CUTTACK 29-Nov-1979
First-innings half-century by Karun Dubey and an unbeaten 24 in the second innings by stumper Gautam Nag helped Orissa draw their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match on the last day at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
However, Bengal gathered five points by taking first-innings lead, while Orissa settled with three points. This was second time that Orissa denied victory to Bengal in a Ranji Trophy match.
Opting to bat, Bengal rode on a half-century each by Palash Nandy and Udaybhanu Banerjee to build a healthy total of 277. Among Orissa bowlers, Somnath Sahoo, Sabir Hussain and Randhir Singh captured three wickets each.
In reply, host Orissa, playing their 75th first-class match, compiled 211, thanks to knocks of 62 and 42 by Karun Dubey and Sudhir Pathak respectively. After taking a 66-run lead in the first innings, Bengal declared their second innings at 176 for five and set before Orissa a victory target of 243.
Chasing the challenging target, Orissa were in deep trouble, losing seven wickets for 68 runs. Captain Paramjit Singh and Gautam Nag put on 34 runs for the eighth wicket to take the fight to the opposition camp. But after losing two wickets at the score of 102, Orissa were in dire straits. However, the brave last-wicket stand between Nag and Sabir Hussain enabled Orissa escape defeat.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 75):
BENGAL (1st innings): Farsatullah c Bhardwaj b Sahoo 0, Palash Nandy lbw Pathak 80, *S Mukherjee c Bhardwaj b Hussain 28, M Dalvi c Bhardwaj b Hussain 4, U Banerjee lbw Sahoo 57, Pranob Nandy c & b Hussain 41, +P Ghosh b Sahoo 4, S Hyder Ali c sub (AK Padhi) b Randhir Singh 28, A Bhattacharjee c Sikdar b Randhir Singh 12, B Burman b Randhir Singh 0, SK Porel not out 1; Extras 22
Total (all out, 105.2 overs) 277
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-80, 3-90, 4-141, 5-208, 6-226, 7-239, 8-262, 9-262, 10-277
Orissa bowling: Randhir Singh 20.2-3-67-3, Sahoo 13-4-42-3, Paramjit Singh 38-13-47-0, Hussain 17-3-59-3, Pathak 17-3-40-1
ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey c Pranob Nandy b Porel 62, Satya P Mohanty run out 23, Rabi Narayan Panda b Bhattacharjee 0, Sudhir Pathak b Hyder Ali 42, Anil Bhardwaj lbw Porel 0, Ranjit Sikdar st Ghosh b Pranob Nandy 0, Somnath Sahoo lbw Pranob Nandy 0, +Gautam Nag b Porel 14, *Paramjit Singh c Ghosh b Porel 18, Sabir Hussain c Pranob Nandy b Porel 7, Randhir Singh not out 6; Extras 35, Penalties 4
Total (all out, 71.2 overs) 211
Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-64, 3-128, 4-131, 5-154, 6-155, 7-156, 8-179, 9-188, 10-207
Bengal bowling: Porel 16.2-1-63-5, Burman 12-4-21-0, Hyder Ali 24-6-40-1, Bhattacharjee 10-2-36-1, Pranob Nandy 9-3-12-2.
BENGAL (2nd innings): Farsatullah lbw Sahoo 15, Palash Nandy lbw Randhir Singh 4, +P Ghosh lbw Randhir Singh 0, M Dalvi c Nag b Hussain 56, U Banerjee not out 51, Pranob Nandy run out 28, A Bhattacharjee not out 4; Extras 18
Total (5 wickets, declared, 47.4 overs) 176
Fall of wickets: 1-17, 2-17, 3-43, 4-115, 5-162
Orissa bowling: Randhir Singh 15.4-0-62-2, Sahoo 9-2-27-1, Paramjit Singh 15-5-33-0, Hussain 8-0-36-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): K Dubey c Ghosh b Burman 7, R Sikdar c Mukherjee b Burman 0, RN Panda b Bhattacharjee 13, S Pathak c Pranob Nandy b Hyder Ali 6, S Sahoo c Burman b Bhattacharjee 8, SP Mohanty c & b Burman 1, *Paramjit Singh b Pranob Nandy 21, +G Nag not out 24, A Bhardwaj c & b Banerjee 10, Randhir Singh b Banerjee 0, S Hussain not out 0; Extras 12
Total (9 wickets, 34 overs) 102
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-20, 3-30, 4-43, 5-46, 6-58, 7-68, 8-102, 9-102
Bengal bowling: Porel 8-2-35-0, Burman 7-3-14-3, Hyder Ali 9-5-14-1, Bhattacharjee 5-1-15-2, Pranob Nandy 4-1-12-1, Banerjee 1-1-0-2.
