CUTTACK 19-Nov-1983
Match haul of 10 for 42 on debut by left-arm spinner Manojit Bhatt and a carrer-best knock of 153 by opener Karun Dubey powered Orissa to an innings and 43-run win over Assam on the last day of their three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Baripada Stadium in Baripada today.
This was Orissa’s ninth overall win in 87 matches in Ranji Trophy and eighth win in 28 matches against Assam. This was also the second time that Orissa posted innings victory over Assam in Ranji Trophy.
Opting to bat after winning the toss, Assam were bowled out for 140 with Bhatt bagging six wickets for 17 runs. In reply, Orissa rode on the 321-ball knock of 153 (11x4, 2x6) by Dubey and a half-century by Asjit Jayaprakasham to declare their first innings at 295 for six. This was Dubey’s first century in Ranji Trophy and he, in the process, passed 1000 runs in first-class cricket.
Dubey and Jayaprakash put Orissa in a commanding position, stitching together 118 runs for the second-wicket partnership. Besides the duo, Harmohan Praharaj hit an unbeaten 30.
Trailing by 155 runs in the first innings, Assam folded up for 112 in the second innings to give host Orissa an emphatic victory. Among Orissa bowlers, Bhatt and captain Paramjit Singh scalped four wickets each in the second innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 87):
ASSAM (1st innings): S Dutta c Panda b Jaiprakasham 27, P Kalita c Mahalik b Sahoo 13, D Das b Jaiprakasham 9, RK Borah c Jaiprakasham b Bhatt 22, Masood Khan c Dubey b Bhatt 28, *Probir Hazarika c Mahalik b Bhatt 14, +Partha Hazarika lbw Paramjit Singh 0, U Bora not out 6, SG Chakraborty c & b Bhatt 4, B Majumdar c Sahoo b Bhatt 6, U Bhattacharjee c Mahalik b Bhatt 0; Extras (6-lb, 5-nb) 11
Total (all out, 83.2 overs) 140
Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-52, 3-59, 4-90, 5-117, 6-120, 7-120, 8-130, 9-138, 10-140
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 9-3-16-1, Praharaj 11-2-24-0, Biswal 1-0-1-0, Paramjit Singh 22-9-29-1, Jaiprakasham 20-6-45-2, Bhatt 19.2-8-17-6, Mahalik 1-0-2-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Karun Dubey b Bhattacharjee 153, BKR Patnaik c Partha Hazarika b Bhattacharjee 17, Asjit Jaiprakasham c Borah b Bhattacharjee 61, Somnath Sahoo st Partha Hazarika b Bhattacharjee 2, Rabi Narayan Panda lbw Bora 9, Harmohan Praharaj not out 30, Surjit Mahalik lbw Bhattacharjee 0, Chiranjib Biswal not out 15, +Gautam Nag DNB, Manojit P Bhatt DNB, *Paramjit Singh DNB; Extras (5-b, 3-lb) 8
Total (6 wickets, declared, 111 overs) 295
Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-172, 3-185, 4-244, 5-252, 6-254
Assam bowling: Majumdar 4-0-21-0, Bhattacharjee 51-13-105-5, Chakraborty 43-10-106-0, Bora 11-2-42-1, Probir Hazarika 2-0-13-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): S Dutta c & b Praharaj 32, P Kalita lbw Jaiprakasham 0, D Das lbw Paramjit Singh 4, RK Borah st Nag b Bhatt 3, Masood Khan c Mahalik b Bhatt 6, *Probir Hazarika b Paramjit Singh 22, +Partha Hazarika c Praharaj b Paramjit Singh 0, U Bora b Bhatt 4, SG Chakraborty c Mahalik b Bhatt 21, B Majumdar b Paramjit Singh 15, U Bhattacharjee not out 0; Extras (3-b, 1-nb, 1-w) 5
Total (all out, 54.2 overs) 112
Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-10, 3-31, 4-31, 5-40, 6-58, 7-86, 8-110, 9-112, 10-112
Orissa bowling: Sahoo 2-1-1-0, Praharaj 6-1-12-1, Paramjit Singh 19.2-6-32-4, Jaiprakasham 14-3-39-1, Bhatt 13-3-25-4.
