An unbeaten 102 by vice-captain Niranjan Behera put Orissa in a commanding position at 248 for 3 on the second day of their four-day Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match against the hosts in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Behera's brilliant innings included 14 fours. Captain Shiv Sundar Das (38), RR Parida (44), BS Pati (24) and P Jayachandra (29 not out) were other useful contributors for the visitors.
Jayachandra, who hit one four and two sixes, was giving company to Behera when the stumps were drawn.
Earlier, resuming at overnight score of 201, Hyderabad were all out for 240 in their first innings.
Tail-enders Pragyan Ojha (33) and Ashwin Yadav (28 not out) struggled to increase the total but Orissa's Debasis Mohanty, who claimed four wickets on Saturday, struck again bowling out Ojha.
Openers DB Ravi Teja and Daniel Manohar were the only batsmen who made a decent score for the hosts with 81 and 41 respectively.
Besides Mohanty, SV Sehgal was the other bowler who did a brilliant job for the visitors by claiming four wickets.
Hyderabad 1st innings (overnight 201/8):
D Manohar c Behera b Sehgal 41
D Ravi Teja c H Das b D Mohanty 81
S Pai c Behera b Jayachandra 06
AS Yadav c SS Das b Sehgal 07
A Shinde c Parida b DS Mohanty 02
B Yadav lbw b D Mohanty 02
M Arjun c SS Das b D Mohanty 19
H Ahmed c D Mohanty b Sehgal 00
P Ojha c Sehgal b D Mohanty 33
A Yadav not out 28
A Lalith Mohan lbw b Sehgal 09
Extras: (b 1, lb 7, w 1, nb 3) 12
Total: (all out; 96 overs) 240
Fall of wickets: 1-97, 2-114, 3-137, 4-140, 5-142, 6-143, 7-144, 8-164, 9-218, 10-240
Bowling: D Mohanty 32-9-63-5, P Das 16-5-42-0, P Jayachandra 9-1-39-1, R Mohanty 6-1-18-0, N Behera 3-2-9-0, S Sehgal 30-6-61-4
Orissa (1st innings):
B Pati c Ahmed b Ashwin Yadav 24
SS Das c Ravi Teja b Ojha 38
N Behera batting 102
RR Parida c Shinde b Ojha 44
P Jayachandra batting 29
Extras: (b 4, lb 2, nb 5) 11
Total: (3 wickets; 77 overs) 248
Fall of wickets: 1-29, 2-99, 3-189
Bowling: M Arjun 14-2-52-0, A Yadav 10-1-50-1, A Lalith Mohan 9-0-33-0, D Manohar 1-0-4-0, P Ojha 23-10-46-2, A Shinde 14-1-30-0, B Yadav 3-0-11-0
