SS Das and Odedra share opening day's honours

Orissa made a confident start to their Group C Super League tie against hosts Saurashtra at the Municipal Stadium, Rajkot today as they piled up 330-8 in 90 overs. The individual honours were shared by Orissa captain Shiv Sunder Das who scored a hundred and Saurashtra's N Odedra who grabbed six wickets.

SS Das and his namesake P Das ran up an opening stand of 169 in 47.5 overs before the former departed soon after posting his century. His 101 came in 153 balls and included 17 fours. P Das followed at 193 for a cautious 69 (184 balls, 9 fours). Rashmi Parida shored up the lower half of the order with a brisk unbeaten 55 in 71 balls which included nine boundary hits. He was assisted by wicketkeeper Y Mohanty (30) and Sanjay Satpathy (27).

At close Debashish Mohanty was accompanying Parida at the crease. Odedra, who picked up the first six wickets, finished with figures of 6-109 from 31 overs.