Mullick ton in vain as Odisha bow to Madhya Pradesh

Unbeaten century by Pravanjan Mullick and a 60-run first-innings lead went in vain as host Orissa lost to Madhya Pradesh by five wickets on the last day of their five-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group-B Semifinal match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack today. This was overall 72nd defeat in 199 Ranji Trophy matches for Odisha and second loss in four matches against Madhya Pradesh.

Mullick hit an unbeaten 142 (292 balls, 11x4, 5x6) to enable Odisha muster a substantial total of 318 after captain Sanjay Raul won the toss and decided to bat. In reply, Madhya Pradesh were bowled out for 258. Offie Sanjay Satpathy was most successful Odisha bowler with four wickets for 75 runs, while Deepak Mangaraj picked up three for 61. Satpathy also reached 150 first-class and Ranji Trophy wickets in this match.

In the second innings, Odisha rode on a half-century each by captain Raul (87) and Rashmi Ranjan Parida (74) to compile a total of 253 and set a challenging target of 314 runs for MP to win the match. The visitors proved game for the challenge as they overhauled the target, losing five wickets in the process. An unbeaten 90 by S Abbas Ali helped MP clinch the emphatic victory.

SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 199):

ORISSA (1st innings): BBCC Mohapatra c Ojha b Sodhi 13, Subrat Behera b Golwalkar 19, Rashmi Ranjan Parida run out (Tomar) 34, *Sanjay Raul c Ojha b Golwalkar 11, Pravanjan Mullick not out 142, Niranjan Behera c Bundela b Golwalkar 41, +Sukhbinder Singh lbw Pandey 8, Sanjay Satpathy c Dholpure b Sodhi 26, Debasis Mohanty st Ojha b Golwalkar 12, Deepak Mangaraj st Ojha b Golwalkar 0, Srikant Jena b Golwalkar 1; Extras (nb-9, w-2) 11
Total (all out, 124.5 overs) 318
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (Mohapatra, 3.2 ov), 2-38 (SD Behera, 15.4 ov), 3-67 (Raul, 31.6 ov), 4-108 (Parida, 48.6 ov), 5-226 (NJ Behera, 96.3 ov), 6-240 (Sukhbinder Singh, 102.3 ov), 7-269 (Satpathy, 109.6 ov), 8-303 (Mohanty, 116.2 ov), 9-305 (Mangaraj, 118.6 ov), 10-318 (Jena, 124.5 ov)
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Pandey 27-7-74-1, Sodhi 17-5-48-2, Golwalkar 36.5-9-95-6, Bundela 5-1-13-0-1, Hirwani 35-6-81-0, Abbas Ali 4-1-7-0.

MADHYA PRADESH (1st innings): MA Pasha c Parida b Satpathy 20, +NV Ojha run out (Satpathy) 74, SM Dholpure c Parida b Raul 9, *D Bundela c Jena b Satpathy 30, S Abbas Ali run out (Jena) 13, NA Patwardhan c Raul b Mangaraj 71, BR Tomar c Sukhbinder Singh b Mangaraj 7, HS Sodhi c Sukhbinder Singh b Mangaraj 0, YA Golwalkar c Parida b Satpathy 0, SP Pandey c Mullick b Satpathy 11, ND Hirwani not out 6; Extras (b-2, lb-6, nb-8, w-1) 17
Total (all out, 99.5 overs) 258
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Pasha, 16.1 ov), 2-79 (Dholpure, 31.4 ov), 3-148 (Bundela, 62.1 ov), 4-153 (Ojha, 63.5 ov), 5-166 (Abbas Ali, 72.4 ov), 6-176 (Tomar, 77.4 ov), 7-176 (Sodhi, 77.6 ov), 8-177 (Golwalkar, 78.5 ov), 9-221 (Pandey, 92.6 ov), 10-258 (Patwardhan, 99.5 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mangaraj 16.5-2-61-3, Mohanty 19-6-54-0, Mullick 3-1-9-0, Jena 16-4-34-0, Satpathy 32-6-75-4, Raul 11-3-17-1, NJ Behera 2-2-0-0.

ORISSA (2nd innings): BBCC Mohapatra c Ojha b Pandey 0, SD Behera c Patwardhan b Golwalkar 12, RR Parida c Bundela b Golwalkar 74, *SS Raul c Tomar b Hirwani 87, PM Mullick c Ojha b Hirwani 18, NJ Behera c Bundela b Golwalkar 1, +Sukhbinder Singh lbw Hirwani 20, SK Satpathy run out (Patwardhan) 15, DS Mohanty b Hirwani 10, DK Mangaraj not out 6, S Jena lbw Golwalkar 1; Extras (nb-9) 9
Total (all out, 97.4 overs) 253
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Mohapatra, 0.3 ov), 2-34 (SD Behera, 9.1 ov), 3-110 (Parida, 40.3 ov), 4-135 (Mullick, 51.3 ov), 5-142 (NJ Behera, 56.2 ov), 6-185 (Sukhbinder Singh, 74.5 ov), 7-213 (Satpathy, 82.2 ov), 8-229 (Mohanty, 88.2 ov), 9-252 (Raul, 96.3 ov), 10-253 (Jena, 97.4 ov)
Madhya Pradesh bowling: Pandey 12-4-48-1, Sodhi 3-1-8-0, Golwalkar 38.4-7-102-4, Hirwani 36-9-79-4, Abbas Ali 7-2-16-0, Pasha 1-1-0-0.

MADHYA PRADESH (2nd innings): MA Pasha c Sukhbinder Singh b Mohanty 14, +NV Ojha c Parida b Mangaraj 54, SM Dholpure b Satpathy 33, HS Sodhi b Mangaraj 47, *D Bundela c Sukhbinder Singh b Satpathy 38, S Abbas Ali not out 90, NA Patwardhan not out 14; Extras (b-8, lb-7, nb-7, w-3) 25
Total (5 wickets, 107 overs) 315
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Pasha, 4.2 ov), 2-82 (Dholpure, 31.6 ov), 3-132 (Ojha, 53.1 ov), 4-175 (Sodhi, 77.2 ov), 5-233 (Bundela, 92.6 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 21-6-43-1, Mangaraj 17-6-55-2, Jena 22-5-56-0, Satpathy 35-10-110-2, Raul 12-0-36-0.

CLOSE OF PLAY:
Day-1: Orissa (1) 217/4 (Mullick 96*, NJ Behera 34*; 90 overs)
Day-2: Madhya Pradesh (1) 132/2 (Ojha 72*, Bundela 22*; 53 overs)
Day-3: Orissa (2) 110/3 (Raul 16*; 40.3 overs)
Day-4: Madhya Pradesh (2) 84/2 (Ojha 36*, Sodhi 0*; 33 overs)
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa batsman Pravanjan Mullick.