CUTTACK 01-Dec-1991
Captains knock of 125 by Amiya Ray and match haul of 10 wickets by Sushil Kumar Prasad streered Orissa to a 10-wicket win over Assam on the last day of their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Bhubanananda Orissa School of Engineering Ground in Cuttack, today. This was overall 19th win in 121 Ranji Trophy matches for Odisha and 13th in 36 matches against Assam.
Opting to bat, Assam were bowled out for 200 with Sushil Kumar Prasad and Rajesh Singh taking four wickets each for Orissa. In reply, host Orissa compiled 411 to gain a lead of 211. Ray faced 236 balls for his career-best knock of 125, which was studded with 15 boundaries and one six.
Among other notable Orissa scorers, allrounder Rajesh singh hit his first half-century in first-class cricket, while wicketkeeper Bishnu Deb Mohanty, Ranjib Biswal and Sourajit Mohapatra contributed 42, 47 and 40 respectively.
In the second innings, Assam made 246 to set a target of 36 runs for Orissa to win the match. Sushil Prasad claimed six wickets in the second innings to finish with 10 for 153. The home team clinched victory without losing any wicket.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 121):
ASSAM (1st innings): Lalchand Rajput c Mohanty b Rajesh Singh 6, D Das lbw S Mohapatra 1, Zahir Alam c Jaiprakasham b Rajesh Singh 12, RK Borah c Mohanty b Rajesh Singh 34, +Sulakshan Kulkarni c Mohanty b Rajesh Singh 15, Rajinder Singh c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 16, PK Dutta c & b Kumar Prasad 39, KK Baruah c Biswal b Kumar Prasad 7, GD Dutta c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 43, *B Majumdar not out 14, SG Chakraborty c Lenka b Satpathy 1; Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-8, w-1) 12
Total (all out, 75.2 overs) 200
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-10, 3-50, 4-72, 5-85, 6-97, 7-114, 8-156, 9-191, 10-200
Orissa bowling: S Mohapatra 9-2-42-1, Rajesh Singh 19-7-44-4, Biswal 13-2-29-0, Kumar Prasad 28-9-69-4, Satpathy 6.2-1-13-1.
ORISSA (1st innings): Prasanta Mohapatra c PK Dutta b Chakraborty 12, Soumitra Chowdhury c Borah b Majumdar 4, Debdutta Lenka c Baruah b Chakraborty 0, +Bishnu Deb Mohanty c Rajinder Singh b Borah 42, Ranjib Biswal lbw Borah 47, *Amiya Ray c & b Rajput 125, Asjit Jaiprakasham b Borah 15, Rajesh Singh c Kulkarni b Borah 59, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Borah b PK Dutta 26, Sourajit Mohapatra b PK Dutta 40, Satya Ranjan Satpathy not out 4; Extras (b-22, lb-12, nb-2, w-1) 37
Total (all out, 146 overs) 411
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-13, 3-48, 4-69, 5-141, 6-187, 7-325, 8-350, 9-375, 10-411
Assam bowling: GD Dutta 11-3-28-0, Rajinder Singh 5-2-6-0, Majumdar 8-3-18-1, Chakraborty 27-5-68-2, Borah 41-6-110-4, Rajput 33-12-90-1, PK Dutta 17-0-41-2, Zahir Alam 2-0-7-0, Baruah 2-0-6-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): Zahir Alam b Biswal 69, D Das c Rajesh Singh b Kumar Prasad 15, Rajinder Singh c Jaiprakasham b Satpathy 17, RK Borah c Jaiprakasham b Kumar Prasad 7, LS Rajput b Kumar Prasad 60, PK Dutta b Biswal 0, +SK Kulkarni c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 33, GD Dutta c Chowdhury b Kumar Prasad 7, KK Baruah c Jaiprakasham b Kumar Prasad 4, *B Majumdar c Rajesh Singh b Biswal 11, SG Chakraborty not out 0; Extras (b-15, lb-6, nb-2) 23
Total (all out, 119.1 overs) 246
Fall of wickets: 1-44, 2-95, 3-104, 4-143, 5-143, 6-221, 7-224, 8-231, 9-236, 10-246
Orissa bowling: S Mohapatra 4-0-14-0, Rajesh Singh 3-0-5-0, Biswal 39.1-13-78-3, Kumar Prasad 53-24-84-6, Satpathy 19-6-38-1, Jaiprakasham 1-0-6-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): PR Mohapatra not out 13, S Chowdhury not out 23; Extras 0
Total (0 wicket, 11.4 overs) 36
Assam bowling: GD Dutta 1-0-6-0, PK Dutta 3-1-11-0, Borah 2-0-6-0, Chakraborty 5.4-0-13-0.
