CUTTACK 14-Feb-1996
High-flying Orissa came down to earth when they lost to Railways by nine wickets on the third day of their five-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal match at Karnail Singh Stadium in Delhi today. This was overall 61st defeat in 142 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa and first in the only match against Railways.
Put into bat, Orissa were bowled out for 178. Prasanta Mohapatra was the top scorer with 59, while captain Ranjib Biswal and Manoj Bhatt made notable contributions of 34 and 33 srespectively. In reply, Railways made 214 to take a first-innings lead of 36 runs. Among successful Orissa bowlers, Biswal and Sushil Kumar Prasad claimed four wickets each.
Second-innings batting failure cost Orissa dear as they were bundled out for a paltry 92. Railways clinched the easy victory by overhauling a small target of 57 runs, losing one wickets in the process.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 142):
ORISSA (1st innings): Manoj Bhatt c Munnuswamy b Suresh Kumar 33, Prasanta Mohapatra c Goud b Bharatan 59, Shiv Sundar Das c Yadav b Suresh Kumar 0, Rashmi Ranjan Parida run out 1, Sanjay Raul c Goud b Bangar 0, *Ranjib Biswal lbw Bangar 34, Abakash Khatua c Yadav b Suresh Kumar 6, R Seth c Yadav b Javed Alam 18, +Bishnudev Mohanty c Yadav b Munnuswamy 15, Sushil Kumar Prasad c Suresh Kumar b Munnuswamy 1, V Arvind not out 0; Extras (b-6, lb-2, nb-3) 11
Total (all out, 63.1 overs) 178
Fall of wickets: 1-52, 2-52, 3-58, 4-58, 5-118, 6-136, 7-152, 8-177, 9-177, 10-178
Railways bowling: Bangar 18-5-41-2, Rawat 6-1-16-0, Bharatan 11-3-37-1, Suresh Kumar 16-4-44-3, Javed Alam 9-1-29-1, Munnuswamy 3.1-2-3-2.
RAILWAYS (1st innings): V Yadav c Parida b Seth 26, SB Bangar c Das b Raul 65, +SZ Zuffri c Kumar Prasad b Biswal 1, PS Rawat c Das b Biswal 20, A Sharma c sub (G Gopal) b Biswal 13, RK Borah c Mohapatra b Kumar Prasad 7, YKT Goud c Mohapatra b Kumar Prasad 25, *K Bharatan not out 18, M Suresh Kumar c Raul b Kumar Prasad 1, P Munnuswamy b Biswal 0, Javed Alam c & b Kumar Prasad 1; Extras (b-22, lb-11, nb-4) 37
Total (all out, 90.5 overs) 214
Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-73, 3-106, 4-124, 5-133, 6-175, 7-204, 8-206, 9-211, 10-214
Orissa bowling: Seth 10-2-30-1, Arvind 12-3-32-0, Biswal 36-12-67-4, Kumar Prasad 22.5-11-28-4, Raul 10-3-24-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): MP Bhatt c Goud b Bharatan 8, PR Mohapatra c Bangar b Bharatan 0, SS Das c Sharma b Bharatan 7, RR Parida c & b Bharatan 14, SS Raul c Yadav b Javed Alam 1, *R Biswal not out 23, A Khatua c & b Bharatan 0, R Seth st Zuffri b Bharatan 10, +BD Mohanty lbw Suresh Kumar 14, S Kumar Prasad c Zuffri b Munnuswamy 1, V Arvind c Yadav b Suresh Kumar 1; Extras (b-5, lb-6, nb-2) 13
Total (all out, 32.1 overs) 92
Fall of wickets: 1-10, 2-15, 3-34, 4-39, 5-39, 6-39, 7-49, 8-90, 9-91, 10-92
Railways bowling: Bangar 4-1-14-0, Bharatan 14-3-36-6, Suresh Kumar 6.1-1-13-2, Javed Alam 6-1-15-1, Munnuswamy 2-0-3-1.
RAILWAYS (2nd innings): V Yadav lbw Seth 17, SB Bangar not out 17, +SZ Zuffri not out 25; Extras 0
Total (1 wicket, 18 overs) 59
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Yadav)
Orissa bowling: Kumar Prasad 4-0-14-0, Raul 2-0-6-0, Seth 5-1-13-1, Arvind 4-1-11-0, Bhatt 2-0-9-0, Mohanty 1-0-6-0.
