Ranji Trophy: Ruthless Bengal trounce Odisha

Bengal hammered Orissa by an innings and 81 runs on the last day of their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta today. This was the sixth innings defeat and eighth overall in eight Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa against Bengal.

Batting first, Orissa were bowled out for 174. In reply, Bengal rode on a century by Prakash Chandra Poddar and half-century eacy by Pankaj Roy, Salil Banerjee, Rajendranath Sanyal and Nemailal Roy to declare at 430 for four. In their second innings, Orissa folded up for 175. B S Alva waged a lone battle for Orissa, hitting a defiant 73 in the second innings.

SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 20):

ORISSA (1st innings): +SS Misra lbw Ghoshal 1, N Subba Rao c Chakraborty b Kundu 37, B Jena b Girdhari 36, BS Alva b Girdhari 31, KS Ranganna c AK Roy b Kundu 8, *SS Patnaik lbw Girdhari 6, NN Swamy st Chakraborty b Kundu 7, MM Mohanty b Kundu 21, SK Satpathy lbw Kundu 4, ND Bardhan b Girdhari 1, DS Murthy not out 4; Extras 18
Total (all out, 69.2 overs) 174
Fall of wickets:
1-9, 2-78, 3-84, 4-105, 5-124, 6-127, 7-143, 8-161, 9-166, 10-174
Bengal bowling: Mitra 5-1-17-0, Ghoshal 11-8-14-1, Girdhari 29.2-10-50-4, Kundu 24-5-75-5.

BENGAL (1st innings): *P Roy st Misra b Swamy 90, SK Banerjee b Swamy 82, R Sanyal c Subba Rao b Swamy 77, PC Poddar c & b Ranganna 104, N Roy not out 53, SS Mitra not out 1, SN Ghoshal DNB, A Girdhari DNB, AK Roy DNB, +G Chakraborty DNB, S Kundu DNB; Extras 23
Total (4 wickets, declared, 105 overs) 430
Fall of wickets:
1-180, 2-193, 3-319, 4-428
Orissa bowling: Bardhan 12-3-47-0, Swamy 32-7-106-3, Jena 2-0-16-0, Satpathy 26-4-106-0, Murthy 19-1-67-0, Ranganna 14-0-65-1.

ORISSA (2nd innings): +SS Misra c AK Roy b Ghoshal 15, N Subba Rao b Girdhari 13, B Jena c sub b Girdhari 15, BS Alva b Ghoshal 73, KS Ranganna c Mitra b Kundu 9, *SS Patnaik c P Roy b Girdhari 13, NN Swamy c P Roy b Girdhari 12, MM Mohanty c sub b Girdhari 1, SK Satpathy run out 1, ND Bardhan st Chakraborty b Ghoshal 17, DS Murthy not out 0; Extras 6
Total (all out, 63.2 overs) 175
Fall of wickets:
1-20, 2-41, 3-45, 4-71, 5-72, 6-125, 7-157, 8-157, 9-174, 10-175
Bengal bowling: Mitra 10-2-36-0, Ghoshal 14.2-5-39-3, Girdhari 21-7-46-5, Kundu 16-4-38-1, Sanyal 2-0-10-0.

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