CUTTACK 07-Dec-1972
Bihar rode on a 12-wicket haul by Anand Shukla and a century by captain Ramesh Saxena to maul Orissa by an innings and 116 runs on the last day of their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Nehru Smarak Stadium in Bhagalpur today. This was Bihar’s 14th win and five by an innings in 18 Ranji Trophy matches against Orissa.
Put into bat, Orissa were bowled out for 92 with Ananda Shukla bagging five wickets for 27 runs. In reply, host Bihar declared at 338 for six and took a first-innings lead of 246 runs. Saxena hit 142, while Anand Shukla scored 62. Sanjay Satpathy was most successful Orissa bowler, capturing four wickets for 90 runs.
Needing 247 to avoid innings defeat, Orissa folded up for 130 in the second innings. Shukla destroyed the Orissa batting line-up for the second time, scalping seven wickets for 63 runs. Arun Patel led Orissa for the first time in a Ranji Trophy match, where three Orissa players _ Ranjit Sikdar, G Ramamurthy and B Bishanjee _ made their first-class debut.
SCOREBOARD (Match No 53):
ORISSA (1st innings): Mukul Roy Chowdhury run out 14, Ranjit Sikdar c S Mukherjee b A Shukla 20, +Vinod N Pendarkar lbw Chowdhury 6, Harish Vijh c R Mukherjee b A Shukla 11, Babu R Rao c Roy b Chowdhury 8, *Arun Patel b A Shukla 3, Vinod Gupta c Daljit Singh b Chowdhury 13, G Ramamurthy st Daljit Singh b RC Shukla 3, B Bishanjee c & b A Shukla 4, Sanjay Satpathy not out 0, Aditya P Mohanty c R Mukherjee b A Shukla 2; Extras 8
Total (all out, 42.3 overs) 92
Fall of wickets: 1-40, 2-48, 3-48, 4-56, 5-62, 6-75, 7-85, 8-90, 9-90, 10-92
Bihar bowling: Bhattacharjee 8-1-24-0, Roy 5-4-4-0, Chowdhury 13-5-28-3, A Shukla 14.3-5-27-5, RC Shukla 2-1-1-1.
BIHAR (1st innings): +Daljit Singh b Satpathy 13, R Mukherjee c Roy Chowdhury b Gupta 37, G Upadhyaya b Satpathy 4, A Shukla c Pendarkar b Vijh 62, *RC Saxena c Gupta b Satpathy 142, RC Shukla b Satpathy 32, K Chati not out 36, S Mukherjee not out 7, S Roy did not bat, A Chowdhury did not bat, A Bhattacharjee did not bat; Extras 5
Total (6 wickets, declared, 98 overs) 338
Fall of wickets: 1-32, 2-40, 3-100, 4-126, 5-250, 6-305
Orissa bowling: Satpathy 20-3-90-4, Mohanty 9-2-27-0, Rao 12-2-35-0, Gupta 23-7-60-1, Patel 24-8-80-0, Vijh 10-3-41-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): M Roy Chowdhury lbw A Shukla 32, R Sikdar lbw A Shukla 2, +VN Pendarkar c Upadhyaya b A Shukla 0, H Vijh b A Shukla 7, BR Rao c Daljit Singh b A Shukla 12, *A Patel b RC Shukla 0, V Gupta c R Mukherjee b A Shukla 2, G Ramamurthy c & b A Shukla 20, B Bishanjee c Daljit Singh b Bhattacharjee 34, S Satpathy c & b RC Shukla 7, AP Mohanty not out 6; Extras 8
Total (all out, 51 overs) 130
Fall of wickets: 1-3, 2-37, 3-37, 4-41, 5-51, 6-57, 7-68, 8-106, 9-114, 10-130
Bihar bowling: Bhattacharjee 5-1-9-1, Roy 5-2-4-0, A Shukla 22-5-63-7, RC Shukla 16-4-40-2, Upadhyaya 1-0-4-0, Saxena 2-0-2-0.
