UP call the shots on second day

Uttar Pradesh took control of their Super League match against Orissa at the Green Park, Kanpur today after an unfinished 196 run 4th wicket collaboration between Rizwan Shamshad and Gyanendra Pandey had taken the hosts to the relative security of 299/3 at stumps.

Resuming at 8/0, openers Manoj Mudgal and Jyoti Yadav took the score to 70 before off spinner Sanjay Satpathy took three quick wickets to reduce UP to 103/3. After Mudgal was third out for 62 (115 balls, 8 fours), Shamshad and Pandey took centre stage. The former made an unbeaten 106 (161 balls, 13 fours) while Pandey, who took four wickets yesterday, was still there on 90 (192 balls, 14 fours). Satpathy finished with figures of 3-92 from 33 overs. At close UP were 58 runs ahead of Orissa's first innings effort of 241.