16-Nov-1998
Odisha batsman Rashmi Ranjan Parida stole with a half-century and a century against Assam in their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the final day at North-East Frontier Railway Stadium in Guwahati today. Orissa gained five points by taking first-innings lead, while host Assam settled with three.
Riding on an 82 (168b, 10x4) by Parida and an aggressive 90 (113b, 10x4, 2x6) by Robin Morris, Orissa mustered a healthy total of 343 after captain Sanjay Raul won the toss and opted to bat. P Jayachandra (33), Raul (32), Prasanta Mohapatra (29) and BBCC Mohapatra (26) also made useful contributions.
In reply, Assam were bowled out for 270 and conceded a lead of 73 run. Among leading wicket-takers for Orissa, Raul and Shahid Khan bagged three each, while Jayachandra picked up two. In the second innings, Orissa were in a spot of bother, losing four wickets for 60 runs.
But Parida and Jayachandra steered the team out of the troubled waters, stitching together 132 runs for the unfinished fifth-wicket partnership. Parida slammed unbeaten 103 (171b, 12x4, 1x6) while Jayachandra cracked unconquered 50 (117b, 2x4, 1x6).
Orissa declared their second innings at 192 for four to set a target of 266 before the home team to win the match. When the game was suspended after eighth mandatory overs, Assam were struggling at 45 for three in their second innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 160):
ORISSA (1st innings): BBCC Mohapatra lbw PK Das 26, Prasanta Mohapatra c SR Das b Iqbal Khan 29, Pravanjan Mullick b Dutta 0, *Sanjay Raul c Samant b Iqbal Khan 32, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Iqbal Khan b Sharma 82, P Jayachandra c Samant b Sharma 33, Robin Morris st Samant b Joshi 90, +Gautam Gopal b Joshi 19, Sanjay Satpathy c SR Das b Iqbal Khan 0, Shahid Khan c Iqbal Khan b Joshi 15, Jagannath Das not out 1; Extras (b-6, lb-4, nb-4, w-2) 16
Total (all out, 112.5 overs) 343
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (BBCC Mohapatra, 16.3 ov), 2-51 (Mullick, 21.4 ov), 3-72 (PR Mohapatra, 31.3 ov), 4-117 (Raul, 47.5 ov), 5-202 (Jayachandra, 73.3 ov), 6-222 (Parida, 81.6 ov), 7-273 (Gopal, 92.5 ov), 8-274 (Satpathy, 93.6 ov), 9-332 (Morris, 108.1 ov), 10-343 (Khan, 112.5 ov)
Assam bowling: Dutta 19-3-48-1, PK Das 15-1-38-1, Rajinder Singh 6-3-15-0, Iqbal Khan 25-1-94-3-1, Sawant 26-7-59-0, Joshi 12.5-2-47-3, Sharma 9-1-32-2.
ASSAM (1st innings): PK Das c Mullick b Morris 18, SB Saikia c Mullick b Raul 30, *Rajinder Singh c Mullick b Raul 48, B Iqbal Khan b Satpathy 78, SR Das lbw Khan 0, T Das c PR Mohapatra b Raul 10, SS Sawant lbw Jayachandra 33, GD Dutta c Raul b Jayachandra 0, A Sharma b Khan 22, +VR Samant c Morris b Khan 11, S Joshi not out 0; Extras (b-9, lb-5, nb-5, w-1) 20
Total (all out, 132.2 overs) 270
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (PK Das, 8.6 ov), 2-95 (Saikia, 37.5 ov), 3-104 (Rajinder Singh, 43.5 ov), 4-105 (SR Das, 46.5 ov), 5-151 (T Das, 78.3 ov), 6-196 (Sawant, 95.5 ov), 7-196 (Dutta, 95.6 ov), 8-257 (Iqbal Khan, 125.4 ov), 9-261 (Sharma, 126.3 ov), 10-270 (Samant, 132.2 ov)
Orissa bowling: Morris 21-5-54-1-1, Raul 35-16-45-3, Khan 29.2-16-37-3, Satpathy 27-10-77-1, Das 13-4-28-0, Jayachandra 7-2-15-2.
ORISSA (2nd innings): BBCC Mohapatra lbw PK Das 1, PR Mohapatra c Samant b Joshi 21, PM Mullick c Samant b Dutta 1, *SS Raul c Saikia b Dutta 8, RR Parida not out 103, P Jayachandra not out 50; Extras (b-1, lb-2, nb-5) 8
Total (4 wickets, declared, 64 overs) 192
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (BBCC Mohapatra, 3.4 ov), 2-10 (Mullick, 6.5 ov), 3-18 (Raul, 8.3 ov), 4-60 (PR Mohapatra, 24.6 ov)
Assam bowling: Dutta 12-4-27-2, PK Das 10-3-23-1, Sawant 12-3-16-0, Joshi 11-0-57-1, Iqbal Khan 12-2-42-0, Sharma 5-0-20-0, Rajinder Singh 2-0-4-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): PK Das c Satpathy b Khan 10, SB Saikia lbw Morris 3, T Das c Gopal b Morris 0, SR Das not out 7, +VR Samant not out 21; Extras (nb-3, w-1) 4
Total (3 wickets, 27 overs) 45
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Saikia, 6.4 ov), 2-9 (T Das, 8.1 ov), 3-22 (PK Das, 22.1 ov)
Orissa bowling: Morris 6-3-3-2, Jayachandra 2-0-7-0, Satpathy 5-4-4-0, Khan 8-4-15-1, Das 6-4-16-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Rashmi Ranjan Parida.
