da blaze casino： Thanks to a 96 run fourth wicket partnership between opener N Ranjan(53) and Sunil Kumar (77), Bihar made an excellent recovery but endedthe opening day in a spot of bother at 190 for 6 in their East ZoneRanji Trophy match against Orissa at the
Natarajan Sriram19-Nov-2000Thanks to a 96 run fourth wicket partnership between opener N Ranjan(53) and Sunil Kumar (77), Bihar made an excellent recovery but endedthe opening day in a spot of bother at 190 for 6 in their East ZoneRanji Trophy match against Orissa at the Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpuron Sunday.Put into bat, Bihar were pegged on the back foot by the dismissal ofopener Javed Khan (5) caught by skipper Parida off A Barrick in the12th over of the day. Then with the score on 32, Debasish Mohanty sentback skipper Rajiv Kumar (7) caught by Y Mohanty. Bihar were infurther trouble when the first change bowler Jai Chandra had T Rehman(8).This brought in Sunil Kumar who arrested the slide in the company ofRanjan with some sedate batting. By the time he departed, Ranjan hadbeen in the centre for 288 minutes and faced 201 balls and managed tofind the boundary ropes 7 times. Sunil then took the score on to 179when he was bowled by Barrick. Three balls later, A Hashmi (17) fellfor a catch to Jai Chandra off Mohanty. At stumps keeper MS Dhoni (8)and Vikash Kumar were at the crease.