20-Dec-1997
Maiden double hundred by Pravanjan Mullick, century by captain Sanjay Raul and five-wicket haul by Debasis Mohanty went in vain as host Orissa failed to register an outright win over Tripura in their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the last day at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
Orissa got off to a horrible start as they were reduced to two for eight after Raul won the toss and decided to bat. But Mullick and Raul converted the crisis into golden opportunity by compiling 243 runs in their third-wicket partnership. After Raul departed for 139 (220 balls, 15x4), Mullick added another 115 runs for the four-wicket stand with Rashmi Ranjan Parida.
The stupendous knock of Mullick came to an end when Aditya Shukla caught him of his won bowling for 201 (437 balls, 15x4, 1x6). Orissa eventully declared their first-innings at 521 for eight. Among other successful Orissa batsmen, Parida notched up half-century, while Robin Morris and Gautam Gopal contributed 35 and 30 respectively.
Orissa raised hopes of an innings victory when they dismissed Tripura for 235 and took a huge first-innings lead of 286 runs. Mohanty was most successful Orissa bowler, bagging a career-best five for 48. But after being forced to follow on, Tripura fought back with gumption to draw the match, putting put defiant batting in the second innings.
When the match ended, Tripura were going strong at 187 for three. Rajarshi Chaudhuri and Satrajit Lahiri saved Tripura from defeat, hitting 92 and 54 respectively in the second innings. Orissa, however, salvaged some consolation, securing five points from the match, while Tripura settled with three.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 153):
ORISSA (1st innings): Shiv Sundar Das c Bhatnagar b Deb Burman 2, P Jayachandra b Banik 0, Pravanjan Mullick c sub b Shukla 201, *Sanjay Raul c Banik b Shukla 139, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Banik b Shukla 50, Prasanta Mohapatra c Bhatnagar b Yadav 3, Robin Morris st Bhatnagar b Yadav 35, +Gautam Gopal c Dayal b Shukla 30, Debasis Mohanty not out 6, Ajay Barik did not bat, Shahid Ali Khan did not bat; Extras (b-28, lb-8, nb-13, w-6) 55
Total (8 wickets, declared, 155.5 overs) 521
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-8, 3-251, 4-366, 5-384, 6-472, 7-487, 8-521
Tripura bowling: Deb Burman 15-5-31-1, Banik 11-0-46-1, Roy 34-3-113-0, Shukla 54.5-8-136-4, Yadav 38-4-147-2, Dayal 3-0-12-0.
TRIPURA (1st innings): RP Chaudhuri c Gopal b Mohanty 0, A Dayal c Morris b Mohanty 14, S Lahiri c Raul b Khan 46, MS Kadrekar c Parida b Khan 23, *BS Prajapati c Gopal b Mohanty 46, GH Banik c Parida b Mohanty 42, SA Roy c Gopal b Mohanty 0, R Deb Burman c Das b Barik 0, +V Bhatnagar c Morris b Barik 35, A Shukla not out 10, H Yadav timed out 0; Extras (b-2, lb-7, nb-9, w-1) 19
Total (all out, 110.4 overs) 235
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-23, 3-70, 4-108, 5-170, 6-170, 7-171, 8-198, 9-235, 10-235
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 25-6-48-5, Morris 21-3-53-0, Khan 27-14-25-2, Raul 18-10-34-0, Barik 17.4-4-59-2, Das 2-0-7-0.
TRIPURA (2nd innings, Following on): RP Chaudhuri c Gopal b Jayachandra 92, A Dayal b Raul 0, S Lahiri run out 54, MS Kadrekar not out 8; Extras (b-18, lb-6, nb-7, w-2) 33
Total (3 wickets, 69.3 overs) 187
Fall of wickets: 1-24, 2-165, 3-187
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 5-1-16-0, Barik 4-1-12-0, Raul 9-3-15-1, Morris 5-2-8-0, Khan 25-10-45-0, Jayachandra 9.3-1-33-1, Das 10-3-25-0, Mullick 2-0-9-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Pravanjan Mullick.
