16-Mar-1999
March 16, 1999: It was a rare instance when Orissa sent formidable Delhi on leather hunt, scoring a total of 772 runs, including four centuries in their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group-B match, which, however, ended in a draw on the last day at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
Making mincemeat of the Delhi bowling attack, Pravanjan Mullick slammed a century in both the innings, while Shiv Sundar Das and Rashmi Ranjan Parida hit a hundred each in the first innings. Orissa also enjoyed upper hand with Debasis Mohanty bagging five wickets in the first innings.
The only thing that Orissa could not achieve was a win. However, the home team got the satisfaction of collecting five points, against three by Delhi for taking a first-innings lead of 258 runs.
Replacing Sanjay Raul as Orissa captain, Shiv Sundar Das led from the front as equalled his previous highest score of 178 (387b, 13x4). Electing to bat, host Orissa compiled a massive total of 561. During his majestic innings, Das also passed 2500 runs in first-class matches.
Mullick and Parida compounded the plight of Delhi bowlers with knocks of 113 (147b, 12x4) and 156 (326b, 14x4) respectively. In reply, Delhi were bowled out for 303. Orissa pace spearhead Debasis Mohanty did maximum damage to the Delhi innings, scalping five wickets for 67 runs.
After taking the huge first-innings lead, Orissa continued to flay the opposition bowlers with Mullick leading the onslaught and hitting an unbeaten 100 (114b, 10x4, 2x6) in the second innings. Orissa were 211 for five when the match was called off as draw.
Virender Sehwag salvaged some reputation for Delhi, hitting a stroke-filled 163 (236b, 22x4, 2x6) in their only innings. He also bagged three wickets and held five catches in the match.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 166):
ORISSA (1st innings): *Shiv Sundar Das run out (Arun Singh) 178, P Jayachandra c Sharma b Arun Singh 9, Pravanjan Mullick c Sehwag b Chopra 113, Sanjay Raul c Dahiya b Arun Singh 31, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Sehwag b Chopra 156, Pradip Das c Dahiya b Suman 27, Robin Morris c & b Suman 15, +Gautam Gopal lbw Sehwag 0, Sanjay Satpathy c Chopra b Sehwag 3, Debasis Mohanty b Suman 4, Shahid Khan not out 5; Extras (b-4, lb-6, nb-6, w-4) 20
Total (all out, 194.1 overs) 561
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Jayachandra, 4.5 ov), 2-197 (Mullick, 62.3 ov), 3-274 (Raul, 85.5 ov), 4-388 (SS Das, 133.3 ov), 5-463 (PK Das, 159.3 ov), 6-487 (Morris, 167.3 ov), 7-494 (Gopal, 172.4 ov), 8-500 (Satpathy, 176.1 ov), 9-522 (Mohanty, 184.5 ov), 10-561 (Parida, 194.1 ov)
Delhi bowling: Arun Singh 29-4-75-2, Suman 31-8-56-3, Sanghvi 40-1-121-0, Malhotra 6-0-16-0, Angurala 27-2-86-0, Chopra 40.1-2-129-2, Sehwag 15-4-54-2, Sharma 6-1-14-0.
DELHI (1st innings): A Dani lbw Mohanty 4, +V Dahiya c Parida b Mohanty 11, A Malhotra c Gopal b Jayachandra 4, *AK Sharma c Gopal b Jayachandra 2, M Manhas c Gopal b Mohanty 1, V Sehwag c Khan b Mohanty 163, N Chopra c SS Das b Satpathy 74, S Angurala c & b Khan 6, RL Sanghvi lbw Satpathy 16, Arun Singh b Mohanty 8, AK Suman not out 5; Extras (lb-2, nb-7) 9
Total (all out, 102 overs) 303
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Dani, 2.2 ov), 2-17 (Dahiya, 6.2 ov), 3-21 (Malhotra, 7.6 ov), 4-22 (Sharma, 9.3 ov), 5-22 (Manhas, 10.1 ov), 6-258 (Chopra, 76.1 ov), 7-269 (Sehwag, 82.4 ov), 8-272 (Angurala, 83.2 ov), 9-288 (Sanghvi, 90.5 ov), 10-303 (Arun Singh, 102 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 23-5-67-5, Jayachandra 20-5-42-2, Satpathy 22-3-90-2, Khan 24-5-59-1, Raul 10-2-31-0, Mullick 3-1-12-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): *SS Das c Sehwag b Suman 11, P Jayachandra c Sehwag b Arun Singh 12, PM Mullick not out 100, PK Das b Sehwag 18, RF Morris lbw Sanghvi 19, +G Gopal c Angurala b Sanghvi 10, DS Mohanty not out 26; Extras (b-2, lb-9, nb-4) 15
Total (5 wickets, 52 overs) 211
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (SS Das, 7.2 ov), 2-23 (Jayachandra, 8.3 ov), 3-85 (PK Das, 26.3 ov), 4-112 (Morris, 31.5 ov), 5-126 (Gopal, 33.4 ov)
Delhi bowling: Arun Singh 8-2-19-1, Suman 6-2-14-1, Sanghvi 20-1-102-2, Sehwag 9-0-21-1, Angurala 9-0-44-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Pravanjan Mullick.
