CUTTACK 05-Apr-2016
Home favourites Cuttack-A regained the Kalahandi Cup when they trounced Rourkela by an innings and 76 runs on the penultimate day of their four-day final match of the Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground here today. Cuttack-A had last won the prestigious trophy in 2014. Top- order batsman Aravind Singh and young off-spinner Subham Nayak put up impressive performance for Cuttack-A, scoring a century and bagging six wickets for 49 runs respectively in the final match.
Champions Cuttack-A received a cash award of Rs 20,000 and runners-up Rourkela were given Rs 15,000. Asirbad Behera, Hony Secretary, Odisha Cricket Association, graced the prize distribution ceremony as chief guest.
Cuttack-A qualified for the final by taking a first-innings lead of 273 runs against defending champions Bhubaneswar-A in their three-day semifinal, which ended in draw. The other semifinal between Rourkela and Bhubaneswar-B also ended in draw at DRIEMS Stadium in Tangi. But as the first innings of both the sides could not be completed, Rourkela qualified for the final by virtue of haing higher net run rate (1.508 vs 0.971).
In the quarterfinals, Bhubaneswar-A and Rourkela scripted outright wins, defeating Cuttack-B and Jajpur by two wickets and 103 runs respectively. But Cuttack-A and Bhubaneswar-B qualified for the last-four stage by taking first-innings lead in respective quarterfinal contests, which ened in draw against Boudh and East Coast Railway respectively.
Earlier, four teams from Group A (Cuttack-A, East Coast Railway, Bhubaneswar-A and Jajpur), three from Group B (Bhubaneswar-B, Cuttack-B and Rourkela) and one from Group C (Boudh) advanced to the last-eight stage. The 105 matches of the tournament produced two double hundreds, 46 hundreds, 236 fifties and 195 hauls of four or more wickets in an innings. Among outstanding individual performers, Boudh bowler Manoj Kumar Nayak achieved a glorious feat, bagging all 10 wickets in an innings and a total of 15 in their Group C-II league match against Kalahandi.
Bikash Kumar Rout of Dhenkanal also tasted excellent bowling success, scalping nine wickets in an innings and a total of 16 in their Group C-I match against Malkangiri. Bhubaneswar-A bowler Sultan Ahmad achieved the only hat-trick of the tournament in their quarterfinal tie against Cuttack-B. Cuttack-A allrounder Biplab Samantray stood tall among batsmen, hitting one unbeaten double century each in the quarterfinal against Boudh and semifinal against Bhubaneswar-A.
RESULTS:
GROUP-A LEAGUE (Two-day matches):
February 13-14:
Match No 1 (At Sunshine Ground): Sambalpur 268/10 in 75 overs (Abhinash Nanda 72, Sudhir Taria 41, Abhas Bishi 37, Debabrata Pradhan 31, Sk Jahangir 28, Sayed Zaki 20; Suman Mishra 4/19, Pitambar Bisoi 2/34, Dinesh Sahoo 2/110) and 2/25 in 8 overs (Lalu Mohanty 1/8, Suman Mishra 1/12) drew with Puri 248/10 in 77 overs (Dinesh Sahoo 49, Sk Salman 45, Lalu Mohanty 34, Dibyajyoti Rath 30, Suman Mishra 27 n.o; Debabrata Pradhan 6/49, Prasant Thakkar 2/37, Sk Zahangir 2/60). Sambalpur 3 points, Puri 1 point.
Match No 2 (At Ravenshaw Ground-1): Sundargarh 93/10 in 29.4 overs (Suraj Singh 38, Prashant Dash 21; Subham Nayak 7/31, Soumendra Das 2/15) and 107/10 in 39.4 overs (Sarat Minz 34, Bikash Choudhury 28; Dhiraj Singh 5/8, Alok Sahoo 2/16, Soumendra Das 2/20) lost to Cuttack-A 236/5 decl in 40.4 overs (Bikash Pati 86, Rajesh Dhuper 55, Biplab Samantray 50, Soubhagya Mishra 22; Harisankar Pati 2/58, Suraj Singh 2/76) by an innings and 36 runs. Cuttack-A 7 points, Sundargarh 0.
