da gbg bet: Sanjay Raul played a lone hand with a gallant unbeaten 108 as Orissafolded up for 241 in 84 overs on the opening day of their Super Leagueengagement against Uttar Pradesh at the Green Park in Kanpurtoday
16-Feb-2000Sanjay Raul played a lone hand with a gallant unbeaten 108 as Orissafolded up for 241 in 84 overs on the opening day of their Super Leagueengagement against Uttar Pradesh at the Green Park in Kanpurtoday. The hosts played out four overs without any mishap to close theday at 8/0.Orissa skipper Shiv Sunder Das, coming off a fine showing in theChallenger series, won the toss and batted. He failed however to setan example for his mates, being the first to depart for 23. PravanjanMullick and Rashmi Ranjan Parida also fell cheaply for 16 apiece. Itwas left to Raul to salvage a semblance of honour for his team. In histhree and three quarters of an hour vigil at the crease he faced 198balls and struck 14 fours. UP captain Gyanendra Pandey was the mostsuccessful bowler with 4/42.