Ranji Trophy: Roy, Gupte demolish Orissa

Century in both the innings by Pankaj Roy and a match haul of 11 wickets for 72 runs by Subhassh Chandra Gupte enabled Bengal crush Orissa by 540 runs in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match, held at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from 11 to 14 December, 1953.

Roy slammed 170 in the first innings and 143 in the second. Gupte bagged six wickets in the first innings and five in the second. Bengal wicket-keeper Probir Kumar Sen also scored a century in the first innings.

Lalat Indu Parija led Orissa for the first time, replacing Banabasi Patnaik. As many as three players made their first-class debut for Orissa. They were: B Tripathy, MS Ananthaswamy Rao and Suresh Mohapatra.

B Tripathy also made his last first-class appearance as did wicket-keeper Nabhi Ramamurthy and RJ le Faucheur. In the second innings of Orissa, Ramamurthy and captain Parija remained absent hurt.

SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 6):

BENGAL (1st innings): Pankaj Roy run out 170, SM Basu Thakur c Mahapatra b Parija 55, AK Das Gupta c Patnaik b Parija 6, NC Chatterjee lbw b Parija 2, B Frank c Parija b Sastri 39, +PK Sen b Chakrabarty 127, SP Gupte c Ramamurthy b Chakrabarty 16, A Sen c and b Patnaik 13, K Mitter st Ramamurthy b Ananthaswamy Rao 6, NR Chowdhury c Sastri b Kapoor 23, *SA Banerjee not out 0; Extras 22
Total (all out, 113 overs) 479
Fall of wickets:
1-111, 2-125, 3-135, 4-194, 5-373, 6-430, 7-437, 8-447, 9-479, 10-479
Orissa bowling: ND Bardhan 3-0-17-0, Kapoor 11-1-44-1, B Patnaik 18-0-93-1, Mahapatra 5-0-27-0, Sastri 31-1-113-1, Parija 34-3-123-3, Chakrabarty 8-0-30-2, Ananthaswamy Rao 3-0-10-1.

ORISSA (1st innings): +N Ramamurthy b Chowdhury 4, B Thripathi st PK Sen b Gupte 1, *LI Parija b Gupte 4, MS Ananthaswamy Rao run out 32, RP Kapoor lbw b Gupte 12, Banabasi Patnaik not out 14, N Chakrabarty lbw b Gupte 6, RJ le Faucheur c sub b Chowdhury 0, Suresh Mahapatra b Gupte 18, ND Bardhan lbw b Gupte 0, TS Sastri b A Sen 4; Extras 23
Total (all out, 42 overs) 118
Fall of wickets:
1-12, 2-16, 3-20, 4-60, 5-73, 6-81, 7-88, 8-113, 9-113, 10-118
Bengal bowling: Das Gupta 2-2-0-0, Chowdhury 16-6-43-2, Gupte 18-7-43-6, Mitter 3-0-8-0, A Sen 3-2-1-1.

BENGAL (2nd innings): P Roy c Chakrabarty b Kapoor 143, A Sen b Kapoor 46, +PK Sen st Ramamurthy b Kapoor 13, K Mitter c Ramamurthy b Mahapatra 32, B Frank c Mahapatra b Patnaik 30, NC Chatterjee c Patnaik b Mahapatra 20, AK Das Gupta not out 17, *SA Banerjee b Patnaik 2, NR Chowdhury c Mahapatra b Patnaik 7, SP Gupte c Sastri b Mahapatra 1, SM Basu Thakur did not bat; Extras 10
Total (9 wickets, declared, 73 overs) 321
Fall of wickets:
1-116, 2-150, 3-217, 4-264, 5-285, 6-297, 7-302, 8-320, 9-321
Orissa bowling: Bardhan 13-1-48-0, Kapoor 18-2-93-3, Patnaik 16-1- 65-3, S Mahapatra 11-1-38-3, Sastri 10-0-40-0, Parija 1-0-5-0, Chakrabarty 3-0-16-0, Ananthaswamy Rao 1-0-6-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings): B Thripathi c & b Chatterjee 11, ND Bardhan b Mitter 19, MS Ananthaswamy Rao b Chatterjee 57, RP Kapoor b Gupte 7, B Patnaik lbw b Gupte 14, N Chakrabarty not out 0, S Mahapatra b Gupte 0, RJ le Faucheur c Banerjee b Gupte 10, TS Sastri st PK Sen b Gupte 2, +N Ramamurthy absent hurt, *LI Parija absent hurt; Extras 22
Total (all out, 42 overs) 142
Fall of wickets:
1-28, 2-74, 3-113, 4-113, 5-130, 6-130, 7-140, 8-142
Bengal bowling: Gupte 13-7-29-5, Mitter 6-1-26-1, Banerjee 11-5-23-0, Chatterjee 11-5-29-2, Roy 1-0-13-0.

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