22-Nov-2000
Maiden first-class century by allrounder Pinninti Jayachandra helped Orissa gain five points through first-innings lead against Bihar in their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match, which ended in draw on the final day at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today.
Jayachandra hit an unbeaten 101 (188 balls, 10x4, 1x6) in the first and only innings of Orissa and gave them a lead of 186 runs. Unfortunately, three other batsmen narrowly missed out on respective century in the Orissa innings.
Among the trio, Sanjay Raul was most unlucky as he missed the mark by two runs (155 balls, 17x4). Besides Raul, captain Rashmi Ranjan Parida fell for 90 (162 balls, 11x4), while Pradip Kumar Das was dismissed for a career-best 88 (283 balls, 7x4).
Earlier in the absence of regular captain Shiv Sundar Das, who was busy playing Test cricket for India, stand-in captain Parida won the toss and opted to field. Against a well-balanced Orissa bowling attack, host Bihar rode on a half-century by Nikhilesh Ranjan and Sunil Kumar compiled a competitive total of 292.
Among Orissa bowlers, pacers Debasis Mohanty and Ajay Barik captured three wickets each, while Jayachandra picked up a brace. In reply, Orissa declared their at 478 for seven. For the visitors, both Jayachandra and Pradip Das passed respective previous highest score of 84 and 69 in first-class matches. Besides, Jayachandra and Raul passed 1500 and 3000 runs respectively in first-class matches.
Despite conceding a huge lead, Bihar managed to avaoid defeat and settled with three points eventually. When the match ended in a draw, the home team were 214 for seven in their second innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 175):
BIHAR (1st innings): N Ranjan c Parida b Barik 55, Javed Khan c YM Mohanty b Barik 5, *Rajiv Kumar c YM Mohanty b DS Mohanty 7, Tariq-ur-Rehman c Mullick b Jayachandra 8, Sunil Kumar b Barik 72, A Hashmi c Jayachandra b DS Mohanty 18, +MS Dhoni c YM Mohanty b Jayachandra 39, Vikash Kumar c Satpathy b DS Mohanty 20, MS Diwakar c Parida b Satpathy 24, Shahid Khan c Parida b JP Das 21, Dhiraj Kumar not out 0; Extras (b-9, lb-3, nb-11) 23
Total (all out, 122.2 overs) 292
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Javed Khan, 7.4 ov), 2-32 (Rajiv Kumar, 12.5 ov), 3-46 (Tariq-ur-Rehman, 18.1 ov), 4-142 (Ranjan, 68.1 ov), 5-179 (Sunil Kumar, 84.4 ov), 6-179 (Hashmi, 85.1 ov), 7-224 (Dhoni, 96.4 ov), 8-247 (Vikash Kumar, 104.4 ov), 9-284 (Diwakar, 119.3 ov), 10-292 (Shahid Khan, 122.2 ov)
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 26-11-41-3, Barik 26-7-97-3, Jayachandra 9-3-16-2, Mullick 7-2-13-0, Satpathy 28-11-72-1, JP Das 18.2-7-29-1, Raul 8-4-12-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): BBCC Mohapatra lbw Dhiraj Kumar 27, Pradip Das c Tariq-ur-Rehman b Shahid Khan 88, Pravanjan Mullick c Rajiv Kumar b Dhiraj Kumar 20, Sanjay Raul c Dhoni b Vikash Kumar 98, *Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Hashmi b Shahid Khan 90, P Jayachandra not out 101, +Yashpal Mohanty c Shahid Khan b Diwakar 18, Sanjay Satpathy run out (Sunil Kumar) 10, Debasis Mohanty not out 3, Ajay Barik did not bat, Jagannath Das did not bat; Extras (b-10, lb-8, nb-5) 23
Total (7 wickets, declared, 149.1 overs) 478
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Mohapatra, 7.3 ov), 2-65 (Mullick, 20.6 ov), 3-217 (Raul, 72.2 ov), 4-306 (PK Das, 97.6 ov), 5-389 (Parida, 129.3 ov), 6-435 (YM Mohanty, 139.2 ov), 7-465 (Satpathy, 144.1 ov)
Bihar bowling: Diwakar 29-6-124-1, Dhiraj Kumar 28.1-7-74-2, Shahid Khan 40-10-106-2, Vikash Kumar 42-7-128-1, Tariq-ur-Rehman 6-1-18-0, Ranjan 4-0-10-0.
BIHAR (2nd innings): N Ranjan lbw b Barik 21, Javed Khan not out 20, Tariq-ur-Rehman c YM Mohanty b DS Mohanty 4, *Rajiv Kumar b Barik 33, Sunil Kumar lbw JP Das 46, A Hashmi lbw Raul 49, +MS Dhoni c JP Das b Satpathy 1, Vikash Kumar c YM Mohanty b DS Mohanty 28, MS Diwakar not out 2; Extras (b-3, lb-3, nb-4) 10
Total (7 wickets, 78 overs) 214
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Tariq-ur-Rehman, 6.4 ov), 2-59 (Ranjan, 20.4 ov), 3-64 (Rajiv Kumar, 22.3 ov), 4-131 (Sunil Kumar, 44.2 ov), 5-132 (Dhoni, 45.2 ov), 6-184 (Hashmi, 61.4 ov), 7-204 (Vikash Kumar, 72.5 ov)
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 16-3-42-2, Barik 15-1-63-2, Jayachandra 3-0-13-0, Satpathy 23-9-49-1, JP Das 13-7-28-1, Raul 8-3-13-1.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa allrounder P Jayachandra.
