Cuttack-A crowned U-19 inter-district cricket champions

Cuttack-A emerged champions in the Under-19 Inter-District Cricket Tournament by virtue of taking first innings lead against Bhubaneswar-A in the rain-marred three-day final match, which ended in a draw here at Barabati Stadium today. In reply to a modest first-innings total of 240 by Bhubaneswar-A, Cuttack-A were 302 for seven at stumps on the final day.

Champion Cuttack A received a cash award of Rs 15,000 and runners-up Bhubaneswar-A Rs 10,000. Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) treasurer Satya Mohanty and joint-secretary Sanjib Kumar Dutta graced the presentation ceremony as chief guest and guest of honour respectively. OCA U-19 coach Rashmi Ranjan Parida, OCA junior selectors Shovan Deb, Deepak Mangraj, Subash Chandra Mohanty, Biswabharati Cricket Club treasurer Sushanta Mohanty and OCA chief co-ordinator Daniel Rout were present on the occasion.

In the semifinals, Bhubaneswar-A came from behind to beat Balasore by five wickets, while Cuttack-A qualified for the final by taking first-innings against Jajpur in the other semifinal, which ended in a draw.

Cuttack-A and Balasore registered outright wins in their quarterfinal matches against Rourkela and Sundargarh respectively. Bhubaneswar-A and Jajpur booked berths in the last-four stage by taking first-innings lead against Bolangir and Cuttack-B respectively in the other quarterfinal matches, wich ended in draws. Satyajit Sabat cornered glory for Bhubaneswar-A, scoring a century in both the innings of their quarterfinal match.

Earlier, Cuttack-A, Bhubaneswar-A, Sundargarh and Jajpur from Group-A; Cuttack-B, Balasore and Rourkela from Group-B and Bolangir from Group-C booked berths in quarterfinals. Cuttack-A emeged Group A-I toppers with 20 points, winning all five of their league matches, while Sundargarh finished second with 16 points from four wins. Bhubaneswar-A topped Group A-II with 20 points from five wins, while Jajpur came second with 14 points from three wins and one tied result.

Cuttack-B and Balasore secure the other two quarterfinal berths from Group-B by winning all five of their league matches. Cuttack-B topped Group B-I with 20 points, while Balasore emerged Group B-II winners also with 20 points. Rourkela beat Puri in the Group-B qualifying match by 19 runs today to capture the last quarterfinal ticket

Bolangir reached the last-eight stage, beating Kalahandi by seven wickets in their qualifying match. The tournament is being conducted by Odisha Cricket Association at different grounds in Cuttack and Bhubaneswar from March 30.

