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Orissa begin Ranji campaign with a creditable draw
04 Nov 2010
CUTTACK
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Orissa began their Ranji Trophy campaign on a satisfying note by holding stronger opponents to profitable draw in their four-day Elite Group-B, which concluded at Barabati Stadium here today. The home side collected three points on the basis of taking a 204-run first innings lead, while Baroda got only one point.
After dismissing the visitors for 148 in the first innings, Orissa raised hopes for a victory by making 352. But Baroda rode on Ambati Rayudu’s unbeaten double century to escape with a draw, scoring 414 for six in the second innings.
Pace bowler Basant Mohanty, debutants Govind Poddar, Biplab Samantaray and opening batsman Natraj Behera turned out as the outstanding performers for Orissa. Mohanty bagged five wickets in the first innings. Poddar hit a century on first-class debut, Samantaray scored a fifty on his maiden first-class appearance and Behera slammed his maiden first-class half-century.
Rourkela batsman Poddar became the fifth Orissa batsman to score a century on first class debut, the previous four being L I Parija, Prasanta Mohapatra, BBCC Mohapatra and Sukhvinder Singh.
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Complimenting the impressive performance of Poddar and Basant Mohanty, who bagged five wickets in the first innings, Orissa Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera announced cash award of Rs 50,000 each for the duo. Basant Mohanty also received a cash prize of Rs 25,000 after being adjudged the man of the match.
SCOREBOARD
BARODA (1st innings): C Williams lbw D Mohanty 6, J Kolsawala c Natraj b B Mohanty 1, A Rayudu lbw B Mohanty 4, R Solanky not out 87, Y Pathan c S Sahoo b B Mohanty 10, P Shah b D Singh 8, A Chauhan b B Mohanty 9, Swapnil Singh b B Mohanty 0, M Vahora c S Sahoo b A Sahoo 0, A Argal (run out) 12, B Bhatt c S Sahoo b B Samantara
y 6; Extras (lb-3, nb-2) 5.
Total (All out, 57.5 overs) 148
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-12, 3-12, 4-27, 5-46, 6-70, 7-70, 8-71, 9-96, 10-148.
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 14-3-25-1, Basant Mohanty 15-6-31-5, Biplab Samantaray 7.5-1-17-1, Alok Sahoo 9-1-37-1, Dhiraj Singh 7-2-20-1, Rakesh Mohanty 5-0-15-0.
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ORISSA (1st innings): Natraj Behera c Shah b Argal 55, SS Das b Vahora 1, Niranjan Behera c Shah b Argal 13, G Poddar b Vahora 106, Rakesh Mohanty b Vahora 43, B Samantaray b Swapnil Singh 55, Subhrajit Sahoo c&b Argal 13, Alok Sahoo c Williams b Bhatt 30, Debasis Mohanty b Pathan 1, Basant Mohanty lbw Pathan 21, Dhiraj Singh not out 0; Extras (b-2, lb-2, nb-5, w-5) 14.
Total (All out, 118.2 overs) 352
Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-23, 3-127, 4-226, 5-239, 6-260, 7-297, 8-298, 9-352, 10-352.
Bowling: M Vahora 27-7-71-3, A Argal 26-2-91-3, A Chauhan 18-3-49-0, B Bhatt 19-5-50-1, Swapnil Singh 10.2-0-32-1, Yusuf Pathan 18-2-55-2.
BARODA (2nd innings): C Williams c Samantaray b D Singh 57, J Kolsawala c Poddar b B Mohanty 46, A Argal c R Mohanty b D Mohanty 17, A Rayudu (not out) 200, R Solanky c S Das b D Singh 0, Y Pathan c & b R Mohanty 27, P Shah c A Sahoo b D Singh 31, A Chauhan (not out) 28; Extras (b-1, lb-6, nb-1) 8
Total (6 wkts, 117 overs) 414
Fall of wickets: 1-73, 2-98, 3-164, 4-164, 5-227, 6-334
Bowling: Debasis Mohanty 12-3-40-1, Basant Mohanty 18-4-46-1, Alok Sahoo 12-1-65-0, Rakesh Mohanty 18-1-54-1, Dhiraj Singh 42-6-109-3, Biplab Samantaray 13-0-77-0, Natraj Bahera 2-0-16-0.
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TOP: Basant Mohanty, who bagged five wickets in the first innings to claim the man of the match award.
BOTTOM: Govind Poddar, who scored a century on his first-class debut.
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