Guj earns vital lead of 78, Orissa all out for 192
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 23:42
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Ahmedabad: Hosts Gujarat bowled out Orissa for a paltry 192 run to earn a vital first innings lead of 78 runs on the second day of the Ranji Trophy Group B encounter at the Sardar Patel stadium here.
The visitors were bundled out in just 70.5 overs. Niranjan Behera top-scored 78 runs in 195 deliveries, while B S Pati and Rakesh Mohanty contributed 24 and 34 runs respectively.
Two players, skipper S S Das and Parvanjan Mallik were sent back to the pavilion before they could open their account while three others failed to reach double figures.
Gujarat bowlers S K Trivedi, M A Makda and M S Patel accounted for two wickets each, while Salil Yadav, T K Patel and Rajul Bhatt shared a wicket apiece.
In reply, Gujarat were four for no loss when stumps were drawn for the day.
Earlier, the hosts resuming the day at 237 for seven could muster only 33 more runs before their innings folded for 270.
Bureau Report