Match No 3 (At Bidanasi Ground): East Coast Railway 320/10 in 90 overs (Ankit Yadav 91, Girija Rout 66, Avisekh Yadav 63, Prasant Sahoo 25; Basant Mohanty 5/50, Preetsingh Chouhan 3/86) drew with Bhubaneswar-A 224/10 in 79.2 overs (Santanu Mishra 145 n.o; Malaya Ranjan Jena 3/47, Priyatosh Paramanik 2/26, Jayanta Behera 2/32, Lagnajit Samal 2/36). East Coast Rly 3 points, Bhubaneswar-A 1.
Match No 4 (At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Jajpur 203/10 in 73.4 overs (Subhrajit Singh 74, Amin Iqbal Khan 40, Lelin Bal 27; Nilu Pradhan 4/36, Rakesh Sharma 3/29, Sumit Moharana 2/42) and 7/150 in 48 overs (Sibabrata Bhoi 82, Abhilash Routray 23; Piyush Acharya 3/5, Sudipta Swain 2/59) drew with Khurda 146/10 in 53.4 overs (Rakesh Patnaik 41, Anirudh Choudhury 33, Sk Salam 33; Papu Ray 6/34, Sk Azharudin 2/27). Jajpur 3 points, Khurda 1.
Match No 5 (At Nimpur Ground): Bargarh 349/9 in 85 overs (Dipesh Kumar 102 n.o, Sourabh Rawat 83, Debendra S Kunwar 47, Bikash Pradhan 45; Kailash Das 3/42, Susanta K Behera 2/55, Birendra Singh 2/72) beat Balasore 49/10 in 39.1 overs (Pardesi Nishad 4/33, Ajit Kumar Yadav 3/10, Dipesh Kumar 2/2) and 202/10 in 50.1 overs (Noutam Bhanja 84, Jayakrushna Nayak 58; Bikash Pradhan 3/0, Ajit Yadav 3/45, Pardesi Nishad 2/47) by an innings and 98 runs. Bargarh 7 points, Balasore 0.
Match No 6 (At BOSE Ground): Balangir 84/10 in 32 overs (Rahul Sahoo 23, Bikash Mohapatra 23; Raj Kishan Patel 7/24) and 184/10 in 60.5 overs (Babulu Sethi 54, Bikash Mahapatra 33, Sudhir Nag 25, Rahul Sahoo 22, Golak Bihari Singhdeo 22; Raj Kishan Patel 3/51, Sagar Rout 2/11, Preetamjit Das 2/48) lost to Jharsuguda 218/10 in 48.5 overs (Md Shah Alam 108, Kamlesh Sharma 51; Sonu Sah 3/26, Prabin K Acharya 3/49, Babulu Sethi 2/50) and 3/51 in 9.2 overs (Babulu Sethy 2/12) by 7 wkts. Jharsuguda 6 points, Balangir 0.
February 15-16:
Match No 7 (At Sunshine Ground): Khurda 210/10 in 70.1 overs (Sk Salam 90, Rupak Jena 31, Rakesh Pattnaik 25, Nilu Pradhan 21; Suraj Singh 4/74, Hari Shankar Pati 3/73) and 75/5 in 20 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 24, Arya Debasis Bhatta 24 n.o; Hari Shankar Pati 3/19) drew with Sundargarh 345/9 decl in 84.5 overs (T Sunil Dora 117, Sanjay Dash 74, Abhinab Mishra 33, Sarat Minz 30, Puskar Singh 26, Sanoj Mahanand 21; Rupak Jena 4/110, Sudipta Swain 2/38). Sundargarh 3 pts, Khurda 1.
Match No 8 (At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Sambalpur 162/10 in 71 overs (Debabrata Pradhan 40, Khusal Patel 30, Sudhir Taria 29; Basant Mohanty 4/39, Kartik Biswal 3/44, Amitav Rout 2/13) and 62/10 in 41.1 overs (Basant Mohanty 6/20, Kartik Biswal 4/17) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 245/10 in 60.5 overs (Satyajit Sabat 58, Gourav Mohapatra 42, Kartik Biswal 33, Santanu Mishra 28, Amitav Rout 26 n.o, Basant Mohanty 25; Sayed Zaki 5/77) by an innings and 17 runs. Bhubaneswar-A 7 pts, Sambalpur 0.
