da wazamba： Orissa cruised to an eight wicket victory over Tripura in their EastZone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Samanta Chandrasekharcollege ground, Puri on Tuesday
da roleta： 12-Jan-2000Orissa cruised to an eight wicket victory over Tripura in their EastZone Ranji Trophy one day league match at the Samanta Chandrasekharcollege ground, Puri on Tuesday.Opting to bat, Tripura were all out for 173 in 48.2 overs. They losttwo wickets for 37 runs but a third wicket partnership of 82 runs off24.2 overs between C Sachdev (77) and skipper MS Kadrekar (34) sawTripura make a recovery. But the remaining batsmen came a cropperparticularly against the bowling of SS Raul who finished with fivewickets for 31 off ten overs. Sachdev who batted 2-1/2 hours, faced118 balls and hit eight fours and two sixes.Orissa did not face any problems in reaching their modest target. PDas (23) and skipper RR Parida (74 not out) added 69 runs for thesecond wicket off 14.4 overs and then Parida and Raul (39 not out)hastened the victory with an unbroken third wicket partnership of 84runs off 15.2 overs. Parida faced 78 balls and hit eleven fours and asix while Raul capped a fine match by hitting two fours and threesixes in his 56-ball knock.
