Ranji Trophy: Orissa trounce Assam by 8 wickets

Orissa crushed Assam by eight wickets on the last day of their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur today. This was seventh overall win for Orissa in 81 Ranji Trophy matches they have played so far and sixth in 26 matches against Assam.

Orissa took control over the match on the opening day, bundling out Assam for 80 after the visitors won the toss and opted to bat. In reply, Orissa rode on a half-century each by Harmohan Praharaj and Anil Bharadwaj to compile 270.

Trailing by 190 runs in the first innings, Assam made some recovery by making 227 in the second innings. But that not enough to save them from defeat as Orissa clinched victory, comfortably overhauling a target of 38 runs, losing two wickets in the process.

Asjit Jayaprakasham was most successful bowler in the second innings, capturing five wickets for 61 runs, while captain Paramjit Singh picked up three for 50. Orissa all-rounder Praharaj scored his first half-century in first-class cricket, while Pannalal Bose made his debut for Orissa.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 81):

ASSAM (1st innings): S Dutta lbw Sahoo 3, G Das c Hussain b Praharaj 0, P Hazarika c Panda b Hussain 14, A Das c Patnaik b Hussain 22, S Uzir lbw Paramjit Singh 4, K Das b Hussain 6, *B Bharali c Hussain b Paramjit Singh 1, +D Borgohain b Jaiprakasham 2, N Konwar c Panda b Jaiprakasham 3, M Kakoti not out 13, Nagesh Singh run out 2; Extras 10
Total (all out, 37.1 overs) 80
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-9, 3-31, 4-45, 5-51, 6-52, 7-58, 8-58, 9-70, 10-80
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 6-2-7-1, Praharaj 6-2-6-1, Paramjit Singh 13-4-21-2, Hussain 8-0-26-3, Jaiprakasham 4.1-1-10-2.

ORISSA (1st innings): +Gautam Nag lbw Konwar 7, Harmohan B Praharaj b K Das 64, Asjit Jaiprakasham b Kakoti 17, Anil Bhardwaj b Nagesh Singh 72, Rabi Narayan Panda c Borgohain b Nagesh Singh 9, BKR Patnaik b Kakoti 12, Chiranjib Biswal b Kakoti 16, Somnath Sahoo c Nagesh Singh b Kakoti 12, Pannalal Bose not out 25, *Paramjit Singh c Dutta b Kakoti 5, Sabir Hussain lbw Nagesh Singh 18; Extras 13
Total (all out, 79.5 overs) 270
Fall of wickets: 1-15, 2-53, 3-161, 4-179, 5-179, 6-201, 7-212, 8-235, 9-241, 10-270
Assam bowling: Kakoti 19-3-67-5, Konwar 11-1-41-1, Uzir 2-0-11-0, K Das 21-2-69-1, Nagesh Singh 26.5-4-69-3.

ASSAM (2nd innings): G Das c Jaiprakasham b Praharaj 10, S Dutta c Paramjit Singh b Hussain 18, P Hazarika c Panda b Paramjit Singh 57, A Das lbw Paramjit Singh 2, *B Bharali c Patnaik b Jaiprakasham 41, K Das b Jaiprakasham 6, S Uzir c Panda b Jaiprakasham 1, +D Borgohain c Praharaj b Jaiprakasham 17, N Konwar not out 53, M Kakoti c sub (Agarwala) b Jaiprakasham 8, Nagesh Singh c Jaiprakasham b Paramjit Singh 0; Extras 14
Total (all out, 68.4 overs) 227
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-56, 3-57, 4-132, 5-132, 6-135, 7-154, 8-170, 9-221, 10-227
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 10-2-36-0, Praharaj 7-2-19-1, Paramjit Singh 21.4-4-50-3, Hussain 14-1-47-1, Jaiprakasham 16-0-61-5.

ORISSA (2nd innings): BKR Patnaik lbw Konwar 3, HB Praharaj b Kakoti 11, A Jaiprakasham not out 12, A Bhardwaj not out 7, S Hussain DNB, *Paramjit Singh DNB, P Bose DNB, S Sahoo DNB, C Biswal DNB, RN Panda DNB, +G Nag DNB; Extras 5
Total (2 wickets, 15 overs) 38
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-27
Assam bowling: Kakoti 6-0-12-1, Konwar 6-1-18-1, Hazarika 3-0-3-0.