da 888casino： Orissa, who are enjoying a very good season, continued their fine formon the opening day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Assam at the Tinsukia District Sports Association Stadium inAssam on Thursday
Staff and agencies04-Jan-2001Orissa, who are enjoying a very good season, continued their fine formon the opening day of their East Zone Ranji Trophy league matchagainst Assam at the Tinsukia District Sports Association Stadium inAssam on Thursday. After dismissing Assam for 167 runs, Orissa were 99for two off 27 overs at stumps.Electing to bat after winning the toss, Assam made a bad start losingopener Parag Das for a duck. Subharajit Saikia (31) and skipperZakaria Zuffri (66) steadied the innings with a second wicketpartnership of 63 runs. Saikaia made 31 off 57 balls while Zuffri topscored with 66 off 147 balls. But the rest of Assam batting offeredlittle resistance and Assam were bowled out in the 58th over. SanjaySatpati was the pick of the bowlers with 3/41 in 12 overs.Orissa too made a poor start, losing Pradeep Das leg before to ZavedZaman for a duck. A second wicket partnership of 93 runs betweencaptain Shiv Sunder Das and Rasmi Ranjan Parida saved Orissa fromfurther trouble. Das was dismissed after making a stroke filledinnings of 54 off 77 balls. He smashed nine boundaries in his 104-minute stay at the crease. At close of play, Parida was unbeaten on 44off 78 balls which includes three boundaries and a six. SanjaySatpathy remained unbeaten without opening his account. Play wasstopped five minutes before the scheduled close because of bad light.