Match No 9 (At Bidanasi Ground): Bargarh 84/10 in 40 overs (Dhiraj Singh 4/31, Alok Sahoo 3/23, Subham Nayak 2/10) and 81/10 in 39.3 overs (Anilraj Meher 22; Dhiraj Singh 5/13, Alok Chandra Sahoo 3/16) lost to Cuttack-A 266/8 decl in 49 overs (Bikash Pati 92, Soubhagya Mishra 54, Sheshdeep Patra 47, Alok Sahoo 22; Sourav Rawat 5/65, Pardeshi Nishad 3/75) by an innings and 101 runs. Cuttack-A- 7 pts, Bargarh 0.
Match No 10 (At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Balasore 152/10 in 50.5 overs (Dibyasakti Chakraborty 36, Ronald Das 35, Nautam Bhanj 24, Sarbeswar Mohanty 21; Pappu Ray 5/39, Abhilash Routray 2/17) and 105/10 in 58.1 overs (Jayakrushna Nayak 46, Subasish Panda 26; Pappu Ray 8/37) lost to Jajpur 298/10 in 66.5 overs (Mozakir Ali Khan 73, Pradit Rout 67, Amin Iqbal Khan 53, Pappu Ray 29, Abhilash Routray 25; Subhasis Panda 6/53, Subhashankar Behera 2/52) by an innings and 41 runs. Jajpur 7 pts, Balasore 0.
Match No 11 (At Nimpur Ground): Jharsuguda 101/10 in 41.3 overs (Md Shah Alam 26, Sagar K Rout 20, Yasin Quereshi 20; Jayanta Behera 3/10, Ankit Yadav 3/25, Priyatosh Parmanik 2/20, Lagnajit Samal 2/22) and 44/10 in 22.2 overs (Jayant Behera 4/16, Priyatosh Parmanik 3/3, Ankit Yadav 3/9) lost to East Coast Railway 261/5 decl in 58 overs (Girija Rout 113*, Subit Biswal 53, Prashant Sahoo 47; Ranjan Sahoo 2/66, Pritamjeet Das 2/78) by an innings and 116 runs. East Coast Railway 7 pts, Jharsuguda 0.
Match No 12 (At SCB Medical Ground): Puri 200/10 in 50.1 overs (Sk Salam 60, Dipak Majhi 33, Dibyajyoti Rath 27, Sadhan Mishra 22, Patitapaban Satpathy 20; Sonu Sah 4/42, Babulu Sethi 3/50, Prabin Acharya 2/50) and 147/6 decl in 36 overs (Dibyajyoti Rath 51, Sadhan Mishra 25, Suman Mishra 21*, Lalu Mohanty 20*; Anshuman Mishra 3/27, Prabin Acharya 2/31) beat Balangir 121/10 in 46.3 overs (Anshuman Mishra 41; Dinesh Sahoo 7/48, Lalu Mohanty 2/33) 146/10 in 37.5 overs (Manas Sahani 43, Bikash Mohapatra 35*, Ayushkant Panda 27; Dinesh Sahoo 3/54, Dipak Majhi 2/13, Lalu Mohanty 2/19, Pitambar Bisoi 2/21) by 80 runs. Puri 6 pts, Balangir 0.
February 18-19:
Match No 13 (At Sunshine Ground): Balasore 50/10 in 25 overs (Dhiraj Singh 5/4, Alok Sahoo 3/20) and 94/10 in 42.5 overs (Dibyasakti Chakraborty 56; Subham Nayak 5/30, Dhiraj Singh 4/26) lost to Cuttack-A 172/8 decl in 44 overs (Sheshdeep Patra 63, Niranjan Behera 39; Sarbeswar Mohanty 4/32) by an innings and 28 runs. Cuttack-A 7 pts, Balasore 0.
