb-11, w-1) 32
Total (8 wkts, 66 overs) 183
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-9, 3-11, 4-59, 5-60, 6-128, 7-128, 8-167
Bowling: V Malik 0.2-0-0-0, Akash Thakur 20.4-10-38-6, Mohinderraj Sharma 26-11-68-2, B Thakkar 3-1-11-0, Sarandeep Singh 7-0-29-0, K Diwan 5-2-7-0, P Dogra 3-0-9-0, Mukesh Sharma 1-0-1-0.
