BHUBANESWAR 27-Nov-2010 165
Host Karnataka trounced Orissa by an innings and 33 runs to collect six points from their four-day Ranji Trophy Elite Group-B match, which concluded at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore today. Veteran left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi, middle-order batsman Manish Pandey and wicket-keeper Satish Gautam played major roles in the Karnataka win.
Despite being 40-years-old, Joshi bagged five wickets to help the home side dismiss Orissa for 191 in the first innings. In reply, Karnataka rode on a century each by Pandey and Gautam to compile a massive total of 503 and thus gain a lead of 312 runs. The hosts, of course, were in deep trouble, losing five wickets for 54 runs.
But Pandey and Gautam steered the team out of the troubled waters, compiling 328 runs for the sixth wicket stand. Later, A Mithun and S Arvind compounded Orissa`s agony by stitching together 84 runs for the last wicket.
Needing 313 runs to avoid innings defeat, Orissa batted better than first innings but only be bowled out for 279.
Niranjan Behera and Natraj Behera tried their best to save Orissa from the defeat. But a half-century each by the duo proved inadequate. Amidst the defeat, Niranjan Behera`s valiant batting came as a consolation for Orissa. He missed a century in both the innings, getting out for 83 and 94.
SCOREBOARD:
ORISSA (1st innings): Natraj Behera c Uthappa b Sagar 0, SS Das lbw Sagar 0, Niranjan Behera (not out) 83, Govind Poddar c Gautam b Joshi 18, Rakesh Mohanty c Pawan b Joshi 0, Biplab Samantray c Gautam b Aravind 16, Subhrajit Sahoo c Gautam b Joshi 23, Alok Sahoo c Pandey b Mithun 28, Debasis Mohanty c Satish b Joshi 9, Basant Mohanty lbw b Joshi 0, Dhiraj Singh c Gautam b Aravind 0; Extras (lb-11, w-3) 14
Total (All out, 79.5 overs) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-1, 3-48, 4-48, 5-91, 6-118, 7-148, 8-190, 9-190, 10-191.
Bowling: AB Sagar 17-4-55-2, A Mithun 19-3-45-1, S Aravind 17.5-4-35-2, S Joshi 22-10-35-5, A Verma 4-2-10-0
KARNATAKA (1st innings): K Pawan lbw D Mohanty 0, K Rahul b A Sahoo 11, G Satish c Podder b A Sahoo 25, R Uthappa c Podder b B Mohanty 9, M Pandey c S Sahoo b B Mohanty 171, A Verma b A Sahoo 5, C Gautam C Gautam c S Sahoo b A Sahoo 158, S Joshi c S Sahoo b B Mohanty 0, A Sagar c D Singh b D Mohanty 12, A Mithun (not out) 63, S Arvind b Samantray 33; Extras (b-9, lb-5, nb-2) 16
Total (all out, 134.4 overs) 503
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-18, 3-46, 4-48, 5-54, 6-382, 7-386, 8-390, 9-419, 10-503
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 31-5-78-2, Basant Mohanty 31-8-84-3, Alok Sahoo 29-3-110-4, Biplab Samantray 7.4-1-27-1, Dhiraj Singh
24-0-123-0, Rakesh Mohanty 9-0-47-0, Niranjan Behera 3-0-20-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): Natraj Behera c Satish b Sagar 60, SS Das b Sagar 0, Niranjan Behera c Satish b Sagar 60, Niranjan Behera b Mithun 94, Gobind Poddar, Biplab Samantaray (run out) 13, Rakesh Mohanty lbw Arvind 2, Subhrajit Sahu c Pawan b Mithun 4, Alok Sahoo (not out) 34, Debasis Mohanty b Arvind 14, Basant Mohanty b Joshi 8, Dhiraj Singh b Mithun 0; Extras (b-6, lb-7, nb-2, w-1) 16.
Total (all out, 113.4 overs) 279
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-114, 3-160, 4-203, 5-216, 6-216, 7-226, 8-258, 9-271, 10-279
Bowling: Adithya Sagar 16-2-50-2, A Mithun 26.4-8-70-4, A Verma 11-2-30-0, S Joshi 28-14-35-1, S Arvind 30-9-77-2, G Satish 2-1-4-0.
