GUWAHATI, Jan 28 - Odisha piled up 436 in their first innings in the Elite Group C Ranji Trophy match.
On the second day of the four-day match at the DRIEMS ground in Tangi, Cuttack today, Assam were 59 for the loss of three wickets at the end of the day�s play.
Resuming at 215 for three, the host team went on punishing the Assam bowlers and gathered a healthy total.
Abhishek Raut and Debabrata Pradhan were the main contributors today with 71 and 79 respectively while Suryakant Pradhan was the other notable run getter with 31.
Arup Das, who failed to grab any wicket yesterday, chipped in with four wickets today giving 101 runs. Ranjit Mali was the other major wicket taker for Assam with four victims. Pritam Das added one more wicket to his overnight�s one. Now it will depend on Assam batsmen how they apply themselves. Riyan Parag and Rishav Das are at the crease with 14 and 24 respectively.
SCORECARD
Odisha 1st Innings: Shantanu Mishra c Sharma b PL Das 66, AR Sarangi c KN Saikia b Mali 58, SP Senapati c KN Saikia b Mali 0, GB Poddar lbw b Mali 58, BB Samantray b AK Das 37, AS Raut lbw b PL Das 71, RR Dhuper c Sharma b AK Das 13, DB Pradhan lbw b AK Das 79, SB Pradhan c KN Saikia b AK Das 31, Rajesh Mohanty c Parag b Mali 12, B Mohanty not out 0. Extras: (b 6, lb 3, w 2) 11. Total: (All out in 136.3 overs) 436. Fall of wickets:�1-96, 2-96, 3-148, 4-224, 5-224, 6-248, 7-378, 8-419, 9-432, 10-436. Bowling: Arup Das 35.3-12-101-4, Ranjit Mali 39-10-113-4, Krishna Das 27-10-61-0, Pritam Das 22-5-84-2, Riyan Parag 9-1-42-0, Gokul Sharma 4-0-26-0.
Assam 1st Innings: Biplab Saikia b Mohanty 0, Subham Mandal c BB Samantray b SB Pradhan 12, Rishav Das not out 24, Gokul Sharma run out (Raut) 8, Riyan Parag not out 14. Extras: (lb 1) 1. Total: (For 3 wickets in 33 overs) 59. Fall of wickets:�1-1, 2-32, 3-43. Bowling: Rajesh Mohanty 10-4-17-0, B Mohanty 12-6-13-1, SB Pradhan 4-2-5-0, A Raut 1-0-11-0.