da dobrowin： Chasing a target of 214, Orissa barely scraped through in their Ranjione-day match against Bengal at Cuttack on Thursday
Staff Reporter14-Dec-2001Chasing a target of 214, Orissa barely scraped through in their Ranjione-day match against Bengal at Cuttack on Thursday.Winning the toss, Bengal posted 213 on the board. Their top-scorer wasSoumen Singh, who made an unbeaten 53 off 58, with five fours. He wasgiven good company by the tail before Debashish Mohanty took fourwickets with the addition of just 21 runs to the team score. Mohantyfinished with figures of 9.5-1-30-4.Riding on a 71 off 100 balls from skipper Sanjay Raul and a 68 fromPravanjan Mullick, Orissa made the total with just a ball to spare.Saurashish Lahiri caused a few hiccups as he scythed through thelower middle-order to finish with 5-43. Only some gritty batting fromwicket-keeper G Gopal (20 not out off 17 balls) enabled Orissa toreach their target.