Semifinalists spotted u-19 cricket

Bhubaneswar ``A``, Cuttack ``A``, Jharsuguda and Cuttack ``B`` secured the four semifinal places after winning the last round of super league matches of the Inter-District Under-19 Cricket Tournament at Cuttack today. Fine all-round performance by Debasis Parida (5 wickets and 21 runs) helped Cuttack ``B`` trounce Bhubaneswar ``B`` by eight wickets. Ankit Yadav shone with both bat and ball (63 not out and 2 wickets) to guide Jharsuguda to a two-wicket win over Mayurbhanj. Cuttack ``A`` owed their 13-run victory over Ganjam to Asmit Rout, who bowled beautifully to return home with five wickets. Narendra Das cracked a fluent half-century to fashion a convincing seven-wicket triumph over Paradip. Brief scores: At Sunshine ground: Bhubaneswar ``B`` 50/10 in 20.2 overs (Debasis Parida 5/20, Sanujit Samal 4/9) lost to Cuttack ``B`` 51/2 in 15.4 overs (S Moinuddin 21 n.o, Debasis Parida 21) by 8 wkts. At Ravenshaw ground-I: Mayurbhanj 165/10 in 46.2 overs (Shakti Prasad Patra 30: Ankit Yadav 2/13, Jayaprakash 2/20) lost to Jharsuguda 168/8 in 45.2 overs (Ankit Yadav 63 n.o, S Ram 32, T Maity 31: Harishankar Ghosh 3/33) by 2 wkts. At Nimpur ground: Cuttack ``A`` 91/10 in 33 overs (Satyen Mohanty 27: Bharadwaj Purohit 3/7, Satyajit Behera 2/24, Dipankar Mohanty 2/26) beat Ganjam 78/10 in 33.5 overs (Siddhant Gangadev 37: Asmit Rout 5/20, Lagnajit Samal 2/13, Alok Sahu 2/20) by 13 runs. At Engineering school ground: Paradip 122/10 in 31.4 overs (Sambhunath Behera 40: Amitav Rout 3/24, Sumitosh Praharaj 2/12, Suvendu Padhi 2/27, Swagat Mohapatra 2/40) lost to Bhubaneswar ``A`` 125/3 in 21.5 overs (Narendra Das 51, Susojit Mohanty 26 n.o) by 7 wkts.

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