SAMBALPUR 08-Jan-2015 74
Captain Abhilash Mallick hit an unbeaten 32 to help hosts Odisha salvage a face-saving draw in their truncated Group B Ranji Trophy match here at Veer Surendra Sai Stadium today. Chasing daunting target of 269 for victory, Odisha’s batting line-up flopped for the second time in the match as they were reduced to 61 for five. They escaped defeat by the skin of their teeth and were 117 for six in the second innings when the match ended in draw.
But despite being on the backfoot, the home team played a gamble at the start of the last-day’s play by declaring their first innings at the overnight score of 137 for nine, thus conceding a lead of 103 runs. But their hope to bowl out the opposition for the second time within a low total and post a come-from-behind victory proved in vain as Vidarbha turned the tables on them by declaring their second innings at 165 for two.
Ganesh Satish once again proved to be the thorn in Odisha’s flesh as he followed his first-innings knock of 99 with an unbeaten 54, his 15th first-class half-century. He was later presented with a memento as the highest-scorer of the match in which the opening day’s play was completely abandoned due to damp and slippery outfield.
Earlier in the first innings, Vidarbha rode on a workman-like 99 to make a challenging total of 240. In reply, Odisha were bowled out for 137. Vidarbha gained three points from the contest, while Odisha settled with one point.
SCOREBOARD
VIDARBHA (1st innings): Faiz Fazal b D Behera 23, Aniruddha Chore c Das b Mohanty 3, Ganesh Satish lbw Mohanty 99, S Badrinath b Mohanty 13, S Shrivastava b Samantaray 15, R Jangid b D Behera 5, A Ubarhande c Samantaray b Pradhan 33, S Wagh b Samal 29, R Dhruve c H Das b Samantaray 0, R Thakur c H Das b Samantaray 0, S Bandiwar (not out) 0; Extras (b-5, lb-7, nb-7, w-1) 20
Total (all out; 98.3 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-59, 3-87, 4-119, 5-135, 6-183, 7-239, 8-240, 9-240, 10-240
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 27-9-44-3, Suryakant Pradhan 24.1-6-60-1, Deepak Behera 26-6-64-2, Arabind Singh 0.2-0-1-0, Biplab Samantray 19-5-50-3, Lagnajit Samal 2-0-9-1
ODISHA (1st innings): Girija Rout c Jangid b Bandiwar 3, Natraj Behera c Ubarhande b Bandiwar 4, Govind Poddar c Satish b Wagh 26, Arabind Singh c Ubarhande b Bandiwar 2, Biplab Samantaray c Ubarhande b Thakur 33, Abhilash Mallick lbw Thakur 0, Haladhar Das c&b Dhruve 17, Lagnajit Samal b Wagh 4, Deepak Behera c Ubarhande b Wagh 33, Basant Mohanty (not out) 8; Extras (b-4, lb-3) 7
Total (9 wkts decl; 50 overs) 137
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-15, 3-17, 4-62, 5-62, 6-74, 7-82, 8-117, 9-137
Bowling: S Wagh 18-4-52-3, S Bandiwar 5.4-1-29-3, F Fazal 10.2-3-27-0, R Thakur 13-8-15-2, R Dhruve 3-0-7-1
VIDARBHA (2nd innings): F Fazal b Samantaray 37, A Chore c Samantaray b D Behera 36, G Satish (not out) 54, S Badrinath (not out) 23; Extras (b-6, lb-6, nb-3) 15
Total (2 wkts decl; 47 overs) 165
Fall of wickets: 1-71, 2-107
Bowling: Basant Mohanty 12-4-40-0, Suryakant Pradhan 9-0-35-0, Deepak Behera 12-3-42-1, Biplab Samantray 13-1-34-1, Arabind Singh 1-0-2-0
ODISHA (2nd innings): G Rout c Ubarhande b Wagh 0, N Behera c Ubarhande b Fazar 18, G Poddar b Thakur 4, A Singh c Ubarhande b Bandiwar 2, B Samantaray c Satish b Fazal 18, Abhilash Mallick (not out) 32, H Das c Shrivastava b Wagh 15, L Samal (not out) 2; Extras (b-8, lb-5) 13
Total (6 wkts; 49 overs) 117
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-15, 3-23, 4-57, 5-61, 6-97
Bowling: S Wagh 18-8-49-3, R Thakur 18-9-31-1, F Fazal 13-6-24-2
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PHOTO: Ganesh Satish receives a memento from secretary of District Athletic Association, Sambalpur Dulal Chandra Pradhan in Sambalpur on January 8, 2015.
