Former Indian leg spinner Narendra Hirwani struck twice late in theday to leave Orissa struggling at stumps on the second day of theirRanji Trophy quarterfinal against Madhya Pradesh at the Captain RoopSingh stadium in Gwalior on Friday

Staff Reporter23-Mar-2001Former Indian leg spinner Narendra Hirwani struck twice late in theday to leave Orissa struggling at stumps on the second day of theirRanji Trophy quarterfinal against Madhya Pradesh at the Captain RoopSingh stadium in Gwalior on Friday. Replying to the Madhya Pradeshtotal of 437, Orissa were 110 for three at close of play.Orissa lost Pradip Das early. The opener was leg before to HS Sodhifor ten in the seventh over when the score was 13. But the otheropener Suresh Kumar and Rashmi Parida then added 89 runs for thesecond wicket off 26.3 overs and Orissa were sailing along smoothly at102 for one. Then in successive overs, Hirwani struck. First, he hadSuresh Kumar caught by another former Indian spin bowler RajeshChauhan for 35. Suresh Kumar faced 98 balls and hit five of them tothe ropes. In the following over, the same combination struck to getrid of Sanjay Satpathy for a duck. Skipper Sanjay Raul then joinedParida and the two played carefully still stumps. Parida at close wasbatting with 47. He has so far faced 96 balls and hit six fours.Hirwani in four overs has so far taken two for 14.Earlier, the hosts resuming at 320 for six, did well to get to 437.The tail wagged to prolong Orissa’s stay in the field. After overnightbatsmen, skipper Chandrakant Pandit (28) and AS Srivastava (29) fellquickly, Rajesh Chauhan (36) and Y Golwalkar (41 not out) added 74runs for the ninth wicket off 31.3 overs. While Chauhan faced 90 ballsand hit six of them to the fence, Golwalkar faced 135 balls and hitfive fours.