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Hyderabad suffers defeat

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HYDERABAD: Hyderabad cricket hit a new low. For, a team which fancied its chances for an outright win against Orissa in the pre-match predictions, it had to eat humble pie as the visitors notched up a convincing, nine-wicket on the final day of the Ranji Trophy Elite Group match at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium here on Tuesday.

With former India fast bowler Debashish Mohanty bowling yet another splendid of swing bowling to return with his second five-wicket haul of the match, Hyderabad lower order was found struggling.

Orissa wrapped up the Hyderabad innings, which resumed its second essay at 143 for five this morning, for a mediocre 160. Once southpaw S. Anoop Pai (48) was sent back, without adding to his overnight score, by Debashish Mohanty, it was virtually all over.Consequently, Orissa, chasing a modest 103 to win, romped home in style with opener Bikaspathy (52, 8x4) and captain Shiv Sundar Das (40 not out, 6 x 4) batting with authority to put on 102 for the first wicket. The former was more flamboyant with some amazing inside-out strokes both of pace and spin bowlers. With scores level and Orissa all set to clinch the bonus point (if it were to record a 10-wicket win), a ridiculous call for a sharp single by Das who steered one from Ashwin Yadav straight to Amol Shinde at covers saw his partner stranded at the striker’s end leaving the captain dejected for missing a simple opportunity of picking an extra point.

Orissa now has five points from three matches.

The scores: Hyderabad — 1st innings: 240.

Orissa — 1st innings: 298.

Hyderabad — 2nd innings: D.S. Manohar b P. Jayachandra 22, D.B. Ravi Teja c D. Mohanty b Sourav Saighal 37, S. Anoop Pai c R.R.Das b D.Mohanty 48, N.Arjun Yadav c N. Behera b D.Mohanty 17, B. Santosh Yadav c S.Saighal b R. Mohanty 6, Amol Shinde c Bikaspathy b N. Behera 7, M.P. Arjun c R.R. Das b D.Mohanty 3, H. Ahmed c H. Das b D. Mohanty 10, P. Ojha (not out) 4, Ashwin Yadav lbw D. Mohanty 0, Lalit Mohan lbw b S. Saighal 0. Extras: (b-1, w-1, nb-4) 6. Total: (in 61.4 overs) 160.

Fall of wickets: 1-54, 2-72, 3-100, 4-118, 5-139, 6-143, 7-150, 8-159, 9-159

Orissa bowling: D. Mohanty 16-7-25-5, P. Das 8-4-17-0, Jayachandra 8-0-25-1, S. Saighal 20.4-3-73-2, R. Mohanty 6-1-18-1, N. Behera 3-2-1-1.

Orissa — 2nd innings: Bikaspathy (run out) 52, S.S. Das (not out) 40, N. Behera (not out) 0. Extras: (b-2, lb-6, nb-3) 11. Total: (for one wkt. in 27.4 overs) 103.

Fall of wicket: 1-102

Hyderabad bowling: Ashwin 6.4-0-23-0, M.P. Arjun 3-0-13-0, Ojha 11-3-28-0, Lalit 4-0-12-0, Shinde 2-0-14-0, Ravi Teja 1-0-5-0.

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