BHUBANESWAR 05-Dec-1961
Orissa settled with three points by conceding first-innings lead against Assam in their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match which ended in draw at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. Assam gained five points for taking a 92-run lead in the first innings.
Opting to bat, Assam made 277 and then restricted Odisha to 185. In the second innings, Assam declared at 112 for five, while Odisha replied with 84 for six. Orissa allrounder B Sridhar Alva continued his good form by capturing five wickets and scoring 38 runs in the first innings.
Opening batsman M Ravindra made a memorable first-class debut for Orissa, hitting 51 in the first innings and 21 in the second. N N Swamy captained Orissa for the first time, replacing Sasanka Sekhar Patnaik.
SCOREBOARD (Orissa Ranji Match No 22):
ASSAM (1st innings): MP Barua c B Patnaik b Alva 18, +M Talukdar lbw b Alva 33, S Barkataki c & b Ranganna 12, RP Kapoor b Alva 2, A Hazarika b Alva 2, *B Thakur b Swamy 82, M Borah c Satpathy b Alva 12, A Mech st Misra b Ranganna 16, GN Barua b Satpathy 53, A Rajbanshi b Swamy 37, S Bhattacharjee not out 0; Extras 10
Total (all out, 119.4 overs) 277
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-59, 3-67, 4-69, 5-70, 6-102, 7-143, 8-218, 9-275, 10-277
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 33.4-9-60-1, Prasad 5-1-8-0, Alva 36-2-103-5, Ranganna 23-4-57-2, Swamy 20-3-35-2, Das 2-0-4-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): +SS Misra c Talukdar b Bhattacharjee 2, M Ravindra c Hazarika b Rajbanshi 51, B Jena c Mech b Rajbanshi 8, BS Alva b Bhattacharjee 38, SS Patnaik b Bhattacharjee 0, B Patnaik b Rajbanshi 41, KS Ranganna c Mech b Thakur 16, *NN Swamy lbw b Bhattacharjee 1, SK Prasad lbw b Bhattacharjee 9, GK Das lbw Rajbanshi 2, SK Satpathy not out 1; Extras 16
Total (all out, 72 overs) 185
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-31, 3-104, 4-104, 5-120, 6-152, 7-153, 8-173, 9-184, 10-185
Assam bowling: Bhattacharjee 23-4-41-5, Thakur 9-2-19-1, Rajbanshi 26-4-66-4, GN Barua 10-3-19-0, MP Barua 3-1-22-0, Kapoor 1-0-2-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): MP Barua b Swamy 25, +M Talukdar c Misra b Swamy 1, A Mech b Swamy 35, A Hazarika c sub b Ranganna 22, M Borah c sub (KN Patra) b Swamy 5, RP Kapoor not out 13, S Barkataki; Extras 11
Total (5 wickets, declared, 37.4 overs) 112
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-48, 3-72, 4-82, 5-112
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 12-1-38-0, Alva 5-0-17-0, Ranganna 2.4-1 4-1, Swamy 18-5-42-4.
ORISSA (2nd innings): KS Ranganna b MP Barua 4, M Ravindra b Thakur 21, B Jena not out 35, SK Satpathy c Hazarika b Rajbanshi 6, Das b Rajbanshi 2, SK Prasad lbw Rajbanshi 3, BS Alva b Rajbanshi 0, +SS Misra not out 9; Extras 4
Did not bat: SS Patnaik, B Patnaik, *NN Swamy
Total (6 wickets, 23 overs) 84
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-35, 3-48, 4-52, 5-56, 6-56
Assam bowling: Bhattacharjee 4-1-13-0, Thakur 8-2-28-1, Rajbanshi 6-1-23-4, MP Barua 5-0-16-1.
