Ranji Trophy: Amiya, Manas hit tons in draw tie

Orissa batsmen gave a good account of themselves, hitting two centuries and three fifties in their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the final day at Tata Digwadi Stadium in Jamadoba today. However, Bihar finished with an edge over Orissa, securing 13 points, three more than their opponents.

Put into bat by Bihar captain-cum-stumper Syed Saba Karim, Orissa rode on a stroke-filled knock of 107 (135b, 16x4, 1x6) by Amiya Ray and an unbeaten 93 (212b, 13x4) by Abakash Khatua to pile up a healthy total of 384. Manas Ray, Bishnu Deb Mohanty, Ranjib Biswa and Asjit Jayaprakasham also made notable contributions.

But Bihar batted better to take a first-innings lead of 135 runs. An unbeaten 169 by Saba Karim enabled Bihar muster an imposing total of 519. But the home team’s hopes to win the match ended in vain as Orissa continued to bat well and declared their second innings at 340 for five.

Opening batsman Manas Ray hit his first century in first-class cricket with a solid knock of 112 (257b, 14x4, 1x6). He was well complimented by Ranjib Biswal and Prasanta Mohapatra with knocks of 97 and 72 respectively. When the match ended in draw, Bihar were one no wicket in their second innings. Among Orissa bowlers, captain Sourajit Mohapatra was most successful with four wickets for 170 runs. He, in the process, completed 100 wickets in first-class cricket.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 127):

ORISSA (1st innings): Manas Ray lbw Hilal Ali Khan 42, Prasanta Mohapatra c Patel b Hilal Ali Khan 15, Debdutta Lenka c Sunil Kumar b Hilal Ali Khan 1, Ranjib Biswal lbw Patel 35, Asjit Jaiprakasham c Karim b Ranjan 28, Amiya Ray b Hilal Ali Khan 107, Abakash Khatua not out 93, Rajesh Singh b Hilal Ali Khan 0, +Bishnu Deb Mohanty run out 40, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Chatterjee b Patel 12, *Sourajit Mohapatra b Ranjan 0; Extras (b-4, lb-6, w-1) 11
Total (all out, 127.5 overs) 384
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-24, 3-84, 4-102, 5-157, 6-276, 7-276, 8-345, 9-383, 10-384
Bihar bowling: Sinha 20-4-74-0, Patel 24-3-76-2, Hilal Ali Khan 27-6-67-5, Avinash Kumar 38-11-92-0, Ranjan 16.5-3-54-2, Arfi 2-0-11-0.

BIHAR (1st innings): I Bose c Biswal b S Mohapatra 80, Sunil Kumar lbw S Mohapatra 29, S Arfi run out 31, BS Gossain st Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 41, *+SS Karim not out 169, S Chatterjee c Roy b Kumar Prasad 21, S Ranjan c M Ray b S Mohapatra 8, Avinash Kumar lbw Rajesh Singh 50, S Sinha c Mohanty b S Mohapatra 2, M Patel c Mohanty b Rajesh Singh 3, Hilal Ali Khan b Kumar Prasad 46; Extras (b-4, lb-7, nb-26, w-2) 39
Total (all out, 135 overs) 519
Fall of wickets: 1-57, 2-120, 3-191, 4-212, 5-247, 6-264, 7-364, 8-381, 9-384, 10-519
Orissa bowling: S Mohapatra 44-5-170-4, Rajesh Singh 16-1-86-2, Biswal 18-4-61-0, Roy 12-2-41-0, Kumar Prasad 43-7-140-3, Khatua 2-0-10-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings): M Ray c Chatterjee b Sinha 112, PR Mohapatra b Avinash Kumar 72, D Lenka st +Sunil Kumar b Avinash Kumar 29, R Biswal c Patel b Hilal Ali Khan 97, A Jaiprakasham run out 4, +BD Mohanty not out 8; Extras (b-4, lb-11, nb-1, w-2) 18
Total (5 wickets, declared, 100.4 overs) 340
Fall of wickets: 1-143, 2-195, 3-263, 4-277, 5-340
Bihar bowling: Sinha 21-4-70-1, Patel 3-0-19-0, Hilal Ali Khan 12.4-1-59-1, Avinash Kumar 36-9-96-2, Ranjan 21-3-49-0, Arfi 7-0-32-0.

BIHAR (2nd innings): I Bose not out 0, Sunil Kumar not out 0; Extras (nb-1) 1
Total (no wicket, 1 overs) 1
Orissa bowling: Rajesh Singh 1-0-1-0.
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