da mrbet： Skipper Rashmi Ranjan Parida powered Orissa to a 43 run win overminnows Tripura in the Ranji One-Dayers
Anand Vasu03-Dec-2000Skipper Rashmi Ranjan Parida powered Orissa to a 43 run win overminnows Tripura in the Ranji One-Dayers. After winning the toss atEden Gardens, Calcutta, the Orissa skipper decided to bat first andthis proved to be a good decision at the end of the day. Openingbatsman Pradeep Das made a good half century at the top of the order.With a valuable 39 from Sanjay Raul at number four, the Orissa teammanaged a convincing 254 off their allotted 50 overs.Responding to the target set by Orissa, the Tripura team could notcome up with a impressive response. Although no single bowlerdominated for the Orissa team the Tripura side lost wickets at regularintervals. S Chowdhuri (64) and stumper Rajib Dutta (54) made solidcontributions in the middle order but this was not matched by the restof the batsmen. Three run outs made life difficult for the Tripurateam. By the time Tripura had reached 211, 43 runs short of theirtarget, they had run out of overs.Although the match was a clash between two minor teams in the EastZone, Orissa can take heart from the fact that they have opened theircampaign with a win, and two points.