CUTTACK 02-Mar-1994
Orissa missed a berth in Ranji Trophy semifinals for the fourth time when they were edged out on the basis of first-innings lead by Maharashtra on the fifth and last day of their quarterfinal match, which ended in draw at Pune Club Ground in Pune today.
Dominating the proceedings from the word go, host Maharashtra declared their first-innings at 645 for nine after electing to bat. Double century by Shantanu Sugwekar and century by captain Surendra Bhave were the highlights of the Maharashtra innings. Among Orissa bowlers, captain Ranjib Biswal was most successful, capturing five wickets for 172 runs.
In reply, Orissa were bowled out for 398 and conceded a lead of 247 runs. After losing three wickets for 49 runs, Orissa made commendable recovery, thanks to a century by Amiya Ray (116, 252b, 14x4) and a half-century by debutant Sanjay Raul (70, 311b, 5x4). Abakash Khatua and stumper Bishnudev Mohanty also made notable contributions to the Orissa total.
After taking the huge first-innings lead, Maharashtra went on a batting practice to ensure that did not lose the match. They eventually declared their second innings at 175 for seven, thus setting an impossible targate of 423 for Orissa to win the match.
The visitors were 33 for three in their second innings when the match came to an end. Two Orissa players made their first-class debut in this match, the other being medium-pacer Mohammad Sajid.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 133):
MAHARASHTRA (1st innings): HA Kinikar b Arvind 6, Abhijit Kale c Suresh Kumar b Biswal 58, Santosh Jedhe b Biswal 50, Shantanu Sugwekar c Dubey b Kumar Prasad 225, *Surendra Bhave c Dubey b Biswal 104, JS Narse c Suresh Kumar b Biswal 2, Shrikant Jadhav c Mohanty b Biswal 62, +SM Kondhalkar b Arvind 11, Iqbal Siddiqui c Khatua b Kumar Prasad 76, PY Chitale not out 12, PJ Kanade not out 3; Extras (b-6, lb-9, nb-20, w-1) 36
Total (9 wickets, declared, 184 overs) 645
Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-103, 3-149, 4-382, 5-390, 6-542, 7-545, 8-585, 9-645
Orissa bowling: Arvind 29-5-95-2, Sajid 13-0-88-0, Kumar Prasad 78-12-231-2, Khatua 9-2-32-0, Biswal 53-6-172-5, Ray 2-0-12-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Prasanta Mohapatra c Kondhalkar b Kanade 10, Suresh Kumar b Kanade 8, Sushl Kumar Prasad c Kondhalkar b Chitale 9, Karun Dubey b Kanade 30, Amiya Ray c Kondhalkar b Chitale 116, *Ranjib Biswal run out 18, Sanjay Raul c Bhave b Siddiqui 70, Abakash Khatua c Bhave b Chitale 40, +Bishnudev Mohanty c Kondhalkar b Siddiqui 49, V Arvind not out 17, Mohammad Sajid b Siddiqui 0; Extras (b-12, lb-4, nb-14, w-1) 31
Total (all out, 169.2 overs) 398
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-23, 3-49, 4-97, 5-136, 6-259, 7-317, 8-374, 9-390, 10-398
Maharashtra bowling: Siddiqui 26.2-6-64-3, Kanade 34-3-103-3, Chitale 44-18-98-3, Jadhav 32-12-73-0, Jedhe 31-12-44-0, Sugwekar 2-2-0-0.
MAHARASHTRA (2nd innings): HA Kinikar c Mohanty b Ray 47, *SS Bhave lbw Kumar Prasad 60, JS Narse lbw Kumar Prasad 2, SS Sugwekar c Mohanty b Raul 23, AV Kale c Mohanty b Kumar Prasad 25, +SM Kondhalkar c Mohapatra b Raul 4, IR Siddiqui b Raul 6, PJ Kanade not out 0; Extras (b-1, lb-1, nb-6) 8
Total (7 wickets, declared, 67.5 overs) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-109, 2-114, 3-119, 4-161, 5-165, 6-174, 7-175
Orissa bowling: Arvind 8-2-24-0, Sajid 11-1-51-0, Kumar Prasad 23-7-45-3, Khatua 2-0-5-0, Ray 14-1-35-1, Raul 9.5-2-13-3.
ORISSA (2nd innings): PR Mohapatra lbw Kanade 4, Suresh Kumar not out 5, +BD Mohanty run out 6, SS Raul c Kondhalkar b Jadhav 13, A Khatua not out 0; Extras (lb-2, nb-3) 5
Total (3 wickets, 30 overs) 33
Fall of wickets: 1-6, 2-20, 3-33
Maharashtra bowling: Siddiqui 4-2-6-0, Kanade 4-1-8-1, Chitale 6-5-1-0, Jadhav 5-5-0-1, Sugwekar 5-5-0-0, Bhave 4-0-16-0, Narse 1-1-0-0, Kinikar 1-1-0-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file picture of Orissa batsman Amiya Ray.