RESULTS:
GROUP-C LEAGUE (50-over matches):
MARCH 30:
Match No 1
(BOSE Ground): Nabarangpur 186/10 in 47.4 overs (Mirza Tanveer Baig 53*, Surendra Kumar 50, Sheikh Abdul Riaz 36; Sunil Naik 4/40, Subham Dash 2/26, Sujit Naik 2/43) beat Deogarh 85/10 in 32 overs (Prakash Sahu 19; Sheikh Abdul Riaz 5/26, Surendra Kumar 2/7, Sagar Beborta 2/25) by 101 runs. Nabarangpur 4 points, Deogarh 0. Umpires: Sumendra Patra, Niranjan Patri. Scorer: Biraj Das.
Match No 2 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Phulbani 153/10 in 41.3 overs (Amaresh Konhar 34, Preetam Bal 29, Sri Kranti 23; Manoj K Samal 3/32) lost to Paradeep 154/6 in 27.3 overs (Prince K Singh 56, Gourav Routray 37; Ashis Behera 3/26) by 4 wkts. Paradeep 4 pts, Phulbani 0. Umpires: Chinmay Kumar Das, Biswambar Maharana. Scorer: Akhaya Mohanty.
Match No 3 (Sunshine Ground): Kalahandi 154/10 in 38.4 overs (Srikant Behera 28; Jagdish P Reddy 4/26, Biswajit Tripathy 3/33, Priyansu K Behera 2/29) beat Gajapati 129 in 33.5 overs (Sai Arankshit Pradhan 28, Dillip Goura Sethi 22; Srikant Behera 4/16, Ashutosh Raju 3/30, Subhankar Mishra 2/14) by 25 runs. Kalahandi 4 pts, Gajapati 0. Umpires: Bulu Pattanayak, Atish Ray. Scorer: Govinda Behera.
Match No 4 (Nimpur Ground): Dhenkanal 290/7 in 50 overs (Anwesh Das 80, Kanha Bhutia 51, B Surya Roshan 56, Bimalshree Biswal 21; Soumya Ranjan Sahoo 4/50, Ramakrushna Pala 2/54) beat Boudh 112/10 in 36.3 overs (Tapas Panda 26; Prava Ranjan Behura 3/23, B Surya Roshan 2/15, Ajit Rout 2/27) by 178 runs. Dhenkanal 4 pts, Boudh 0. Umpires: Ranjit Maharana, Asutosh Pani. Scorer: Bibekananda Rout.
Match No 5 (Ravenshaw Ground- I): Sonepur 150/10 in 43.3 overs (Bibhuti Mallick 52, Saishyam Mohanty 41; Shyam Bachha 5/17, Ansuman Mishra 3/23) lost to Bolangir 151/6 in 34.4 overs (Rituraz Chattar 32, Shyam Bachha 25, Sushant Meher 22; Bibhuti Mallick 2/5, Ratha Sethi 2/50) by 4 wkts. Bolangir 4 pts, Sonepur 0. Umpires: Satyabrata Mohapatra, Biswajit Mohanty. Scorer: Sandeep Jee.
Match No 6 (Bidanasi Ground): Rayagada 228/9 in 50 overs (Sravan Bunga 77, Harshad Bunga 32*, Sk Alimudin 28, Pranab Prakash 20; Arun Behera 2/23, Govind Sagaria 2/32, Nikash Padhi 2/40) beat Malkangiri 175/10 in 37.5 overs (CH Sagar Kumar 42, Dinesh Halua 41, Harish Nayak 37; Sk Alimudin 3/20, Rahul Nayak 3/33, Harshad Bunga 2/39) by 53 runs. Rayagada 4 pts, Malkangiri 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, Biswajit Purohit. Scorer: RAshmi Ranjan Malla.
MARCH 31:
Match No 7
(BOSE Ground): Rayagada 50/10 in 15.4 overs (Sailesh Pattnaik 4/22, Ansuman Mishra 2/11) lost to Bolangir 53/1 in 9.3 overs (Ruturaj Chattar 26*; Rahul Nayak 1/27) by 9 wkts. Bolangir 4 pts, Rayagada 0. Umpires: Sumendra Patra, Niranjan Patri. Scorer: Biraj Das.
Match No 8 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Sonepur 242/9 in 50 overs (Bibhuti Bhusan Mallick 89, Rajesh Ranjan Das 51*, Sai Shyam Mohanty 33; Sovendeo Behera 3/27, Ramakrushna Pala 2/26, Soumya Ranjan Sahoo 2/50, Sudipta Mishra 2/48) beat Boudh 195/10 in 45.2 overs (Ramakrushna Pala 50, Sourav Sawan Sahu 33; Bibhuti Bhusan Mallick 2/2, Chittaranjan Podha 2/20, Sai Shyam Mohanty 2/58, Bikash Pradhan 2/42) by 47 runs. Sonepur 4 pts, Boudh 0. Umpires: Chinmaya Kumar Das, Biswambar Maharana. Scorer: Akhaya Mohanty.
