CUTTACK 07-Apr-2013 284
Cuttack-A thrashed Cuttack-B in the high-scoring final by 10 wickets to emerge champions in the Under-19 Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Barabati Stadium here today. The four-day match ended in two days, producing a total of 1157 runs. As many as 644 runs were scored off 106 overs on the opening day itself.
In reply to Cuttack-B’s first innings total of 327, Cuttack-A declared at 453 for eight. Trailing by 126 runs in the first innings, Cutack-B made 249 in the second essay, thanks to a half-century each by Mohammad Akram, Pratik Anurag Das and Pradip Das. Kanhu Behera was most successful Cuttack-A bowler, scalping six wickets for 46 runs. Chasing 124 for win, Cuttack-A capitalised on an unbeaten half-century each by Sandip Kar and Debapriya Patnaik to romp home in 18.2 overs.
BRIEF SCORES:
FINAL (April 6 & 7): Cuttack-B 327-10 in 73 overs (Girija Barik 105, Rajesh Dhuppar 70, Swagat Das 52 n.o, Abinash Nayak 38; Prabhudatta Patnaik 5-35, Pintu Sharma 3-57, Md Hasim 2/43) and 249-10 in 30.3 overs (Md Akram 87, Pratik Anurag Das 63, Pradip Das 62; Kanhu Behera 6-46, Suman Mohanty 2-92) lost to Cuttack-A scored 453-8 decl in 49.1 overs (Chandrasekhar Das 85 n.o, Debapriya Patnaik 62, Subhrajit Parija 60, Smruti Ranjan Rath 57, Pratyush Choudhury 54, Pintu Sharma 51, Md Hasim 51, Kanhu Behera 23; Jaganath Gota 3-17, Abinash Behera 3-21) and 128-0 in 18.2 overs (Sandip Kar 64 n.o, Debapriya Patnaik 58 n.o) by 10 wkts.
SEMIFINALS (April 2 to 5):
Cuttack-A 623-7 decl in 125.1 overs (Sanoj Mahananda 259, Suvendu Samal 128, Subhrajyoti Mishra 30; Swagat Routray 5-105) and 392-10 in 113.5 overs (Pratik Tripathy 91, Srijay Mohanty 72, Mohammad Hasim 60, Subhrajyoti Mishra 57, Suman Mohanty 42, Sanoj Mahananda 25; Swagat Routray 3-69, Asis Pradhan 2-17, Jyoti Bardhan Mohanty 2-65, Abhisek Panda 2-66) beat Bhubaneswar-B 145-10 in 49.5 overs (Dibyajyoti Pradhan 33, Kartik Biswal 31; Asutosh Das 6-42, Debapriya Patnaik 2-18, Srijay Mohanty 2-19) and 163-10 in 46.3 overs (Gouri Shankar Biswal 57, Sarthak Priyadarsi 45; Raj Kiran Panda 5-32, Suman Mohanty 4-69) by 707 runs.
Jharsuguda 103-10 in 64.4 overs (Amit Bhoi 38; Sidhartha Sinha 5-25, Benu Patra 3-16) and 94-10 in 34.3 overs (Mohammad Saha Alam 31; Benu Charan Patra 7-36, Tarakanta Samal 2-20) lost to Cuttack-B 177-10 in 83.1 overs (Benu Charan Patra 43, Abinash Nayak 40; Raj Kishan Patel 4-47, Tarun Saha 2-26, Saha Afgan 2-29) and 21-0 in 4.5 overs (RC Behera 12 n.o) by 10 wkts.
