16-Dec-2004 0
Sterling performance by stumper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni propelled Jharkhand a six-wicket win over Orissa on the last day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Plate Group-A match at Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur today. This was overall 74rd defeat in 203 first-class (all Ranji Trophy) matches for Odisha and their first defeat in only match against Jharkhand.
Team Orissa, led by Debasis Mohanty for the first time and featuring debutants Rakesh Mohanty and Sovan Deb, lost half of the battle as they were bundled out for 110 after put into bat by Jharkhand skipper Sumit Panda. Medium-pacer Shiv Shankar Rao was most successful Jharkhand bowler, bagging six wickets for 28 runs.
In reply, Jharkhand rode on a career-best 128 (128 balls, 18x4, 1x6) by Dhoni to compile a challenging total of 268. Among Orissa bowlers, Debasis Mohanty captured four wickets for 63 runs, while Deepak Mangaraj and P Jayachandra picked up three each, giving away 78 and 51 runs respectively.
After conceding a lead of 158 runs in the first innings, Orissa made some recovery by amassing a second-innings total of 294. This was possible because of a half-century each by Shiv Sundar Das (77) and Pravanjan Mullick (60). With this knock, Mullick passed 4000 runs in Ranji Trophy matches. Rao once again did maximum damage to Orissa batting line-up, bagging four wickets for 48 runs and a match haul of 10 for 76.
Despite the fight back, Orissa could not save themselves from defeat. Jharkhand clinched victory by overhauling a target of 137 runs, losing four second-innings wickets in the process. The home team, of course, faced a mini collapse, losing three wickets for 24 runs before Rajiv Kumar wrapped it up with an unbeaten knock of 61. Debasis Mohanty reached 250 first-class wickets by dismissing Dhoni in the second innings.
SCORECARD (Orissa Match No 203):
ORISSA (1st innings): Shiv Sundar Das c Rajiv Kumar b Rao 20, +Sukhbinder Singh c Dhoni b Gupta 26, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Shahid Khan b Rao 4, P Jayachandra lbw Rao 12, Pravanjan Mullick c Dhoni b Diwakar 0, Sanjay Raul c Dhoni b Rao 19, Rakesh Mohanty c Ratan Kumar b Panda 19, *Debasis Mohanty c Rao b Panda 0, Deepak Mangaraj not out 3, Sovan Deb c Rajiv Kumar b Rao 1, Srikant Jena b Rao 0; Extras (lb-2, nb-3, w-1) 6
Total (all out, 43.4 overs) 110
Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Das, 12.2 ov), 2-48 (Parida, 16.6 ov), 3-52 (Sukhbinder Singh, 17.4 ov), 4-58 (Mullick, 23.3 ov), 5-68 (Jayachandra, 26.1 ov), 6-96 (RK Mohanty, 36.4 ov), 7-104 (Raul, 41.3 ov), 8-106 (DS Mohanty, 42.1 ov), 9-110 (Deb, 43.2 ov), 10-110 (Jena, 43.4 ov)
Jharkhand bowling: Panda 12-2-27-2, Diwakar 9-0-35-1, Rao 11.4-3-28-6, Gupta 11-5-18-1.
JHARKHAND (1st innings): MS Vardhan lbw DS Mohanty 0, Ratan Kumar c RK Mohanty b DS Mohanty 8, +MS Dhoni c Raul b Mangaraj 128, Rajiv Kumar lbw Jayachandra 38, N Ranjan c Sukhbinder Singh b Jayachandra 7, Sunil Kumar lbw Jayachandra 12, *S Panda b Mangaraj 7, Shahid Khan c Sukhbinder Singh b DS Mohanty 16, MS Diwakar c Das b DS Mohanty 11, SS Rao not out 5, S Gupta b Mangaraj 3; Extras (b-3, lb-5, nb-22, w-3) 33
Total (all out, 85.1 overs) 268
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vardhan, 0.3 ov), 2-42 (Ratan Kumar, 12.2 ov), 3-168 (Dhoni, 39.2 ov), 4-186 (Ranjan, 47.2 ov), 5-208 (Sunil Kumar, 59.1 ov), 6-226 (Rajiv Kumar, 69.5 ov), 7-226 (Panda, 70.1 ov), 8-257 (Diwakar, 82.6 ov), 9-260 (Shahid Khan, 84.3 ov), 10-268 (Gupta, 85.1 ov)
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 22-5-63-4, Mangaraj 20.1-2-78-3, Deb 14-1-58-0, Jena 6-2-4-0, Jayachandra 19-3-51-3, Mullick 4-2-6-0.
ORISSA (2nd innings): SS Das c Vardhan b Gupta 77, +Sukhbinder Singh c Ranjan b Gupta 34, RR Parida c Shahid Khan b Diwakar 14, P Jayachandra c Dhoni b Rao 5, SS Raul b Ratan Kumar 36, PM Mullick c Ranjan b Diwakar 60, RK Mohanty lbw Panda 5, *DS Mohanty c Dhoni b Rao 22, DK Mangaraj c Dhoni b Rao 2, SS Deb b Rao 2, S Jena not out 5; Extras (b-7, lb-3, nb-15, w-7) 32
Total (all out, 124.5 overs) 294
Fall of wickets: 1-62 (Sukhbinder Singh, 17.6 ov), 2-85 (Parida, 29.5 ov), 3-92 (Jayachandra, 32.6 ov), 4-171 (Das, 70.1 ov), 5-203 (Raul, 85.4 ov), 6-218 (RK Mohanty, 96.4 ov), 7-267 (DS Mohanty, 117.1 ov), 8-269 (Mangaraj, 117.4 ov), 9-283 (Deb, 121.6 ov), 10-294 (Mullick, 124.5 ov)
Jharkhand bowling: Panda 28-6-69-1, Diwakar 32.5-5-90-2, Gupta 21-8-52-2, Rao 31-11-48-4, Shahid Khan 7-2-18-0, Ratan Kumar 5-3-7-1.
JHARKHAND (2nd innings): MS Vardhan lbw DS Mohanty 6, Ratan Kumar c Parida b Mangaraj 6, +MS Dhoni lbw DS Mohanty 9, Rajiv Kumar not out 61, N Ranjan lbw Deb, Sunil Kumar not out 14; Extras (b-11, nb-8, w-2) 21
Total (4 wickets, 55 overs) 137
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Vardhan, 2.5 ov), 2-24 (Dhoni, 8.4 ov), 3-24 (Ratan Kumar, 9.2 ov), 4-96 (Ranjan, 41.3 ov)
Orissa bowling: DS Mohanty 16-6-23-2, Mangaraj 17-4-50-1, Deb 15-6-24-1, Jayachandra 3-0-18-0, Jena 4-0-11-0.
CLOSE OF PLAY:
Day-1: Jharkhand (1) 147/2 (Dhoni 113*, Rajiv Kumar 15*; 34 overs)
Day-2: Orissa (2) 84/1 (Das 27*, Parida 14*; 28.2 overs)
Day-3: Orissa (2) 249/6 (Mullick 40*, DS Mohanty 11*; 110.5 overs)
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Jharkhand stumper-batsman Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
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