Orissa promoted to Super League
Round-up of 4th day's play of Ranji Plate Group semi-finals
Cricinfo staff
13-Jan-2007
Railways 229 and 259 for 8 (Sanyal 106*, Sarandeep Singh 4-62) lead Himachal Pradesh 362 by 126 runs
Scorecard
Scorecard
Himachal Pradesh restricted Railways to a second-innings lead of 126 with two wickets remaining in their Ranji Plate Group semi-final clash at Dharamsala.
Bowled out for 362, Himachal came out enthusiastically in the Railways innings and dismissed the openers for 31. Tejinder Pal Singh and Sanjib Sanyal added 65 runs before TP Singh was caught off Vishal Bhatia for 36. Sanyal, unbeaten at stumps on 106, added runs with the tail including 68 with Murali Kartik. Sarandeep Singh, Himachal's offbreak bowler, got the last four wickets to fall on the day.
Orissa earned a place in the Ranji Super League next season and the Plate Group final after they beat Assam by seven wickets at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
Assam lost their last four wickets for 20 runs, three of them going to Sukanta Khatua, Orissa's right-arm medium bowler. Orissa then took only 37.3 overs to wrap things up. Shiv Sunder Das and Niranjan Behera added 64 for the second wicket before Das was caught behind off Arnald Konwar for 43. But Behera remained unbeaten on 45 and finished it off along with Subit Biswal.