Match No 9 (Sunshine Ground): Nabarangpur 178/10 in 40.1 overs (Surendra Kumar 50, Sk Abdul Riaz 29; Gaurav Routray 3/29, Kissan Rath 3/41) beat Paradeep 108/10 in 24.5 overs (Gourav Routroy 24; Sagar Beborta 5/27, Sheikh Abdul Riaz 3/18) by 70 runs. Nabarangpur 4 pts, Paradeep 0. Umpires: Bulu Pattanayak, Atish Ray. Scorer: Govinda Behera.
Match No 10 (Nimpur Ground): Gajapati 215/10 in 49.1 overs (Anurag Kanojia 52, Manoranjan Tripathy 45, Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 28; Nanda Kishore Palei 3/38, Saipriya Dash 3/42, Amaresh Kanhar 2/37) beat Phulbani 75/10 in 24.5 overs (Jyoti Ranjan Dalal 5/20, Manoranjan Tripahty 2/10, Biswajit Tripathy 2/14) by 140 runs. Gajapati 4 pts, Phulbani 0. Umpires: Ranjit Maharana, Asutosh Pani. Scorer: Bibekananda Rout.
Match No 11 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Malkangiri 99/10 in 23.5 overs (Dinesh Kumar 46; Pravanjan Behera 3/15, Anwesh Das 3/16, Ajit Rout 2/22) lost to Dhenkanal 100/3 in 20.4 overs (Anwesh Das 25*, Bimalashree Biswal 25*, Chitta Ranjan Parida 22; Arun Behera 3/47) by 7 wkts. Dhenkanal 4 pts, Malkangiri 0. Umpires: Satyabrata Mohapatra, Biswajit Mohanty. Scorer: Sandeep Jee.
Match No 12 (Bidanasi Ground): Kalahandi 115/10 in 37 overs (Subhankar Mishra 21, Rajat Rout 20; Md Abuzar 4/27, Sunil Naik 3/16, Jitendra P Sahu 2/9) beat Deogarh 61/10 in 22.2 overs (Srikant Behera 5/17, Asutosh Raju 2/12, Subhankar Mishra 2/14) by 54 runs. Kalahandi 4 pts, Deogarh 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, Biswajit Purohit. Scorer: Rashmi Ranjan Malla.
APRIL 1:
Match No 13
(BOSE Ground): Bolangir 374/5 in 50 overs (Ayaskant Panda 100, Ruturaj Chattar 94, Susanta Meher 60, Shyam Bachha 48*; Akhil Krushna Das 2/58) beat Boudh 68/10 in 22.3 overs (Kunal Panda 4/13, Ansuman Mishra 4/14) by 306 runs. Bolangir 4 pts, Boudh 0. Umpires: Sumendra Patra, Niranjan Patri. Scorer: Biraj Das.
Match No 14 (SCB Medical Ground): Dhenkanal 220/10 in 49 overs (Anwesh Das 54*, Kanha Bhutia 45, Chittaranjan Parida 42; Rahul Nayak 4/46, Uma Shankar Sahu 2/43) beat Rayagada 123/10 in 41.5 overs (Pranab Prakash 40, Bhubaneswar Maharana 24*, Asish K Surya 22; Ajit Rout 4/27, Pravanjan Behera 4/27) by 97 runs. Dhenkanal 4 pts, Rayagada 0. Umpires: Chinmaya Kumar Das, Biswambar Maharana. Scorer: Basu Sekhar.
Match No 15 (Sunshine Ground): Sonepur 140/10 in 38.5 overs (Saishyam Mohanty 25, Sagar Taria 21, Bibhuti Bhusan Mallick 20; Arun K Behera 4/23, Bitu Saha 2/26) lost to Malkangiri 143/6 in 37 overs (Dinesh Halwa 45, CH Sagar Kumar 31*; Saishyam Mohanty 2/11) by 4 wkts. Malkangiri 4 pts, Sonepur. Umpires: Bulu Pattanayak, Atish Ray. Scorer: Govinda Behera.
Match No 16 (Nimpur Ground): Paradeep 237/10 in 44.2 overs (Kishan Rath 64, Sarthak Parida 51, Debabrat Nayak 34, Anil K Nayak 24; Ayusman Upadhaya 5/34, Md Abzuar 2/41, Priyabrata P Sahu 2/65) beat Deogarh 71/10 in 17.4 overs (Sunil Naik 20; Manoj K Samal 5/16, Dina Nath Yadav 2/26) by 166 runs. Paradeep 4 pts Deogarh 0. Umpires: Ranjit Kumar Maharana, Asutosh Pani. Scorer: Bibekananda Rout.