Match No 14 (At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Jharsuguda 162/10 in 50 overs (Kamlesh Sharma 49, Ranjan Sahoo 22*, Pritamjeet Das 20; Prashant Thakkar 5/52, Debabrat Pradhan 2/24, Sayed Zaki 2/37) and 175/6 decl in 51 overs (Kamlesh Sharma 48, Puskar Raj 35, Rajkishan Patel 33*, Md. Saha Alam 29*; Prashant Thhakar 2/44, Sayed Zaki 2/50) drew with Sambalpur 106/10 in 47.5 overs (Priya Ranjan Nath 23*; Rajkishan Patel 4/13, Kamlesh Sharma 4/40, Tarun Sha 2/2) and 42/1 in 10 overs (Sayed Zaki 21*) Jharsuguda 3 pts, Sambalpur 1.
Match No 15 (At BOSE Ground): Khurda 193/10 in 64.5 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 82, Jagan Barik 24; Deepesh Kumar 3/34, Pardesi Nishad 3/47, Bikhyat Biswal 2/23) and 76/3 in 25 overs (Bikash K Parida 43, Anirudh Choudhury 25; Pardesi Nishad 2/13) drew with Bargarh 265/9 decl in 72.1 overs (Bikash Pradhan 63, Debendra S Kunwar 67, Prabin Luha 53, Rupak Pradhan 35; Rupak Jena 5/39) Bargarh 3 pts, Khurda 1.
Match No 16 (At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Jajpur 266/10 in 77.1 overs (Abhilash Routray 53, Sibabrata Bhoi 46, Subhrajeet Singh 46, Swagat Nayak 43, Mojakir Ali Khan 23; Hari Shankar Pati 4/76, Suraj Singh 3/76) and 222/9 in 55 overs (Abhilash Routray 49*, Amin Iqbal Khan 49, Sibabrata Bhoi 41; Hari Shankar Pati 3/52, Suraj Singh 3/80) drew with Sundargarh 218/10 in 45.5 overs (Sanoj Mahananda 41, Abhinab Mishra 31, Walter Toppo 25, T Sunil Dora 25, Sanjay Dash 22, Ramakanta Singh 21*; Pappu Ray 7/67) Jajpur 3 pts, Sundargarh 1.
Match No 17 (At Nimpur Ground): Puri 164/10 in 54.5 overs (Rishikesh Das 72, Sk Salman 22, Lalu Mohanty 22; Rakesh Mohapatra 4/29, Basant Mohanty 2/20, Amitav Rout 2/41) and 143/10 in 44.4 overs (Dinesh Sahoo 58, Sk Salman 21; Basant Mohanty 4/39, Rakesh Mohapatra 3/16) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 305/5 decl in 63 overs (Kartik Biswal 160*, Satyajit Sabat 62*, Abhinab Ghosh 46; Suman Mishra 3/58) and 3/1 in 0.4 over (Suman Mishra 1/3) by 9 wkts. Bhubaneswar-A 6 pts, Puri 0.
Match No 18 (At SCB Medical Ground): Balangir 235/10 in 64.3 overs (Babulu Sethi 82, Rahul Sahoo 52, Ayushkant Panda 31, Manas Sahani 27; Jayanta Behera 5/48, Priyatosh Parmanik 2/62) and 104/10 in 27.4 overs (Rahul Sahoo 45, Babulu Sethi 31*; Lagnajit Samal 3/1, Jayanta Behera 3/31, Ankit Yadav 2/16) lost to East Coast Railway 344/8 decl in 55 overs (Abhisek Yadav 118, Sujit Lenka 65, Sameer Mohanty 62, Lagnajit Samal 58; Anshuman Mishra 4/86, Babulu Sethi 4/96) by an innings and 5 runs. EC Railway 7 pts, Balangir 0.
February 20-21:
Match No 19 (At Bidanasi Ground): Balasore 148/10 in 56.1 overs (Nautam Bhanj 37, Milan Gourav Ojha 32, Subasis Panda 20; Harishankar Pati 5/55, Sanjay Das 2/18, Suraj Singh 2/52) and 163/9 in 59 overs (Dibyashakti Chakraborty 37, Sarbeswar Mohanty 24, BN Choudhury 21; Sanjay Das 4/23, Suraj Singh 2/40, Harisankar Pati 2/54) drew with Sundargarh 314/9 decl in 62.3 overs (Bikash Choudhury 125, Sanoj Mahananda 118, Abhinav Mishra 36; Birendra Singh 3/63, Dibyadarshan Dalai 2/32). Sundargarh 3 pts, Balasore 1.
