Ranji Trophy: Orissa bow to Madhya Pradesh

Orissa started their Ranji Trophy Super League Group-A campaign on a disappointing note when they lost to Madhya Pradesh by 118 runs on the penultimate day of the four-day match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. This was 63rd overall loss in 147 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa and first in only match against Madhya Pradesh.

Electing to bat, under the captainship of stumper Chandrakant Pandit, Madhya Pradesh rode on a half-century each by Jai Prakash Yadav and Ashraf Raja Ali to compile a total of 275. Among successful Orissa bowlers, Debasis Mohanty, captain Sanjay Raul and Subash Chandra Mohanty bagged three wickets each.

In reply, Orissa were bowled out for 156 and conceded a lead of 119 runs. Shiv Sundar Das was the top scorer with 40 runs. Rajesh Chauhan did maximum damage to the Orissa first-innings, capturing five wickets.

Orissa did well to restrict the second innings of Madhya Pradesh to 154. Raul pocketed five wickets in the second innings to finish with a match haul of eight for 76. Subash Mohanty was second most successful Orissa bowler, picking up three wickets again in the second innings.

Orissa, however, lost the match as they were bowled out for 155 in the second essay, while chasing a challenging target of 274. None of the Orissa batsmen could stay long enough to score a half-century.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 147):

MADHYA PRADESH (1st innings): JP Yadav c Seth b DS Mohanty 95, KK Patel c Raul b DS Mohanty 14, AR Khurasiya run out 45, S Abbas Ali c sub b SC Mohanty 0, *+CS Pandit c DS Mohanty b SC Mohanty 8, A Raja Ali c Das b Raul 58, D Bundela b DS Mohanty 7, MB Majithia c Seth b Raul 5, RK Chauhan c Khan b SC Mohanty 21, SS Lahore b Raul 0, SP Pandey not out 0; Extras (b-1, lb-7, nb-14) 22
Total (all out, 78.5 overs) 275
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-125, 3-125, 4-137, 5-206, 6-224, 7-233, 8-267, 9-267, 10-275
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 22-4-64-3, Seth 5-0-27-0, Khan 12-4-53-0, Raul 13-2-45-3, SC Mohanty 21.5-5-60-3, Khatua 5-1-18-0.

ORISSA (1st innings): Prasanta Mohapatra c Patel b Pandey 1, P Jayachandra c Abbas Ali b Lahore 9, Shiv Sundar Das lbw Lahore 40, *Sanjay Raul c Abbas Ali b Chauhan 36, Abakash Khatua b Chauhan 21, Rarshmi Ranjan Parida not out 17, +Gautam Gopal b Chauhan 1, Shahid Ali Khan run out 1, Rajiv Seth run out 7, Subash Chandra Mohanty lbw Chauhan 3, Debasis Mohanty c Abbas Ali b Chauhan 1; Extras (b-7, lb-10, nb-2) 19
Total (all out, 68.2 overs) 156
Fall of wickets: 1-13, 2-21, 3-85, 4-102, 5-119, 6-125, 7-133, 8-149, 9-154, 10-156
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Chauhan 25.2-7-42-5, Lahore 27-6-54-2, Pandey 5-3-9-1, Majithia 11-2-34-0.

MADHYA PRADESH (2nd innings): JP Yadav c Parida b SC Mohanty 22, KK Patel run out 64, AR Khurasiya b Das 20, S Abbas Ali c Gopal b Raul 3, MB Majithia c Mohapatra b Raul 0, *+CS Pandit c Gopal b SC Mohanty 15, A Raja Ali lbw Raul 2, D Bundela c sub b SC Mohanty 15, RK Chauhan c Parida b Raul 0, SS Lahore c sub b Raul 1, SP Pandey not out 8; Extras (b-1, lb-1, nb-2) 4
Total (all out, 51.3 overs) 154
Fall of wickets: 1-42, 2-83, 3-94, 4-106, 5-123, 6-129, 7-134, 8-144, 9-148, 10-154
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 3-0-18-0, Seth 1-0-8-0, SC Mohanty 21-4-67-3, Khan 5-0-23-0, Raul 18.3-5-31-5, Das 3-1-5-1.

ORISSA (2nd innings): P Jayachandra c Bundela b Chauhan 4, PR Mohapatra c Khurasiya b Lahore 0, SS Das c Abbas Ali b Chauhan 11, *SS Raul lbw Chauhan 36, A Khatua c Abbas Ali b Chauhan 5, RR Parida c Chauhan b Majithia 24, +G Gopal c Abbas Ali b Lahore 3, R Seth c Abbas Ali b Chauhan 32, SA Khan c & b Chauhan 3, SC Mohanty c Patel b Chauhan 19, DS Mohanty not out 7; Extras (b-9, lb-2) 11
Total (all out, 58.2 overs) 155
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-10, 3-46, 4-58, 5-67, 6-72, 7-116, 8-127, 9-138, 10-155
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Chauhan 22.2-3-52-7, Lahore 19-3-40-2, Majithia 13-1-41-1, Abbas Ali 1-0-2-0, Pandey 3-0-9-0.