07-Mar-1998
Five-wicket haul in each innings by young off-spinner Sanjay Satpathy propelled host Orisssa to a 116-run win over Railways on the last day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group-A match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
This was overall 31st win in 157 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa and first win in two matches against Railways. With this win, Orissa avenged the 9-wicket defeat they had suffered against Railways in their Ranji Trophy pre-quarterfinal match in Delhi, two years ago.
While Satpathy shone with a match haul of 10 for 120, impressive batting performance by captain Shiv Sundar Das, Pravanjan Mullick and BBCC Mohapatra enabled the home team clinch the emphatic victory.
Opting to bat, Orissa mustered respectable total of 218. Mullick missed a century two runs as he ran out of partners. His 225-ball unbeaten 98 was laced with nine hits to the rope. In reply, Railways were bundled out for 113 and conceded a first-innings lead of 105 runs. Returning to the team after a gap of one year, Satpathy captured a career-best five for 25.
In the second innings, a 214-ball 120 by Das (15x4) and an aggressive 57 (90b, 8x4, 2x6) by Mohapatra helped Orissa declare at 265 for five and set a daunting target of 371 before the opposition. The home team eventually clinched victory by dismissing Railway for 254 in the second innings. Satpathy claimed his second five-wicket haul of the match, conceding 95 runs.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 157):
ORISSA (1st innings): BBCC Mohapatra lbw Bangar 6, P Jayachandra run out 4, Pravanjan Mullick not out 98, *Shiv Sundar Das c Bhatia b Zakir Hussain 37, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Kapoor b Zakir Hussain 3, Pradip Das c Kapoor b Zakir Hussain 0, Robin Morris c Bhatia b Javed Alam 16, +Gautam Gopal c Parida b Bhatia 7, Sanjay Satpathy c sub b Parida 10, Shahid Ali Khan c Rawat b Parida 12, Ajay Barik run out 1; Extras (lb-6, nb-18) 24
Total (all out, 79 overs) 218
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-31, 3-100, 4-104, 5-104, 6-133, 7-143, 8-164, 9-216, 10-218
Railways bowling: Zakir Hussain 20-2-59-3, Bangar 9-1-32-1, Jaswinder Singh 10-2-24-0, Parida 20-4-36-2, Javed Alam 19-0-61-1, Bhatia 1-1-0-1.
RAILWAYS (1st innings): *SB Bangar c Gopal b Satpathy 5, S Yadav c PK Das b Jayachandra 22, AB Kapoor lbw Barik 18, S Bhatia c Gopal b Jayachandra 11, YKT Goud c & b Khan 21, PS Rawat c Barik b Jayachandra 1, +SZ Zuffri b Satpathy 14, Jaswinder Singh not out 7, Zakir Hussain c Parida b Satpathy 8, Javed Alam c & b Satpathy 0, Kulamani Parida c SS Das b Satpathy 0; Extras (lb-3, nb-3) 6
Total (all out, 67 overs) 113
Fall of wickets: 1-12, 2-40, 3-55, 4-59, 5-62, 6-98, 7-98, 8-111, 9-113, 10-113
Orissa bowling: Morris 10-4-17-0, Barik 8-2-31-1, Jayachandra 8-1-18-3, Satpathy 23-11-25-5, Khan 18-7-19-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): BBCC Mohapatra c Bhatia b Parida 57, RF Morris c sub b Parida 25, PM Mullick run out 13, *SS Das c Jaswinder Singh b Rawat 120, RR Parida c Bangar b Javed Alam 7, PK Das not out 28; Extras (b-4, lb-1, nb-10) 15
Total (5 wickets, declared, 100.5 overs) 265
Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-87, 3-135, 4-157, 5-265
Railways bowling: Zakir Hussain 20-4-63-0, Bangar 0.4-0-0-0, Jaswinder Singh 8.2-1-38-0, Parida 34-11-64-2, Javed Alam 19-2-56-1, Kapoor 9-4-11-0, Goud 6-0-19-0, Rawat 2.5-0-9-1, Bhatia 1-1-0-0.
RAILWAYS (2nd innings): S Yadav c Barik b Satpathy 21, Jaswinder Singh c Mullick b Satpathy 71, YKT Goud c Gopal b Khan 22, *SB Bangar c Gopal b Satpathy 11, PS Rawat c Mohapatra b Morris 43, S Bhatia b Khan 37, AB Kapoor c SS Das b Satpathy 1, +SZ Zuffri c Gopal b Khan 2, Zakir Hussain lbw Morris 11, Javed Alam c PK Das b Satpathy 5, KS Parida not out 15; Extras (b-8, lb-2, nb-4, w-1) 15
Total (all out, 108.5 overs) 254
Fall of wickets: 1-48, 2-102, 3-129, 4-136, 5-195, 6-196, 7-207, 8-225, 9-232, 10-254
Orissa bowling: Morris 15-3-35-2, Barik 5-1-28-0, Satpathy 44.5-10-95-5, Khan 42-12-76-3, SS Das 2-0-10-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa off-spinner Sanjay Satpathy.
