Ranji Trophy: Satpathy spurs Orissa to emphatic win

Sanjay Satpathy excelled with both bat and ball to spur Orissa to a 155-run win over Tripura on the last day of their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Polytechnic Institute Ground in Agartala today. This was 32nd overall win in 159 Ranji Trophy matches for Orissa and 12th win in 14 games against Tripura.

Off-spinner Satpathy bagged a total of eight wickets for 108 runs, including a career-best six for 64 in the first innings and scored a total of 47 runs, including a career-best 27 in the second innings.

Sanjay Raul returned to Orissa team in this match, after a gap of around one year and took over the captaincy from Shiv Sundar Das. During his absence in Orissa team, Raul did duty for India and India A teams, playing two ODIs and several First-Class and List-A matches with distinction.

After Raul won the toss and opted to bat againt Tripura, Orissa made a modest total of 168, thanks to a half-century by Shiv Sundar Das (53 off 77, 9x4). But the total proved to be good enough for first-innings lead as host Tripura were bowled out for 154, outwitted by off-spinners Satpathy and Raul, who picked up three wickets.

In the second innings, Orissa rode on a half-century each by Pravanjan Mullick (52, 53b, 8x4), Robin Morris (51, 156b, 3x4) and P Jayachandra (59, 133b, 7x4, 1x6) to muster a healthy total of 269 and set the stage for the victory.

Tripura lost the match as they folded for 128 in the second innings, while chasing a target of 284. Raul was most successful Orissa bowler with a haul of four for 22, while Satpathy and Shahid Khan picked up a brace each.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 159):

ORISSA (1st innings):
Shiv Sundar Das c Chanda b Shukla 53, BBCC Mohapatra c Bhatnagar b R Deb Burman 5, Pravanjan Mullick c Bhatnagar b Chanda 13, *Sanjay Raul c Prajapati b Chanda 2, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Velaskar b Shukla 29, P Jayachandra c & b Chowdhury 8, Robin Morris c A Deb Burman b Chanda 27, +Gautam Gopal c Velaskar b Chowdhury 3, Sanjay Satpathy c A Deb Burman b Chowdhury 20, Debasis Mohanty c & b Chowdhury 1, Shahid Ali Khan not out 1; Extras (lb-1, nb-5) 6
Total (all out, 56 overs) 168
Fall of wickets:
1-16 (Mohapatra, 4.4 ov), 2-54 (Mullick, 15.2 ov), 3-56 (Raul, 15.4 ov), 4-97 (Das, 28.2 ov), 5-112 (Jayachandra, 31.2 ov), 6-116 (Parida, 32.5 ov), 7-123 (Gopal, 43.2 ov), 8-164 (Morris, 51.2 ov), 9-167 (Satpathy, 55.3 ov), 10-168 (Mohanty, 56 ov)
Tripura bowling: R Deb Burman 11-2-45-1, A Deb Burman 6-2-11-0, Chanda 10-1-47-3, Shukla 16-6-31-2, Chowdhury 13-3-33-4.

TRIPURA (1st innings): SV Dhand c Raul b Satpathy 6, RP Chaudhuri c Raul b Khan 10, +AA Velaskar c Gopal b Satpathy 0, *A Deb Burman c Khan b Satpathy 13, TK Chanda lbw Raul 56, NJ Asrani c Das b Raul 24, BS Prajapati c Parida b Satpathy 10, SD Chowdhury c Khan b Satpathy 18, R Deb Burman c Parida b Satpathy 4, V Bhatnagar b Raul 13, A Shukla not out 0; Extras 0
Total (all out, 71.1 overs) 154
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Dhand, 3.5 ov), 2-7 (Velaskar, 3.6 ov), 3-27 (A Deb Burman, 13.3 ov), 4-33 (Chaudhuri, 28.3 ov), 5-96 (Asrani, 45.4 ov), 6-119 (Chanda, 55.5 ov), 7-121 (Prajapati, 58.2 ov), 8-131 (R Deb Burman, 60.3 ov), 9-154 (Chowdhury, 70.6 ov), 10-154 (Bhatnagar, 71.1 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 7-3-13-0, Satpathy 25-6-64-6, Khan 16-6-31-1, Raul 18.1-4-42-3, Morris 5-2-4-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings): SS Das c & b Chanda 1, BBCC Mohapatra c Velaskar b Shukla 23, PM Mullick lbw Dhand 52, RR Parida lbw Shukla 0, *SS Raul b Shukla 9, RF Morris c Chowdhury b Chanda 51, P Jayachandra b Chanda 59, +G Gopal c Asrani b Shukla 6, SK Satpathy b Shukla 27, DS Mohanty lbw Chowdhury 25, SA Khan not out 0; Extras (b-4, lb-7, nb-3, w-2) 16
Total (all out, 91.5 overs) 269
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Das, 3.2 ov), 2-37 (Mohapatra, 8.4 ov), 3-55 (Parida, 14.6 ov), 4-83 (Mullick, 21.6 ov), 5-95 (Raul, 26.3 ov), 6-201 (Jayachandra, 71.3 ov), 7-208 (Gopal, 72.5 ov), 8-208 (Morris, 73.4 ov), 9-269 (Satpathy, 88.5 ov), 10-269 (Mohanty, 91.5 ov)
Tripura bowling: R Deb Burman 3-1-13-0, Chanda 15-1-50-3, Shukla 42-14-92-5, Chowdhury 26.5-4-87-1, Dhand 5-0-16-1.

TRIPURA (2nd innings): SV Dhand c Mohanty b Morris 4, RP Chaudhuri c & b Mohanty 2, +AA Velaskar c Mullick b Satpathy 23, NJ Asrani c Parida b Khan 4, TK Chanda c Das b Raul 15, BS Prajapati c Mohanty b Satpathy 30, *A Deb Burman c Mullick b Raul 1, SD Chowdhury b Raul 5, R Deb Burman b Khan 3, V Bhatnagar lbw Raul 34, A Shukla not out 0; Extras (b-2, lb-4, w-1) 7
Total (all out, 50 overs) 128
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Dhand, 3.1 ov), 2-14 (Chaudhuri, 8.2 ov), 3-38 (Velaskar, 15.4 ov), 4-38 (Asrani, 16.3 ov), 5-59 (Chanda, 22.6 ov), 6-63 (A Deb Burman, 24.4 ov), 7-83 (Chowdhury, 34.4 ov), 8-91 (Prajapati, 37.5 ov), 9-128 (Bhatnagar, 48.5 ov), 10-128 (R Deb Burman, 50 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 6-4-9-1, Morris 5-3-3-1, Satpathy 11-1-44-2, Khan 14-4-44-2, Raul 14-5-22-4.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa off-spinner Sanjay Satpathy.

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