CUTTACK 06-Jan-1994
Fine bowling by Chetan Sharma helped Bengal beat Orissa by eight wickets on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Permit Ground in Balasore today. This was 60th overall loss in 131 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa and 29th loss in 41 matches against Bengal.
Electing to bat after captain Ranjib Biswal won the toss, Orissa made a modest total of 204. Prasant Mohapatra was the top scorer with 47, while Karun Dubey and Abakash Khatua contributed 41 and 32 respectively. Chetan Sharma was most successful Bengal bowler, capturing five wickets for 52 runs.
In reply, Bengal rode on a half-century by Snehasish Ganguly, elder brother of captain Sourav Ganguly to compile a sizeable total of 313 and secured a lead of 109 runs. Among Orissa bowlers, V Arvind, Sushil Kumar Prasad and Ranjib Biswal scalped three wickets each.
In their second innings, Orissa were bowled out for 158 with Abakash Khatua (40) and Prasant Mohapatra (37) as leading scorers. Chetan Sharma added four wickets to his first-innings tally to finish with a match haul of nine for 86.
Orissa suffered a setback as Karun Dubey could not bat in the second innings due to injury. Bengal won the match by overhauling a modest target of 50 runs, losing two wickets in the process.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 131):
ORISSA (1st innings): Manas Ray b Sourav Ganguly 3, Suresh Kumar lbw Chatterjee 19, Prasant Mohapatra lbw Sharma 47, Karun Dubey c Arun Lal b Chatterjee 41, Amiya Ray b Sharma 9, *Ranjib Biswal lbw Sharma 12, Abakash Khatua b Chatterjee 32, +Bishnudeb Mohanty b Sharma 2, Sushil Kumar Prasad b Sharma 0, Anil Rajput b Karmarkar 21, V Arvind not out 4; Extras (b-6, lb-3, nb-5) 14
Total (all out, 76.2 overs) 204
Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-60, 3-106, 4-128, 5-140, 6-144, 7-149, 8-157, 9-192, 10-204
Bengal bowling: Vaidya 14-1-51-0, Sourav Ganguly 6-1-13-1, Sharma 18-3-52-5, Chatterjee 31-13-62-3, Karmarkar 7.2-2-17-1.
BENGAL (1st innings): J Arun Lal c Mohapatra b Kumar Prasad 40, IB Roy b Biswal 21, SJ Kalyani c Mohapatra b Biswal 30, *Sourav Ganguly c Rajput b Kumar Prasad 34, Ashok Malhotra c Rajput b Arvind 39, Snehasish Ganguly lbw Biswal 64, Chetan Sharma c & b Arvind 13, +A Sheikh not out 43, US Chatterjee c Rajput b Kumar Prasad 3, PS Vaidya b Arvind 2, S Karmarkar run out 1; Extras (b-11, lb-2, nb-10) 23
Total (all out, 120 overs) 313
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-83, 3-112, 4-158, 5-187, 6-215, 7-292, 8-306, 9-312, 10-313
Orissa bowling: Arvind 28-5-51-3, Kumar Prasad 31-4-100-3, Biswal 33-7-78-3, Khatua 20-2-46-0, Ray 2-0-9-0, Roy 6-0-16-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): M Ray c Sheikh b Vaidya 0, Suresh Kumar c & b Karmarkar 15, PR Mohapatra c Sheikh b Sharma 37, A Ray lbw Vaidya 5, A Khatua lbw Chatterjee 40, *R Biswal b Sharma 14, +BD Mohanty lbw Sharma 4, S Kumar Prasad b Sharma 0, A Rajput c sub b Chatterjee 7, V Arvind not out 5, K Dubey absent hurt; Extras (b-10, lb-14, nb-7) 31
Total (all out, 59.4 overs) 158
Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-43, 3-55, 4-84, 5-131, 6-139, 7-139, 8-139, 9-158
Bengal bowling: Vaidya 12-5-15-2, Sourav Ganguly 4-1-7-0, Sharma 16-7-34-4, Chatterjee 21.4-7-50-2, Karmarkar 6-0-28-1.
BENGAL (2nd innings): J Arun Lal not out 30, IB Roy c sub b Roy 0, C Sharma b Kumar Prasad 13, +A Sheikh not out 2; Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-1) 6
Total (2 wickets, 9.5 overs) 51
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-45
Orissa bowling: Kumar Prasad 2-0-7-1, Roy 4.5-1-21-1, Biswal 3-0-18-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file picture of India and Bengal bowler Chetan Sharma.
