da bet7： Madhya Pradesh recovered from a hesitant start to post 320 for six off90 overs at stumps on the first day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinalagainst Orissa at Gwalior on Thursday
Staff Reporter22-Mar-2001Madhya Pradesh recovered from a hesitant start to post 320 for six off90 overs at stumps on the first day of their Ranji Trophy quarterfinalagainst Orissa at Gwalior on Thursday.Put in to bat, MP lost an early wicket when Naman Ojha (11) was caughtby wicketkeeper Gopal off Mullick with the total 23 in the tenth over.However, the other opener HS Sodhi (57) and Amay Khurasiya (28) added60 runs for the second wicket off 11.3 overs. Sodhi, battingconfidently, duly brought up his half century but with the total 119,he was caught by Orissa skipper Sanjay Raul off P Jaichandra for 57.Sodhi faced 126 balls and hit seven of them to the fence.Abbas Ali did not last long and gave Mullick a return catch when 16.This made MP 156 for four. But a recovery was round the corner. First,Devendra Bundela (78) and JP Yadav (64) added 98 runs for the fifthwicket off 26 overs. The two in form batsmen played the Orissa bowlingwith more than a degree of comfort. Bundela was finally caught byGopal off Pradip Das. He faced 173 balls and hit 13 fours. A further39 runs were added for the sixth wicket off nine overs between Yadavand skipper Chandrakant Pandit before the former was caught bySatpathy off Jaganath Das. Yadav faced 95 balls and hit five of themto the ropes. Pandit (18) and Ankit Shriwastav (22) then carried ontill close.