06-Jan-2001
Impressive performances by captain Shiv Sundar Das, Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Gautam Gopal and Debasis Mohanty propelled Orissa to a nine-wicket win over Assam on the penultimate day of their four-day Ranji Trophy East Zone match at Tinsukia District Sports Association Ground in Tinsukia today.
This was overall 37th win in a total of 178 matches for Orissa in Ranji Trophy and 18th win in 45 matches against Assam. Half-century each by skipper Das (54), Parida (75) and wicket-keeper Gopal (85 not out) enabled Orissa take a first-innings lead of 174 as they compiled a healthy total of 341, in reply to 167 by host Assam.
Wicket-keeper Gopal was at his aggressive best, hitting 12 boundaries and three sixes in his 77-ball unbeaten knock. This was also his career-best knock in first-class matches, passing the previous highest of 78.
After taking the big first-innings lead, Orissa set up the stage for a thumping victory thanks to attacking bowling by Debasis Mohanty. He captured five wickets for 39 runs to help Orissa dismiss Assam for 188 in the second innings. The home team salvaged some consolation as they managed to avoid innings defeat. Orissa clinched victory, overhauling a mini target of 15 runs in three overs, losing the wicket of skipper Das.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 178):
ASSAM (1st innings): PK Das c Parida b Barik 0, SB Saikia lbw Jayachandra 31, *SZ Zuffri run out (Raul) 66, S Ghosh c PK Das b Satpathy 16, RK Borah lbw Mohanty 11, S Ganesh Kumar c Parida b Raul 1, Sukhvinder Singh c PK Das b Raul 0, +VR Samant c SS Das b Satpathy 10, GD Dutta b Satpathy 11, S Subramaniam c Parida b JP Das 12, Javed Zaman not out 0; Extras (lb-4, nb-5) 9
Total (all out, 57.3 overs) 167
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Das, 1.6 ov), 2-64 (Saikia, 19.4 ov), 3-91 (Ghosh, 28.3 ov), 4-114 (Borah, 36.6 ov), 5-115 (Ganesh Kumar, 39.2 ov), 6-115 (Sukhvinder Singh, 39.6 ov), 7-140 (Zuffri, 47.5 ov), 8-154 (Dutta, 52.3 ov), 9-159 (Samant, 54.3 ov), 10-167 (Subramaniam, 57.3 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 17-3-47-1, Barik 6-1-25-1, Jayachandra 6-1-15-1, Satpathy 12-2-41-3, Raul 16-5-35-2, JP Das 0.3-0-0-1.
ORISSA (1st innings): *Shiv Sundar Das c Borah b Ganesh Kumar 54, Pradip Das lbw Javed Zaman 0, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Samant b Ganesh Kumar 75, Sanjay Satpathy lbw Subramaniam 41, Sanjay Raul c Samant b Subramaniam 45, Pravanjan Mullick c Samant b Sukhvinder Singh 5, P Jayachandra c sub (SR Das) b Ganesh Kumar 13, +Gautam Gopal not out 85, Dedbais Mohanty lbw Dutta 11, Jagannath Das lbw Ganesh Kumar 2, Ajay Barik lbw Ganesh Kumar 0; Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-2) 10
Total (all out, 89.5 overs) 341
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (PK Das, 1.4 ov), 2-95 (SS Das, 25.2 ov), 3-170 (Satpathy, 41.2 ov), 4-189 (Parida, 49.1 ov), 5-198 (Mullick, 52.4 ov), 6-235 (Raul, 64.5 ov), 7-264 (Jayachandra, 69.1 ov), 8-310 (Mohanty, 80.6 ov), 9-341 (JP Das, 89.4 ov), 10-341 (Barik, 89.5 ov)
Assam bowling: Dutta 18-1-50-1, Javed Zaman 18-3-65-1, Sukhvinder Singh 16-2-53-1, Subramaniam 18-0-90-2, Ganesh Kumar 18.5-3-67-5, Borah 1-0-8-0.
ASSAM (2nd innings): PK Das c PK Das b JP Das 45, SB Saikia lbw JP Das 13, *SZ Zuffri lbw Mohanty 46, S Ghosh b Mohanty 36, +VR Samant lbw Mohanty 0, Sukhvinder Singh c Gopal b Raul 11, RK Borah c Mullick b Raul 12, S Ganesh Kumar c Satpathy b Mohanty 2, GD Dutta b Raul 11, S Subramaniam not out 0, Javed Zaman lbw Mohanty 1; Extras (b-9, lb-2) 11
Total (all out, 65.1 overs) 188
Fall of wickets: 1-59 (Das, 17.5 ov), 2-62 (Saikia, 21.2 ov), 3-126 (Ghosh, 43.6 ov), 4-128 (Samant, 45.2 ov), 5-161 (Zuffri, 57.1 ov), 6-163 (Sukhvinder Singh, 58.5 ov), 7-174 (Borah, 60.4 ov), 8-176 (Ganesh Kumar, 61.3 ov), 9-187 (Dutta, 64.4 ov), 10-188 (Javed Zaman, 65.1 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 16.1-5-39-5, Barik 6-0-26-0, Satpathy 18-8-43-0, JP Das 7-2-21-2, Raul 17-3-48-3, PK Das 1-1-0-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): *SS Das c Sukhvinder Singh b Dutta 6, PK Das not out 0, RR Parida not out 12; Extras 0
Total (1 wicket, 3 overs) 18
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (SS Das, 0.4 ov)
Assam bowling: Dutta 2-0-18-1, Javed Zaman 1-1-0-0.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa wicket-keeper Gautam Gopal.
