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Orissa retained their place in the Ranji Trophy Super League despite losing their sixth and last Group-B match by seven wickets at Lahli, Rohtak today. The thumping win fetched Haryana five points and helped them book a berth in the quarterfinals.
Orissa finished sixth in the seven-team group `B’ with eight points from six matches, which included two defeats and four draws. Haryana occupied the third position, garnering 17 points with two wins, one defeat and three draws.
Skipper Amit Mishra and wicket-keeper Nitin Saini played important roles in the Haryana win, bagging three wickets and scoring a half-century respectively in the second innings. Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 64 for five, Orissa were bundled out for 170, despite wicket-keeper Subhrajit Sahoo’s defiant knock of 50, his second half-century in the match.
Chasing a target of 144, Haryana clinched victory with more than a day to spare, thanks to opening batsman Saini’s impressive knock of 67 and his 86-run partnership for the third-wicket with Ankit Rawat, who remained unbeaten on 34.
SCOREBOARD
ORISSA (1st innings): Paresh Patel c Saini b Rana 25, Natraj Behera c Saini b J Sharma 22, Niranjan Behera lbw Rana 6, Bikash Pati c Rana b Budhwar 21, Govinda Poddar c Saini b J Sharma 0, Biplab Samantaray b Rana 1, Subhrajit Sahoo (not out) 50, Lagnajit Samal st Saini b Mishra 23, Alok Sahoo b Mishra 12, Debasis Mohanty c Rana b Chandila 2, Basant Mohanty lbw Mishra 4; Extras (b-1, lb-3, nb-5) 9.
Total (all out, 55.4 overs) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-41, 2-49, 3-57, 4-57, 5-66, 6-86, 7-141, 8-163, 9-170, 10-175.
Bowling: Dhruv Singh 7-1-13-0, S Budhwar 12-2-40-1, S Rana 12-4-34-3, Joginder Sharma 7-1-21-2, Amit Mishra 13.4-1-55-3, A Chandila 4-0-8-1.
HARYANA (1st innings): N Saini c Patel b A Sahoo 14, R Dewan lbw A Sahoo 20, Sunny Singh c Natraj b A Sahoo 0, H Badani lbw D Mohanty 31, S Rana c S Sahoo b Samantaray 38, J Sharma (run out) 26, A Mishra (run out) 31, Dhruv Singh c S Sahoo b B Mohanty 7, A Chandila (not out) 11, S Budhwar b B Mohanty 3; Extras (b-5, lb-6, w-1, nb-8) 20.
Total (all out, 78.4 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-30, 2-30, 3-39, 4-43, 5-106, 6-141, 7-155, 8-187, 9-188, 10-202
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 22-8-29-2, Basant Mohanty 22.4-6-53-2, Alok Sahoo 24-4-78-3, Biplab Samantaray 6-0-21-1, Lagnajit Samal 4-0-10-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): Paresh Patel b Rana 17, Natraj Behera b J Sharma 6, Niranjan Behera b J Sharma 4, Bikash Pati lbw Rana 5, Govinda Poddar c Rana b A Mishra 11, Biplab Samantaray c Saini b Mishra 31, Subhrajit Sahoo lbw Mishra 50, Lagnajit Samal (run out) 18, Alok Sahoo c Saini b Chandila 20, Debasis Mohanty c D Singh b Chandila 0, Basant Mohanty (not out) 0;
Exras (lb-2, w-3, nb-3) 8
Total (all out, 67 overs) 170
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-14, 3-34, 4-37, 5-53, 5-53, 6-116, 7-135, 8-168, 9-168, 10-170
Bowling: J Sharma 14-4-34-2, S Budhwar 13-2-29-0, S Rana 16-7-34-2, D Singh 6-1-7-0, A Mishra 13-5-49-3, A Chandila 5-2-15-2
HARYANA (2nd innings):.N Saini c S Sahoo b B Mohanty 67, R Dewan lbw B Mohanty 23, Sunny Singh c Niranjan Behera b Samal 11, A Rawat (not out) 34, C Rana (not out) 4; Extras (w-1, nb-4) 5
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-48, 3-134
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 7-1-19-1, Basant Mohanty 12-3-28-2, Lagnajit Samal 8-2-22-1, Alok Sahoo 5-0-24-0, Paresh Patel 7-2-16-0, Biplab Samantaray 8.4-1-35-0.