Match No 17 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Nabarangpur 152/10 in 47.1 overs (Baidyanath Nayak 29, Ranjan Chand 25; Anurag Kanojia 3/24, Chirag Ronak Das 2/23) lost to Gajapati 154/3 in 31.4 overs (Anurag Kanojia 45*, Jyoti Ranjan Dalei 37*, Dilip Sethi 37; Sagar Beborta 2/37) by 7 wkts. Gajapati 4 pts, Nabarangpur 0. Umpires: Satyabrata Mohapatra, Biswajit Mohanty. Scorer: Sandeep Jee.
Match No 18 (Bidanasi Ground): Kalahandi 188/10 in 44 overs (Subham Das 52, Srikant Behera 31, Subhankar Mishra 30; Nanda Kishore Palei 2/21, Amresh Kanhar 2/24, Sai Priya Das 2/38, Asish Behera 2/53) beat Phulbani 152/10 in 48.1 overs (Sri Kranti 34, Amresh Kanhar 31; Subham Das 4/9, Asutosh Raju 3/36) by 36 runs. Kalahandi 4 pts, Phulbani 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, Biswajit Purohit. Scorer: Rashmi Ranjan Malla.
APRIL 3:
Match No 19 (BOSE Ground): Nabarangpur 101/10 in 27.2 overs (Suvankar Mishra 4/20, Asutosh Raju 2/14, Sanath S Tripathy 2/18, Srikant Behera 2/30) lost to Kalahandi 107/3 in 16.4 overs (Debadatta Dhal 35, Rasmi Ranjan Satpathy 24, Malaya Bag 23*; Ansuman Tripathy 2/27) by 7 wkts. Kalahandi 4 pts, Nabarangpur 0. Umpires: Sumendra Patra, Niranjan Patri. Scorer: Biswa Ranjan Das.
Match No 20 (SCB Medical Ground): Deogarh 210/9 in 50 overs (Ayushman Upadhaya 64, Churchil Sethy 34, Dipu Nayak 26; Nanda Kishore Palai 2/34) beat Phulbani 141/9 in 50 overs (Rajat Kiran Mishra 29, Amresh Kanhar 21; Sunil Naik 3/24, Priyabrata P Sahu 3/27, Sujit Naik 2/19) by 69 runs. Deogarh 4 pts, Phulbani 0. Umpires: Bulu Pattnaik, Sabyasachi Saha. Scorer: Basu Sekhar.
Match No 21 (DRIEMS Ground): Rayagada 88/10 in 24.4 overs (Uma Shankar Sahu 27; Shovan Dev Behera 4/6, Tapas Ranjan Panda 4/18) lost to Boudh 89/4 in 18.4 overs (Ashok Sahoo 27; Pranav Prakash 2/20) by 6 wkts. Boudh 4 pts, Rayagada 0. Umpires: Ranjit Moharana, Ashutosh Pani. Scorer: Birabara Nayak.
Match No 22 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Sonepur 250/7 in 50 overs (Bibhuti Bhusan Mallick 85, Ratha Sethy 51, Binod Bhoi 33, Sai Shyam Mohanty 27, Rajesh Ranjan Das 21*; B Suryaroshan 2/39, Anwesh Das 2/47) beat Dhenkanal 239/10 in 47.1 overs (B Surya Roshan 80, Anwesh Das 57, Bimalshree Biswal 27, Kanha Bhutia 26; Rajesh Ranjan Dash 4/24) by 11 runs. Sonepur 4 pts, Dhenkanal 0. Umpires: Satyabrata Mohapatra, Arun Barik. Scorer: Akshaya Mohanty.
Match No 23 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Gajapati 223/10 in 47.4 overs (Anurag Kanojia 62, Durgasish Satpathy 41, Sai Akarshit Pradhan 40, Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 27; Biswajit Patra 5/33, Debadatta Nayak 2/23) beat Paradeep 164/10 in 39.5 overs (Kisan Rath 67, Gourav Routray 37; Manoranjan Tripahty 5/32, Jagdish Paspureddy 2/30) by 59 runs. Gajapati 4 pts, Paradeep 0. Umpires: Chinmaya Das, Puspak Rath. Scorer: Sandeep Jee.
