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Excellent performance by all-rounder Suvalaxmi Rout enabled Cuttack win the Inter-District Women Cricket Tournament at Derabisi in Kendrapara today. Suvalaxmi bagged five wickets as Cuttack crushed Bhubaneswar in the final by seven wickets.
Orissa Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera handed over the trophy and a cash prize of Rs 10,000 to the champion side. Earlier in the semifinals, Bhubaneswar pulveries Jajpur by 10 wickets, while Cuttack prevailed over Dhenkanal by 48 runs.
BRIEF SCORES:
Final: Bhubaneswar: 70/10 in 25 overs (K Sahu 31: Suvalaxmi Rout 5/20, Ankita Das 2/15) lost to Cuttack: 72/3 in 19.3 overs (Madhusmita Behera 36, Suvalaxmi Rout 19).
Semifinals: Jajpur 8/10 in 9.5 overs (Sony Sahani Das 5/3, Dibyadarshini Pradhan 4/5) lost to Bhubaneswar (9/0 in 5 overs).
Cuttack 123/10 in 42.1 overs (Ankita Das 30; Lasyamayee Dev 3/15, Sumitra Sahoo 2/15) beat Dhenkanal 75/10 in 36.4 overs (Madhusmita Behera 2/11, Lipika Das 2/12).
