CUTTACK 07-Dec-1989
The three-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match between host Orissa and Bihar ended in a dull draw at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. However, Bihar collected 10 points for taking first-innings lead, while Orissa settled with eight points.
Half-century each by Pradeep Khanna, captain Hari Gidwani and stumper Syed Saba Karim helped Bihar make a healthy total of 313 after they won the toss and opted to bat. Among Orissa bowlers, Sourajit Mohapatra and Sushil Kumar Prasad scalped five and four wickets respectively.
In reply, Orissa rode on a half-ton each by captain Asjit Jayaprakasham and Abinasha Khatua to muster 249. After taking a 64-run first-innings lead, Bihar declared their second innings at 70 for one to set before the home team a victory target of 135. Orissa were 54 for no wicket in their second innings when the match ended in draw. Praharaj claimed his 100th First-Class wicket in this match.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 113):
BIHAR (1st innings): P Khanna b Das 83, A Dayal lbw Mohapatra 8, *H Gidwani b Kumar Prasad 86, BS Gossain b Kumar Prasad 24, +SS Karim not out 55, R Arora lbw Kumar Prasad 8, V Venkatram c & b Kumar Prasad 0, ST Banerjee c Bose b Mohapatra 3, S Ranjan c Bose b Mohapatra 17, Avinash Kumar lbw Mohapatra 5, Dhananjay Singh c Bose b Mohapatra 6; Extras (b-4, lb-3, nb-5, w-2) 14, Penalties 4
Total (all out, 105 overs) 313
Fall of wickets: 1-26, 2-158, 3-208, 4-215, 5-234, 6-234, 7-237, 8-275, 9-301, 10-309
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 15-1-44-0, Mohapatra 37-6-104-5, Rajesh Singh 3-0-16-0, Kumar Prasad 36-1-89-4, Khatua 1-0-5-0, Bhuyan 4-0-19-0, Das 9-1-25-1.
ORISSA (1st innings): Biswajit Mohanty c Karim b Gidwani 47, Sushil Kumar Prasad lbw Banerjee 12, Devashish Mahanti c Karim b Dhananjay Singh 14, Sritam Das lbw Banerjee 1, *Asjit Jaiprakasham b Venkatram 74, Abinasha Khatua b Dhananjay Singh 51, Subhashish Bhuyan c Karim b Venkatram 6, Harmohan Praharaj lbw Banerjee 9, Rajesh Singh run out 0, +Pannalal Bose not out 2, Sourajit Mohapatra b Dhananjay Singh 19; Extras (b-2, lb-8, w-4) 14
Total (all out, 112.2 overs) 249
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Kumar Prasad), 2-49 (Mahanti), 3-57 (Das), 4-131 (Mohanty), 5-194 (Jaiprakasham), 6-204, 7-224, 8-226, 9-228, 10-249
Bihar bowling: Banerjee 24-6-73-3, Dhananjay Singh 20.2-3-49-3, Avinash Kumar 22-9-30-0, Venkatram 15-5-34-2, Gidwani 11-2-18-1, Ranjan 20-4-35-0.
BIHAR (2nd innings): P Khanna c Khatua b Praharaj 6, A Dayal not out 27, *H Gidwani not out 24; Extras (lb-1) 1, Penalties 12
Total (1 wicket, declared, 33 overs) 70
Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Khanna)
Orissa bowling: Praharaj 10-3-14-1, Mohapatra 9-3-13-0, Kumar Prasad 9-1-19-0, Khatua 1-0-5-0, Das 1-0-3-0, Jaiprakasham 3-2-3-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): B Mohanty not out 23, S Kumar Prasad not out 29; Extras (b-1, lb-1) 2
Total (no wicket, 15 overs) 54
Bihar bowling: Banerjee 5-0-29-0, Dhananjay Singh 4-0-19-0, Avinash Kumar 2-1-5-0, Venkatram 2-2-0-0, Gidwani 1-1-0-0, Ranjan 1-1-0-0.
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