
CUTTACK, March 6: A brilliant century by skipper Shiv Sundar Das was the highlight of Day 3 today. Orissa declared at 265 for the loss of five wickets, immediately after his fall, and set an imposing victory target of 371 runs for Railways.
In reply, the visitors were 58 for the loss of opener Satyender Yadav 21 at stumps on the third and penultimate day of the Ranji Trophy Group A Super League match at the Barabati Stadium, here.
At close, opener Jaswinder Singh 36 and Yere Goud 1 were holding fort for the Railways, who need another 313 from 90 overs for a win on the morrow.
It was Das 120: 244b, 14215;4, 1215;5, who held sway earlier in the day. He dominated the 108-run stand for the fifth wicket with Pradeep Das 28 n o after the early loss of Mallick 13 and RR Parida 7.
SCOREBOARD
Orissa 1st innings: 218
Railways 1st innings: 113
Orissa 2nd innings; overnight 110-2: BBCC Mohapatra c Bhatia b Parida 57, Robin Morris c sub Suresh Kumar b Parida 25,Pravanjan Mallick run out 13, Shiv Sundar Das c Jaswinder b Rawat 120, Rashmi Ranjan Parida c Bangar b Alam 7, Pradeep Das not out 28; Extras b4, lb1, nb10: 15. Total for five wickets declared in 100.5 overs: 265
Fall of wickets: 1-78, 2-87, 3-135, 4-157, 5-265
Bowling: Hussein 20-4-63-0, Bangar 0.4-0-0-0, Jaswinder 8.2-1-38-0, Parida 34-11-64-2, Alam 19-2-56-1, Kapoor 9-4-11-0, Goud 6-0-19-0, Rawat 2.5-0-9-1, Bhatia 1-1-0-0
Railways 2nd innings: Satyendra Yadav c Barik b Satpathy 21, Jaswinder batting 36, Yere Goud batting 1; Total for one wicket in 22 overs: 58
Fall of wicket: 1-48
Bowling: Morris 3-0-15-0, Barik 3-0-16-0, Satpathy 8-2-6-1, Shahid Khan 7-2-17-0, S Das 1-0-4-0