Match No 24 (Bidanasi Ground): Bolangir 181/10 in 41.1 overs (Sushant Meher 46, Ruturaj Chhatar 27, Anshuman Mishra 22, Sailesh Pattnaik 21; Arun K Behera 4/28, Biswajit Karmakar 3/29, Dinesh Halwa 2/24) beat Malkangiri 147/10 in 40.4 overs (Harish Nayak 50, Biswajit Karmakar 35, Ch Sagar Kumar 32; Shyam Bachha 5/27, Kunal Panda 2/39) by 34 runs. Bolangir 4 pts, Malkangiri 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, CP Mohapatra. Scorer: Rashmi Ranjan Malla.
APRIL 4:
Match No 25
(BOSE Ground): Sonepur 176/10 in 44 overs (Bibhuti Bhusan Mallick 36, Sai Shyam Mohanty 30, Chandan Das 27; Sravan Bunga 3/23, Sk Allimudin 3/25, Soumya Ranjan Mallik 2/18) beat Rayagada 120/10 in 41.4 overs (Sk Allimudin 33, Harshad Bunga 23, Ashish K Surya 21; Rajesh Ranjan Das 4/13, Sai Shyam Mohanty 3/19) by 56 runs. Sonepur 4 pts, Rayagada 0. Umpires: Sumendra Patra, Niranjan Patri. Scorer: Biswa Ranjan Das.
Match No 26 (SCB Medical Ground): Kalahandi 211/10 in 44.1 overs (Malaya Bag 47, Subham Das 36, Sanath Tripathy 29, Subankar Mishra 28; Gourav Routray 3/57, Sk Rahat Ali 2/34, Kisan Rath 2/39) beat Paradeep 179/10 in 40.4 overs (Kishan Rath 37, Hardik Tripathy 32, Sarthak Parida 20; Sukhdeep Singh 3/23, Subankar Mishra 3/44) by 32 runs. Kalahandi 4 pts, Paradeep 0. Umpires: Bulu Pattnaik, Sabyasachi Saha. Scorer: Basu Sekhar.
Match No 27 (DRIEMS Ground): Dhenkanal 206/10 in 49.5 overs (Anwesh Das 65, Bharat K Das 51, Kanha Bhutia 31; Kunal Panda 4/30, Sailesh Patnaik 3/46) lost to Bolangir 212/5 in 40.1 overs (Kunal Panda 46, Ruturaj Chhatar 44, Sushanta Meher 40*, Shyam Bachha 32, Manas Ranjan Sahani 22*; Pravanjan Behera 2/49) by 5 wkts. Bolangir 4 pts, Dhenkanal 0. Umpires: Ranjit Moharana, Ashutosh Pani. Scorer: Birabara Nayak.
Match No 28 (Nimpur Ground): Malkangiri 59/10 in 19.4 overs (Subir Sadar 20; Trithananda Mohapatra 3/9, Ramakrishna Pala 2/8) lost to Boudh 60/2 in 9 overs (Asish K Pattanaik 27*) by 8 wkts. Boudh 4 pts, Malkangiri 0. Umpires: Satyabrata Mohapatra, Arun Kumar Barik. Scorer: Bibekananda Rout.
Match No 29 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Nabarangpur 198/10 in 46.1 overs (Baidyanath Nayak 65, Sk Abdul Riaz 42, Ranjan K Chand 21, Ansuman Tripathy 20; Nandakishore Palai 4/16, Rakesh Pattanaik 3/54) beat Phulbani 102/10 in 24.1 overs (Sri Kranti 22; Surendra Kumar 3/12, Somesh Nayak 3/16, Sagar Beborta 2/18) by 96 runs. Nabarangpur 4 pts, Phulbani 0. Umpires: Chinmaya Das, Puspak Rath. Scorer: Biraj Dash.
Match No 30 (Bidanasi Ground): Deogarh 41/10 in 16.5 overs (Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 4/10, Sai Akankshit Pradhan 3/14, Chirag Anurag Das 3/15) lost to Gajapati 44/1 in 4.3 overs (Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 29*) by 9 wkts. Gajapati 4 pts, Deogarh 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, C P Mohapatra. Scorer: Rashmi Ranjan Malla.
APRIL 5:
Match No 31 (Bidanasi Ground): Kalahandi 101/10 in 35 overs (Subham Das 22; Kunal Panda 3/14, Anshuman Mishra 2/19, Babul Panigrahi 2/26) lost to Bolangir 102/3 in 19.5 overs (Rituraj Chhatar 46, Ayushkant Panda 21, Kunal Panda 21; Srikant Behera 2/46) by 7 wkts. Bolangir 4 pts, Kalahandi 0. Umpires: Anand Sahoo, C P Mohapatra. Scorer: Rashmi Ranjan Malla.

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