Kalahandi Cup senior inter-dist tourney begins

Sambalpur and seven other teams posted wins on the opening day of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament held at different places of the state today. Brief scores: At Deogarh: Sambalpur 272/8 in 50 overs (Subash Kausal 51: Ajit Dwivedy 3/49) beat Sundargarh 198/10 in 42.5 overs (Asis Bohidar 62: Sayed Zaki 3/37) by 74 runs. Jharsuguda 147/10 in 29.4 overs (Gangadhar Das 3/32) beat Deogarh 92/10 in 22.1 overs (Anil Buda 3/21) by 55 runs. At Phulbani: Sonepur 225/10 in 45.1 overs (Niranjan Panda 79: Hemant Champati 3/20) beat Boudh 48/10 in 15 overs (Sidharth Mishra 6/19) by 177 runs. Phulbani 216/10 in 42.2 overs (Salim Khan 4/36) beat Ganjam 136/10 in 33.2 overs (Nilamadhav Sahu 4/50) by 82 runs. At Kendrapara: Angul 224/9 in 50 overs (Avisek Deo 44 n.o: Ombikas Nayak 5/32) beat Kendrapara 185/10 in 43.5 overs (Milan Sahu 3/16) by 39 runs. At Puri: Dhenkanal 238/10 in 46 overs (Tanmaya Mohanty 85: Aryashree Devasis 4/35) beat Khurda 121/10 in 39.2 overs (Bishnu Behera 4/27) by 118 runs. At Jeypore: Nabarangpur 134/10 in 40.1 overs (Kishor Rout 3/23) lost to Koraput 137/6 in 29.2 overs (S Rout 39: Md Rice 3/13) by 4 wkts. At Damanjodi: Kalahandi 266/10 in 45 overs (Madhusudan Agarwal 65: S Binay Kumar 4/58) beat Rayagada 160/10 in 32.1 overs (Sisir Parida 3/17) by 106 runs.