Match No 20 (At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Puri 141/10 in 56.1 overs (Deepak Majhi 56, Pritam Pattnaik 22; Ankit Yadav 4/22, Lagnajit Samal 2/30, Malaya Jena 2/36) and 61/10 in 20.2 overs (Lalu Mohanty 20; Jayant Behera 6/11, Ankit Yadav 3/21) lost to East Coast Railway 312/6 decl in 57.4 overs (Kameswar Barik 85, Subit Biswal 58, Abhishek Yadav 52*, Sandeep Mulia 50, Priyatosh Parmanik 27*; Lalu Mohanty 3/96, Dinesh Sahoo 3/121) by an innings and 110 runs. East Coast Railway 7 pts, Puri 0.
Match No 21 (At DRIEMS Ground): Cuttack-A 303/10 in 71.2 overs (Abinash Nayak 158*, Subhrajit Sahoo 54; Rakesh Sharma 4/80, Sumit Moharana 3/58) and 158/2 in 25 overs (Bikash Pati 82*, Soubhagya Mishra 40, Abhilash Mallick 23) drew with Khurda 208/10 in 80.3 overs (Anirudh Choudhury 89, Aryashree Debasish Bhatt 43; Subham Nayk 3/56, Sheshdeep Patra 3/36, Tarakanta Samal 2/36). Cuttack-A 3 pts, Khurda 1.
Match No 22 (At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Balangir 191/10 in 42.5 overs (Rahul Sahu 74, Babulu Sethi 58; Sk Jahangir 5/66, Debabrata Pradhan 3/20) and 165/10 in 39.3 overs (Ayashkant Panda 41, Bikash Mohapatra 39, Babulu Sethi 30, Ranjit Singh Sangha 20; Sayed Zaki 5/34, Debabrat Pradhan 2/7, Prasant Thakkar 2/25) lost to Sambalpur 364/7 decl in 64 overs (Sayed Zaki 106*, Uditansu Parida 76, Sk Jahangir 50*, Abinash Nanda 40, Biswajeet Thakur 21; Ranjit Singh Sangha 3/91, Sonu Sah 2/27) by an innings and 8 runs. Sambalpur 7 pts, Balangir 0.
Match No 23 (At BOSE Ground): Jajpur 194/10 in 66 overs (Subhrajit Singh 44, Lelin Bal 30*, Ankus Mohanty 27, Mozakir Ali Khan 20, Amin Iqbal Khan 20; Sourav Rawat 3/28, Bikhyat Biswal 3/41, Dipesh Kumar 2/38) and 206/6 in 42 overs (Ankush Mohanty 66, Pradeep Rout 61; Saurabh Rawat 2/38) drew with Bargarh 290/5 decl in 68.2 overs (Anilraj Meher 116, Prabin Luha 57, Devendra Kunwar 42, Sourabh Rawat 27*; Mojakir Ali Khan 2/17). Bargarh 3 pts, Jajpur 1.
Match No 24 (At SCB Medical Ground): Bhubaneswar-A 253/10 in 77 overs (Kartik Biswal 63, Satyajit Sabat 52, Abhinab Ghosh 38, Gourav Mohapatra 29; Md Saha Arman 3/23, Sanjay Chhatria 2/41, Tarun Sah 2/46) and 113/4 in 31 overs (Gourav Mohapatra 35, Santanu Mishra 25, Avinab Ghosh 23*; Sanjay Chhatriya 2/29) drew with Jharsuguda 116/10 in 53 overs (Kamlesh Sharma 45*, Sagar Rout 20; Amitab Rout 4/31, Kartik Biswal 3/30). Bhubaneswar-A 3 pts, Jharsuguda 1.
