Orissa dismissed the challenge from Jammu & Kashmir within thefirst four days of their scheduled five-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match played at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttackon Wednesday
Staff Reporter14-Mar-2001Orissa dismissed the challenge from Jammu & Kashmir within thefirst four days of their scheduled five-day Ranji Trophy pre-quarter-final match played at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttackon Wednesday. Orissa, who completed an emphatic 420-run victory,will now take on Madhya Pradesh in the quarter-final to be playedfrom March 22 to 26.Resuming at 228/4, Orissa declared their second innings closedat 299/4. Sanjay Raul was unbeaten on 113 and Debashish Mohantyon 50. Required to make 650 runs in the fourth innings for amost improbable victory, J&K were bowled out for just 229 in 76.4 overs. Kavaljit Singh came good again in the second innings too,making 67 runs. V Taggar (33), D Mahajan (32) and Shashi Kumar(39) were the other batsmen to get amongst the runs.Debashish Mohanty (3/21) and SK Satpathy (4/51) shared the bowling honours. Thus J&K’s amazing run in the Ranji Trophy – which sawthem qualifying for the knock out stage for the first time in 41years – came to an end.
