CUTTACK 27-Nov-1989
Orissa started the 1989-90 Ranji Trophy season on a dazzling note as a century each by Sritam Das, captain Asjit Jayaprakasham and magnificent bowling by Harmohan Praharaj and Sushil Prasad powered them to an innings and 103- run win over Tripura on the last day of their three-day East Zone match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
This was 17th overall win and eighth by innings margin in 112 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa. This was also Orissa’s fourth victory and all four by innings margin in five Ranji Trophy matches against Tripura. Subhashish Bhuyan made his First-Class debut for Orissa in this match.
Electing to bat, Orissa compiled an imposing total of 401 with Sritam Das and Jayaprakasham hitting 113 and 107 respectively. In reply, Tripura were bowled out for 127. Former Orissa captain, Harmohan Praharaj made a notable return to the side as he bagged five wickets for 51 runs in the first innings.
Forced to follow on after conceding a first-innings lead of 274 runs, Tripura folded up for 171 in the second innings. Sushil Kumar Prasad was most successful Orissa bowler in the second innings, capturing five wickets for 37 runs.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 112):
ORISSA (1st innings): Biswajit Mohanty lbw Chowdhury 7, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Baig b Chowdhury 6, Devashish Mahanti c Deb Burman b Saha 2, Sritam Das run out 113, Ranjib Biswal lbw Dam 13, *Asjit Jaiprakasham lbw Banerjee 107, Subhashish Bhuyan c Banerjee b Saha 32, Harmohan Praharaj c Banerjee b Dam 25, Rajesh Singh b Chowdhury 11, +Pannalal Bose c P Paul b Chowdhury 8, Sourajit Mohapatra not out 0; Extras (b-19, lb-14, nb-9, w-7) 49, Penalties 28
Total (all out, 103.2 overs) 401
Fall of wickets: 1-14, 2-17, 3-22, 4-61, 5-256, 6-317, 7-317, 8-353, 9-372, 10-373
Tripura bowling: Saha 17-3-48-2, Chowdhury 32.2-10-86-4, Banerjee 25-2-87-1, Dam 19-1-79-2, Bardhan 4-0-16-0, Deb Burman 6-0-24-0.
TRIPURA (1st innings): VK Mehra not out 50, RP Chaudhuri c Mohanty b Praharaj 4, A Baig c Das b Praharaj 0, *S Paul run out 1, A Deb Burman lbw Mohapatra 5, YK Chowdhury c Mahanti b Mohapatra 0, +P Paul b Praharaj 3, S Bardhan c Das b Praharaj 15, S Banerjee run out 0, A Saha b Praharaj 2, T Dam b Kumar Prasad 7; Extras (lb-3, nb-1, w-4) 8, Penalties 32
Total (all out, 31.4 overs) 127
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-13, 3-14, 4-19, 5-19, 6-29, 7-66, 8-80, 9-83, 10-95
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 16-3-51-5, Mohapatra 13-2-38-2, Kumar Prasad 2.4-1-3-1.
TRIPURA (2nd innings, Following on): VK Mehra c Mahanti b Rajesh Singh 8, RP Chaudhuri b Biswal 44, A Baig lbw Kumar Prasad 20, *S Paul c Bose b Kumar Prasad 33, A Deb Burman b Biswal 1, YK Chowdhury st Bose b Kumar Prasad 35, +P Paul b Praharaj 0, S Bardhan b Praharaj 7, S Banerjee c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 0, A Saha not out 1, T Dam b Kumar Prasad 1; Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-7, w-3) 17, Penalties 4
Total (all out, 69 overs) 171
Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-80, 3-92, 4-104, 5-151, 6-158, 7-160, 8-162, 9-165, 10-167
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 8-1-33-2, Mohapatra 17-1-55-0, Kumar Prasad 27-12-37-5, Rajesh Singh 5-1-15—1, Biswal 12-8-20-2.
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