da cassino： With the help of a timely unbeaten half century by SS Raul, Orissaplaced themselves in the safety zone when they ended the second day at147 for 2 in reply to Bihar’s first innings score of 292 in their EastZone Ranji Trophy match at the Keenan
Natarajan Sriram20-Nov-2000With the help of a timely unbeaten half century by SS Raul, Orissaplaced themselves in the safety zone when they ended the second day at147 for 2 in reply to Bihar’s first innings score of 292 in their EastZone Ranji Trophy match at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur on Monday.Resuming at the overnight score of 190 for 6, Bihar’s Dhoni (39) andVikash Kumar (20) put on 45 runs for the seventh wicket. Thereafterthe other two lower order batsmen M Diwakar (25) and Shahid Khan (21)helped the score along to 292. Debasish Mohanty (3 for 41) and Barick(3 for 97) were the successful bowlers for Orissa.The Orissa openers BBCC Mahapatra (25) and P Das (39 not out) gave agood start for the visitors, adding 36 runs in just 7.3 overs.Mahapatra was the first to be dismissed when he was trapped leg beforeto Dhiraj Kumar. Then P Mullick (20) joined Das to take the score to63. Mullick fell in the 21st over for a catch to rajiv Kumar offDhiraj. The fall of Mullick brought SS Raul (51) to the crease and heaccompanied Das to the close of play. Orissa still need to go a longway, traling by 145 runs with eight of their wickets intact.