Rashmi slams ton in Orissa win

Rashmi Ranjan Das registered a sparkling century (104 off 108 balls, 15x4, 2x6) to power host Orissa to a fighting 11-run win over Jharkhand in their second league match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy East Zone One-day Cricket Tournament at Cuttack today. Orissa skipper Haladhar Das also shone with the bat, hitting a 98-ball 88, while pace spearhead Debasis Mohanty bagged four wickets for 56 runs. In another high-scoring match of the day, Bengal rode on S Goswamy’s century to crush Assam by seven wickets. Dheeraj Jadhav of Jharkhand top scored in the match with an unbeaten 148. BRIEF SCORES: ORISSA: 278 all out in 49.4 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Das 104, Haladhar Das 88: V Aaron 5/54) beat JHARKHAND: 267 for 8 in 50 overs (Ishank Jaggi 109, S Goutam 40: Debasis Mohanty 4/56). ASSAM: 299 for 5 in 50 overs (Dheeraj Jadhav 148 n.o, Parvez Aziz 83: Ranadeb Bose 3/60, L R Shukla 2/45, Ashok Dinda 2/57) lost to BENGAL: 303 for 3 in 42.3 overs (S Goswamy 133, A Jhunjhunwala 83, Sourav Ganguly 64: Dhiraj Goswamy 2/44).