CUTTACK 06-Jun-2018
Ajay Jain bagged six wickets for 36 runs to enable Balangir beat Koraput by five wickets in their preliminary group league match of the Under-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University ground here today.
Nayagarh defeated Boudh by 123 runs and Deogarh got the better of Ganjam by two wickets in two other matches of the day. The three matches of the day were officiated by umpires Pradeep Jena, Sambit Pattnaik, Chudamani Padhi, Sabyasachi Saha, CP Mohapatra, Anand Sahu and scorers Rashmi Ranjan Malla, Biswa Ranjan Das, Govinda Behera.
BRIEF SCORE:
Match No 4 (Sunshine Ground): Nayagarh 239/9 in 45 overs (Silan Nayak 40, Priyansu Pattnaik 34*, Chandan Sahoo 34, Soumya Srichandan 23, Ankit Arnav 22; