25-Nov-1999
Impressive performance by Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Shiv Sundar Das and Sanjay Satpathy helped Orissa garner five points by virtue of first-innings lead against Bihar in their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in a draw on the last day at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today.
Riding on a century by Parida (115, 207b, 9x4), 94 by Das (198b, 3x4) and unbeaten 54 by Satpathy (121b, 4x4), host Orissa made a strong total of 390 after skipper Das won the toss and decidied to bat. The 115 by Parida was his second successive Ranji Trophy century, following his 156 against Delhi earlier this year.
Though Bihar made a strong reply, a four-wicket haul by Satpathy enabled Orissa take a slender four-run first-innings lead, restricting the visitors to 386. When the match ended as draw, Orissa were 84 for no loss in the second innings with Das and P Jayachandra unbeaten on 44 and 39 respectively.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 167):
ORISSA (1st innings): *Shiv Sundar Das c Dhiraj Kumar b Rao 94, Prasanta Mohapatra run out (Krishna) 38, P Jayachandra lbw Dhiraj Kumar 2, Sanjay Raul run out (Ranjan) 19, Rashmi Ranjan Parida lbw Rao 115, Pradip Das lbw Dhiraj Kumar 9, Robin Morris run out (Sunil Kumar) 6, +G Gopal c Ranjan b Rao 17, Sanjauy Satpathy not out 54, Shahid Khan lbw Avinash Kumar 1, Ajay Barik lbw Ranjan 16; Extras (b-11, lb-5, w-3) 19
Total (all out, 155.1 overs) 390
Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Mohapatra, 43.6 ov), 2-106 (Jayachandra, 44.6 ov), 3-151 (Raul, 64.5 ov), 4-157 (SS Das, 67.3 ov), 5-207 (PK Das, 88.1 ov), 6-232 (Morris, 98.2 ov), 7-288 (Gopal, 118.2 ov), 8-332 (Parida, 137.2 ov), 9-345 (Khan, 140.5 ov), 10-390 (Barik, 155.1 ov)
Bihar bowling: Dhiraj Kumar 34-6-87-2, Saxena 15-0-46-0, Avinash Kumar 54-7-112-1, Rao 46-10-114-3, Arfi 3-0-9-0, Ranjan 3.1-0-6-1
BIHAR (1st innings): D Chakraborty c SS Das b Raul 57, N Ranjan c Gopal b Satpathy 26, V Saxena c PK Das b Satpathy 55, Rajiv Kumar lbw Satpathy 22, *+Sunil Kumar c Gopal b Jayachandra 29, S Arfi run out (Barik) 26, Javed Khan c Gopal b Satpathy 5, SP Krishna c Gopal b Barik 10, Avinash Kumar not out 96, KVP Rao c Gopal b Barik 16, Dhiraj Kumar c sub b Khan 15; Extras (b-11, lb-10, nb-7, w-1) 29
Total (all out, 175.3 overs) 386
Fall of wickets: 1-53 (Ranjan, 20.1 ov), 2-137 (Chakraborty, 57.6 ov), 3-163 (Saxena, 70.6 ov), 4-178 (Rajiv Kumar, 78.6 ov), 5-226 (Sunil Kumar, 105.3 ov), 6-236 (Arfi, 107.6 ov), 7-239 (Javed Khan, 111.2 ov), 8-275 (Krishna, 126.2 ov), 9-359 (Rao, 168.6 ov), 10-386 (Dhiraj Kumar, 175.3 ov)
Orissa bowling: Morris 27-7-58-0, Barik 32-9-73-2, Jayachandra 20-2-50-1, Satpathy 35-13-65-4, Khan 24.3-8-59-1, Raul 36-14-55-1, SS Das 1-0-5-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): *SS Das not out 44, P Jayachandra not out 39; Extras (b-1) 1
Total (no wicket, 107 minutes, 27 overs) 84
Bihar bowling: Dhiraj Kumar 7-2-18-0, Saxena 5-0-19-0, Rao 8-1-17-0, Ranjan 7-0-29-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Rashmi Ranjan Parida.