Ranji Trophy: Ray stars in Orissa win over Tripura

Superb allround performance by Amiya Ray guided Orissa to an innings and 168-run win over Tripura on the last day of their three-day East Zone Ranji Trophy match at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela today. Ray hit a century in the only innings of the home team and followed it with a five-wicket haul in the second innings.

This was the 15th overall win in 108 first-class (all Ranji Trophy) matches for Orissa and third win in four matches against Tripura. Half-century by captain Subrata Chowdhury enabled Tripura make a modest total of 153 after they won the toss and decided to bat first.

Among successful Orissa bowlers, Sourajit Mohapatra and Mahipal Saudagar scalped three wickets each, while Rajesh Singh and Sushil Kumar Prasad picked up a brace each. In reply, Orissa declared their first-innings at 430 for eight to take a first-innings lead of 277 runs.

All 10 Orissa players who batted in the first innings, scored in double digits. Ray registered his first century in first-class cricket with the help of 11 boundaried. His 100-run knock lasted for 161 minutes. Among other leading run-gerrers of Orissa, Devashish Mahanty and Ranjib Biswal slammed a half-century each.

Tripura suffered the innings defeat as they folded up for 109 in the second innings after being forced to follow on. Sourajit Mohapatra was the second-most successful Orissa bowler in the second innings, grabbing three wickerts for 53 runs.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 108):

TRIPURA (1st innings): S Das c Chowdhury b Mohapatra 11, +P Paul b Mohapatra 2, A Deb Burman c Bose b Rajesh Singh 7, S Paul b Mohapatra 39, U Chowdhury b Rajesh Singh 0, *S Chowdhury st Bose b Saudagar 52, B Bhattacharjee b Kumar Prasad 1, A Poddar b Kumar Prasad 15, A Das st Bose b Saudagar 1, T Dam c Chowdhury b Saudagar 3, A Saha not out 0; Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-4) 10, Penalties 12
Total (all out, 38.5 overs) 153
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-16, 3-28, 4-28, 5-84, 6-90, 7-136, 8-136, 9-141, 10-141
Orissa bowling: Mohapatra 17-3-75-3, Rajesh Singh 9-2-20-2, Mahanti 3-0-18-0, Kumar Prasad 7-3-18-2, Saudagar 2.5-1-4-3.

ORISSA (1st innings): Soumitra Chowdhury c Bhattacharjee b Dam 22, Biswajit Mohanty c P Paul b Saha 28, *Asjit Jaiprakasham c P Paul b Dam 20, Devashis Mahanti c sub b A Das 69, Ranjib Biswal lbw A Das 70, Amiya Ray c S Paul b A Das 100, Sushil Kumar Prasad b S Chowdhury 20, Rajesh Singh c P Paul b A Das 46, +Pannalal Bose not out 20, Sourajit Mohapatra not out 14, M Saudagar DNB; Extras (b-3, lb-6, nb-3, w-1) 13, Penalties 8
Total (8 wickets, declared, 111 overs) 430
Fall of wickets: 1-27, 2-74, 3-78, 4-217, 5-224, 6-263, 7-374, 8-399
Tripura bowling: Dam 28-5-99-2, Saha 14-3-33-1, Poddar 7-0-38-0, A Das 32-2-119-4, S Chowdhury 21-4-71-1, Deb Burman 6-0-40-0, S Paul 3-0-13-0.

TRIPURA (2nd innings): S Das c Bose b Mohapatra 11, +P Paul run out 5, A Deb Burman b Ray 21, S Paul st Bose b Ray 15, A Das c Biswal b Mohapatra 16, U Chowdhury b Mohapatra 2, *S Chowdhury b Ray 1, A Poddar not out 16, B Bhattacharjee st Bose b Ray 14, T Dam b Ray 0, A Saha absent hurt; Extras (b-1, lb-1, nb-2) 4, Penalties 4
Total (all out, 38.2 overs) 109
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-20, 3-43, 4-70, 5-72, 6-75, 7-75, 8-105, 9-105
Orissa bowling: Mohapatra 16-5-53-3, Rajesh Singh 3-1-9-0, Kumar Prasad 10-7-14-0, Saudagar 2-2-0-0, Ray 7.2-3-27-5.