BHUBANESWAR 10-Dec-2014 65
Odhsha started their Ranji Trophy campaign on a modest note by holding Maharashtra to a draw in a Group-B match at Pune today. Host Maharashtra, however, gained three points by taking a 60-run first innings lead, while Odisha settled with one point.
Electing to bat first, Odisha compiled a healthy total of 311. In reply, Maharashtra amassed 371. Maharashtra needed to bowl Odisha out cheaply in the second innings if they were to force a win, but they only managed to take five wickets before the teams agreed to a draw.
Three players put up impressive performance for Odisha. Allrounder Biplab Samantray scored a century in the first innings, while Natraj Behera hit a half-century each in both the innings. Among the bowlers, Deepak Behera was most successful, bagging four wickets for 82 runs. Odisha were led by new captain Abhilash Mallick and Anurag Sarangi made his first-class debut.
SCOREBOARD
ODISHA (1st innings): Girija Rout c Atitkar b Mundhe 17, Natraj Behera b Joseph 66, Niranjan Behera c Bawne b Joseph 23, Anurag Sarangi c sub b Mundhe 10, Biplab Samantray (run out) 106, Abhilash Mallick c Khurana b Darekar 1, Haladhar Das c Motwani b Mundhe 48, Deepak Behera c Motwani b Mundhe 22, Suryakant Pradhan c Joseph b Fallah 0, Alok Mangaraj c Mundhe b Joseph 1, Dhiraj Singh (not out) 0; Extras (b-5, lb-6, w-5, nb-1) 17
Total (all out; 123.1 overs) 311
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-103, 3-114, 4-135, 5-145, 6-262, 7-294, 8-294, 9-311, 10-311
Bowling: S Fallah 33-10-67-1, S Mundhe 35-6-103-4, Domnic Joseph 32.1-8-57-3, A Darekar 20-6-56-1, C Khurana 2-0-8-0, K Jadhav 1-0-9-0
MAHARASHTRA (1st innings): H Khadiwale b D Behera 83, C Khurana c Das b D Behera 54, V Zol c Das b Samantray 19, K Jadhav c Pradhan b Mangaraj 44, A Bawne c Das b D Behera 18, R Motwani lbw Pradhan 19, S Atitkar b D Behera 8, S Mundhe (not out) 82, A Darekar c Mangaraj b D Singh 18, Domnic Joseph c Das b Samantray 9, S Fallah b Samantray 0; Extras (b-2, lb-8, w-6, nb-1) 17
Total (all out; 142 overs) 371
Fall of wickets: 1-137, 2-144, 3-186, 4-222, 5-235, 6-253, 7-274, 8-316, 9-371, 10-371
Bowling: Suryakant Pradhan 27-7-54-1, Deepak Behera 36-12-82-4, Alok Mangaraj 32-6-94-1, Biplab Samantray 17-6-36-3, Dhiraj Singh 25-6-88-1, Niranjan Behera 5-1-7-0.
ODISHA (2nd innings): G Rout b Mundhe 1, Natraj Behera c Atitkar b Darekar 74, Natraj Behera c Motwani b Fallah 21, A Sarangi c Mundhe b Darekar 19, B Samantray b Darekar 31, A Mallick (not out) 9, H Das (not out) 0; Extras (b-11, lb-10, w-2) 23
Total (5 wkts; 77 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-55, 3-102, 4-155, 5-177
Bowling: S Fallah 13-5-27-1, S Mundhe 13-4-26-1, D Joseph 9-4-15-0, S Atitkar 22-7-52-0, A Darekar 19-7-32-3, K Jadhav 1-0-5-0.