February 23-24:
Match No 25 (At Bidanasi Ground): Sundargarh 267/10 in 72.1 overs (T Sunil Dora 60, Abhinav Mishra 56, Suraj Singh 42, Sanjay Dash 36, Sanoj Mahananda 35; Ajit Yadav 3/47, Pardeshi Nishad 3/84, Dipesh Kumar 2/73) and 196/3 in 42 overs (Abhinav Mishra 95, Walter Toppo 51, Suraj Singh 43; Sourav Rawat 2/59) drew with Bargarh 206/10 in 55.2 overs (Debendra Kunwar 59, Md Salim 49, Bikash Pradhan 21, Prabin Loha 20; Harishankar Pati 9/91). Sundargarh 3 pts, Bargarh 1.
Match No 26 (At Barabati Stadium): East Coast Railway 379/9 decl in 90 overs (Girija Rout 95, Kameswar Barik 85, Ankit Yadav 69, Malaya Jena 47*, Sameer Mohanty 26; Prashant Thakkar 5/124) and 71/1 in 13 overs (Sujit Lenka 40, Sandeep Mulia 30*) drew with Sambalpur 161/10 in 64.1 overs (Priya Ranjan Nath 43, Abhas Bishi 35, Debabrata Pradhan 35; Girija Rout 3/16, Jayanta Behera 3/27, Lagnajit Samal 2/45). East Coast Railway 3 points, Sambalpur 1.
Match No 27 (At Nimpur Ground): Jharsuguda 218/10 in 54.3 overs (Raj Kishan Patel 59, Puskar Raj 33, Keshav Singh 27, Kumar Pritam 23, Sagar Rout 20; Dinesh Sahoo 5/119, Suman Mishra 3/39) and 144/10 in 41.2 overs (Md Saha Arman 32*, Pritamjit Das 25, Keshav Singh 22; Lalu Mohanty 6/27, Dinesh Sahoo 2/43, Deepak Majhi 2/48) beat Puri 108/10 in 33 overs (Deepak Majhi 51, Patitapaban Satpathy 20; Rajkishan Patel 4/24, Sagar Rout 2/3) and 120/10 in 36.1 overs (Rishikesh Das 29, Suman Mohapatra 25; Sagar Rout 6/58, Rajkishan Patel 3/11) by 134 runs. Jharsuguda 6 pts, Puri 0.
Match No 28 (At Sunshine Ground): Khurda 331/10 in 89 overs (Arya Debasis Bhatta 102, Rakesh Pattnaik 59, Anirudh Choudhary 48, Ranjeet Paikray 43, Bikash Parida 26, Jagan Barik 24; Birendra Singh 5/89) and 96/4 in 31 overs (Arya Debasis Bhatt 58*, Anirudh Choudhary 20*; Sarbeswar Mohanty 3/13) drew with Balasore 148/10 in 42 overs (Ronald Das 51, Dibyasakti Chakraborty 45, Sarbeswar Mohanty 22; Rupak Jena 4/55, Rakesh Pattnaik 3/9). Khurda 3 pts, Balasore 1.
Match No 29 (At BOSE Ground): Balangir 67/10 in 24 overs (Kartik Biswal 4/3, Rakesh Mohapatra 3/21, Preet Singh Chohan 2/13) and 67/10 in 16 overs (Ayashkant Panda 23; Kartik Biswal 8/38) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 250/4 decl in 45 overs (Abhinab Ghose 103, Satyajit Sabat 53*, Barun Jena 49; Babulu Sethi 2/69, Sonu Kumar Sah 2/93) by an innings and 116 runs. Bhubaneswar-A 7 pts, Balangir 0.
Match No 30 (At SCB Medical Ground): Cuttack-A 305/7 in 90 overs (Ramachandra Behera 100*, Bikash Pati 60, Md Hasim 40, Dhiraj Singh 41*; Papu Ray 3/91, Mojakirali Khan 2/43) and 162/5 in 36 overs (Niranjan Behera 40, Rajesh Duper 37*, Subrat Samal 36, Alok Sahoo 33; Papu Ray 2/58) drew with Jajpur 116/10 in 38.4 overs (Mojakir Ali Khan 28, Abhilas Routray 27; Subham Nayak 4/31, Dhiraj Singh 3/26, Alok Sahoo 2/38). Cuttack-A 3 pts, Jajpur 1.
