07-Dec-2004 0
Notwithstanding a defiant century by P Jayachandra and a half-century by Rashmi Ranjan Parida, Orissa lost to Himachal Pradesh by an innings and 43 runs on the last day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group-A match at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Ground in Dharamsala today.
This was overall 73rd defeat and 37th by innings margin in 202 first-class (all Ranji Trophy) matches for Odisha. This was also the first defeat in two matches for Orissa against Himachal Pradesh. Poor batting in the first innings cost Orissa dear in this match.
Opting to bat after captain Sandeep Sharma won the toss, host Himachal Pradesh rode on a century by Sangram Singh and a half-century each by Ajay Bharadwaj and Virender Sharma to raise an imposing total of 425. Debasis Mohanty was most successful Orissa bowler, taking four wickets for 86 runs.
In reply, Orissa were bundled out for a paltry 80 with only three batsmen able to reach double figures. Forced to follow on after conceding a first-innings lead of 345 runs, Orissa put up courageous performance in the second innings, thanks to a career-best knock of 130 (242 balls, 13x4) by Jayachandra and a supporting 60 (154 balls, 8x4) by Parida.
But the valiant efforts of Jayachandra and Parida, who stitched together a partnership of 106 runs for the third wicket, Orissa were bowled out for 302 to suffer the innings defeat. Ashok Thakur was most successful bowler for Himachal Pradesh, bagging four wickets in each innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 202):
HIMACHAL PRADESH (1st innings): R Panta b Mohanty 0, *S Sharma c Pradhan b Mangaraj 7, Sangram Singh c SD Behera b Mangaraj 100, +M Bisla b Mohanty 32, P Dogra lbw Mohanty 20, A Mannu c Pradhan b Mohanty 82, VK Sharma b Mangaraj 72, K Diwan b Satpathy 16, V Bhatia not out 44, AK Thakur c Mohanty b Satpathy 8, V Malik b NJ Behera 14; Extras (b-7, lb-7, nb-16) 30
Total (all out, 171 overs) 425
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Panta, 2.6 ov), 2-8 (S Sharma, 3.4 ov), 3-57 (Bisla, 17.4 ov), 4-112 (Dogra, 39.6 ov), 5-231 (Sangram Singh, 91.1 ov), 6-342 (VK Sharma, 129.1 ov), 7-344 (Mannu, 130.2 ov), 8-368 (Diwan, 143.6 ov), 9-392 (Thakur, 159.6 ov), 10-425 (Malik, 171 ov)
Orissa bowling: Mohanty 36-10-86-4, Mangaraj 29-4-107-3, Mullick 6-0-17-0, Satpathy 39-7-90-2, NJ Behera 22-9-32-1, Jena 34-10-64-0, Jayachandra 5-0-15-0.
ORISSA (1st innings): Shiv Sundar Das c Bisla b Thakur 2, Subrat Behera b Malik 0, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Dogra b Thakur 23, *Niranjan Behera b Malik 0, Pravanjan Mullick c Bisla b Thakur 0, P Jayachandra b Malik 0, +Priyabrata Pradhan lbw Malik 8, Sanjay Satpathy c Dogra b Thakur 14, Debasis Mohanty b Bhatia 14, Deepak Mangaraj c Mannu b Bhatia 7, Srikant Jena not out 3; Extras (b-1, lb-5, nb-3) 9
Total (all out, 31.4 overs) 80
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (SD Behera, 0.3 ov), 2-31 (Das, 11.2 ov), 3-33 (Parida, 13.6 ov), 4-33 (NJ Behera, 14.6 ov), 5-33 (Mullick, 15.6 ov), 6-33 (Jayachandra, 16.4 ov), 7-46 (Pradhan, 18.2 ov), 8-58 (Satpathy, 21.5 ov), 9-71 (Mohanty, 27.2 ov), 10-80 (Mangaraj, 31.4 ov)
Himachal Pradesh bowling: Malik 12-4-29-4, Thakur 13-6-32-4, Bhatia 3.4-2-7-2, Panta 3-1-6-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings, Following on): SS Das c S Sharma b Bhatia 25, SD Behera b Malik 0, RR Parida c S Sharma b Bhatia 60, P Jayachandra b Thakur 130, PM Mullick b Bhatia 0, *NJ Behera b Thakur 16, +PP Pradhan b Malik 0, SK Satpathy lbw Thakur 23, DS Mohanty b Thakur 2, DK Mangaraj not out 4, S Jena b Bhatia 1; Extras (b-16, lb-7, nb-14, w-4) 41
Total (all out, 109.1 overs) 302
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (SD Behera, 0.3 ov), 2-51 (Das, 19.6 ov), 3-157 (Parida, 51.2 ov), 4-157 (Mullick, 51.6 ov), 5-244 (NJ Behera, 83.3 ov), 6-245 (Pradhan, 84.3 ov), 7-289 (Jayachandra, 102.3 ov), 8-296 (Satpathy, 106.4 ov), 9-301 (Mohanty, 108.2 ov), 10-302 (Jena, 109.1 ov)
Himachal Pradesh bowling: Malik 23-3-53-2, Thakur 29-7-67-4, Bhatia 38.1-9-102-4, Diwan 13-1-42-0, S Sharma 2-0-5-0, Sangram Singh 4-1-10-0.
CLOSE OF PLAY:
Day-1: Himachal Pradesh (1) 230/4 (Sangram Singh 99*, Mannu 50*; 90 overs)
Day-2: Orissa (1) 21/1 (Das 2*, Parida 14*; 7 overs)
Day-3: Orissa (2) 188/4 (Jayachandra 77*, NJ Behera 8*; 63 overs)
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Orissa allrounder P Jayachandra.
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