da aviator aposta： Orissa were fighting a grim battle to avoid defeat against UttarPradesh in their Super League tie at Kanpur today
18-Feb-2000Orissa were fighting a grim battle to avoid defeat against UttarPradesh in their Super League tie at Kanpur today. At the end of thethird day they were still 117 behind, having already lost three secondinnings wickets. Earlier UP were all out for 487 in 146.2 overs.As expected, UP skipper Gyanendra Pandey completed his century in themorning session. Having lost his overnight partner Rizwan Shamshad for115 (with their partnership worth 229) , he found another able ally inS Shukla with whom he put on 75 for the 5th wicket. Pandey was sixthout for 163 (290 balls, 22 fours, 1 six). Orissa off spinner SanjaySatpathy toiled for 48.2 overs to finish with 6/147.Shalabh Srivastava rocked Orissa by dismissing Mahapatra and Mullickoff successive balls in his 3rd over (and the 6th of theinnings). When SS Das followed soon, Orissa were down to 20/3. SanjayRaul and Rashmi Parida then pulled off a rescue act with an unbroken109 run stand off 30.2 overs. At stumps Raul was on 51 (88 balls, 8fours) and Parida on 54 (103 balls, 8 fours).