Ranji Trophy: Orissa suffer innings defeat in QFs

Playing Ranji Trophy quarterfinals for the first time, Orissa lost to mighty Bombay by an innings and 255 runs on the penultimate day of the four-day match at Wankhede Stadium in Bombay today. Bombay captain Ashok Mankad led them to the tumping win, hitting an unbeaten 150.

Choosing to bat after winning the toss, Bombay declared their first innings at 500 for nine. Among other successful Bombay batsman, opener Shishir Hattangadi slammed 141, while Surendra Nayak and Rahul Mankad scored a half-century each. Among Orissa bowlers, Harmohan Praharaj was most successful, bagging four wickets, while Somnath Sahoo and Anil Bhardwaj picked up a brace each.

In reply, Orissa were dismissed for a paltry 92, which featured 28 by Praharaj and 26 by Karun Dubey. Forced to follow on, conceding a first-innings lead of 408, Orissa were all out for 153 in their second innings. BKR Patnaik with 43 runs was the top scorer.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 86):

BOMBAY (1st innings):
Shishir S Hattangadi c & b Praharaj 141, JI Sanghani c Patnaik b Sahoo 11, Rahul V Mankad lbw Sahoo 52, Sandeep M Patil c & b Bhardwaj 39, Ghulam A Parkar c Jaiprakasham b Bhardwaj 0, *Ashok V Mankad not out 150, Surendra V Nayak c Nag b Praharaj 90, Rajiv R Kulkarni c Mahalik b Praharaj 0, Hoshedar N Contractor c Nag b Paramjit Singh 0, +Zulfiqar Parkar c & b Praharaj 0, RC Thakkar not out 3; Extras (3-b, 3-lb, 6-nb, 2-w) 14
Total (9 wickets, declared, 150 overs) 500
Fall of wickets:
1-23, 2-151, 3-226, 4-226, 5-267, 6-457, 7-457, 8-477, 9-480
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 36-5-101-2, Praharaj 25-4-94-4, Paramjit Singh 40-6-127-1, Hussain 30-3-93-0, Bhardwaj 17-2-62-2, Jaiprakasham 1-0-6-0, Dubey 1-0-3-0.

ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey c Z Parkar b Contractor 26, BKR Patnaik c Z Parkar b Kulkarni 0, Asjit Jaiprakasham c Nayak b Kulkarni 0, Anil Bhardwaj lbw Nayak 1, Harmohan Praharaj not out 28, Surjit Mahalik lbw Contractor 4, Rabi Narayan Panda c Z Parkar b Nayak 4, Somnath Sahoo c RV Mankad b Thakkar 12, +Gautam Nag run out 2, *Paramjit Singh lbw Kulkarni 2, Sabir Hussain lbw Kulkarni 0; Extras (1-lb, 7-nb, 1-w) 9, Penalties 4
Total (all out, 50.5 overs) 92
Fall of wickets:
1-10, 2-14, 3-15, 4-35, 5-40, 6-61, 7-79, 8-85, 9-88, 10-88
Bombay bowling: Kulkarni 13.5-4-21-4, Contractor 14-5-26-2, Nayak 11-4-23-2, Thakkar 10-6-8-1, Patil 2-1-1-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings, following on): K Dubey c Z Parkar b Thakkar 34, BKR Patnaik c Z Parkar b AV Mankad 43, A Jaiprakasham c Z Parkar b Contractor 25, A Bhardwaj lbw Kulkarni 4, HB Praharaj b Kulkarni 0, S Mahalik lbw Kulkarni 0, RN Panda c GA Parkar b Thakkar 11, S Sahoo c GA Parkar b Thakkar 5, +G Nag not out 21, *Paramjit Singh c Z Parkar b Thakkar 0, S Hussain b Thakkar 0; Extras (2-b, 1-lb, 7-nb) 10
Total (all out, 65.5 overs) 153
Fall of wickets:
1-74, 2-85, 3-94, 4-94, 5-94, 6-109, 7-123, 8-146, 9-153, 10-153
Bombay bowling: Kulkarni 16-8-39-3, Contractor 9-1-38-1, Nayak 4-2-6-0, Thakkar 25.5-10-34-5, AV Mankad 11-3-26-1.
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PHOTO: File picture of Bombay captain Ashok Mankad.

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