Batsmen`s day in State u-16 tournament

Batsmen dominated the day as three among them scored a century each in the Inter-District (under-16) Cricket Tournament at Cuttack today. Century makers included Prasant Bhoi (160) of Bhubaneswar, Ranjit Singh (150) of Rourkela and Rakesh Roshan Baliarsingh (105) of Khurda. Ranjit also shone with the ball by bagging three wickets. Jagatsinghpur’s S Nasiruddin was the most successful bowler of the day, bagging six wickets for 24 against Rayagada. Sambalpur’s Shiv Sankar Mohapatra was another bowler to return with a five-wicket haul. Brief scores: At Baliyatra ground: Rourkela (386/8 in 50 overs) beat Sonepur (112/10 in 23.2 overs) by 274 runs. At Darabar ground: Kendrapara (153/10 in 39.4 overs) lost to Cuttack-B (154/9 in 29.4 overs) by 1 wkt. At Bidanasi ground-I: Rayagada (66/10 in 13.3 overs) lost to Jagatsinghpur (67/4 in 8.5 overs) by 6 wkts. At Potapokhari ground: Jharsuguda (235/10 in 42.3 overs) beat Bolangir (141/10 in 31.5 overs) by 94 runs. At SCB Medical ground: Khurda (288/8 in 50 overs) beat Phulbani (82/10 in 28.2 overs) by 206 runs. At RK Vidyapitha ground: Sambalpur (137/10 in 33.3 overs) beat Boudh (95/10 in 30.5 overs) by 42 runs. At Nimpur ground: Bhadrak (89/10 in 34.3 overs) beat Angul (52/10 in 16.3 overs) by 27 runs. At Sunshine ground: Jajpur (299/10 in 46.5 overs) beat Puri (114/10 in 25 overs) by 185 runs. At Ravenshaw ground-I: Sundargarh (149/10 in 36 overs) beat Nuapara (83/10 in 18.2 overs) by 66 runs. At Ravenshaw ground-II: Balasore (207/10 in 46.2 overs) lost to Bargarh (210/9 in 47.1 overs) by 1 wkt. At Bidanasi ground-II: Bhubaneswar-A (372/10 in 49 overs) beat Mayurbhanj (203/10 in 36.4 overs) by 169 runs. At Barabati Stadium: Cuttack-A (289/8 in 50 overs) beat Paradeep (66/10 in 26.2 overs) by 223 runs.