09-Feb-1999
Orissa collected five points by virtue of taking first-innings lead against Railways in their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group-B match, which ended in a draw on the last day at DCWS Stadium in Patiala today. Railway settled with three points.
Orissa enjoyed upperhand in the match with Shiv Sundar Das scoring a century, Pravanjan Mullick missing the three-figure mark by eight runs and Debasis Mohanty bagging four wickets. Opting to bat after captain Sanjay Raul won the toss, Orissa compiled a healthy total of 348.
Das scored 110 off 292 balls, hitting 10 boundaries. Mullick faced 235 balls in his 92, which was studded with nine hits to the rope and two over it. In reply, Railways folded up for 295 and conceded a lead of 53 runs. Mohanty was most successful Orissa bowler, capturing four wickets for 54 runs.
With nearly three and half days gone, there was little score for Orissa to try for an outright win. Under the circumstances, Orissa did what seems the best option by batting out the remaining time of the match.
When the game ended as draw, Orissa were 175 for four in their second innings with Pradip Das going strong on 60 (104 balls, 8x4). SS Das passed 2000 runs in Ranji Trophy when reached five in the second innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 163):
ORISSA (1st innings): Shiv Sundar Das b Zakir Hussain 110, P Jayachandra b Kartik 33, Pravanjan Mullick c Bangar b Zakir Hussain 92, *Sanjayu Raul c A Sharma b Zakir Hussain 12, Rashmi Ranjan Parida b Bangar 2, Pradip Das lbw Kartik 2, Robin Morris lbw Kartik 2, +Gautam Gopal c Bangar b Kartik 34, Sanjay Satpathy c Parida b Balaji Rao 9, Debasis Mohanty c V Sharma b Balaji Rao 0, Shahid Khan not out 0; Extras (b-16, lb-15, nb-19, w-2) 52
Total (all out, 140.3 overs) 348
Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Jayachandra, 28.2 ov), 2-261 (SS Das, 95.2 ov), 3-290 (Raul, 105.1 ov), 4-293 (Mullick, 107.2 ov), 5-296 (Parida, 115.2 ov), 6-296 (PK Das, 116.5 ov), 7-309 (Morris, 122.2 ov), 8-346 (Satpathy, 137.1 ov), 9-346 (Mohanty, 137.5 ov), 10-348 (Gopal, 140.3 ov)
Railways bowling: Zakir Hussain 17-7-43-3, Bangar 23-5-55-1, Balaji Rao 27-3-72-2, Kartik 45.3-15-73-4, Parida 18-3-54, Rawat 9-2-13-0, Goud 1-0-7-0.
RAILWAYS (1st innings): SB Bangar c Morris b Khan 42, AG Murtaza c Morris b Satpathy 11, +A Sharma lbw Mohanty 68, S Bhatia b Mohanty 0, *PS Rawat c Mullick b Raul 63, YKT Goud not out 72, V Sharma c & b Satpathy 9, M Kartik c Gopal b Mohanty 0, Zakir Hussain run out 5, WD Balaji Rao b Mohanty 5, Kulamani Parida c PK Das b Satpathy 6; Extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-4) 14
Total (all out, 136.2 overs) 295
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Murtaza, 9.2 ov), 2-87 (Bangar, 27.5 ov), 3-92 (Bhatia, 30.1 ov), 4-159 (A Sharma, 60.1 ov), 5-219 (Rawat, 86.4 ov), 6-243 (V Sharma, 103.4 ov), 7-244 (Kartik, 104.5 ov), 8-251 (Zakir Hussain, 107.6 ov), 9-261 (Balaji Rao, 117.3 ov), 10-295 (Parida, 136.2 ov)
Orissa bowling: Morris 14-7-27-0, Mohanty 33-12-54-4, Satpathy 33.2-9-74-3, Khan 36-7-92-1, Jayachandra 1-0-1-0, Raul 19-4-37-1.
ORISSA (2nd innings): SS Das c Murtaza b Zakir Hussain 11, P Jayachandra c A Sharma b Bhatia 34, PK Das not out 60, *SS Raul b Balaji Rao 25, RR Parida b Balaji Rao 0. RF Morris not out 15; Extras (b-15, lb-5, nb-9, w-1) 30
Total (4 wickets, 53 overs) 175
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (SS Das, 14.4 ov), 2-69 (Jayachandra, 21.4 ov), 3-108 (Raul, 34.1 ov), 4-110 (Parida, 36.2 ov)
Railways bowling: Zakir Hussain 10-2-33-1, Bangar 10-3-20-0, Balaji Rao 17-4-53-2, Bhatia 3-0-8-1, Kartik 10-1-26-0, Goud 3-0-15-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Shiv Sundar Das.
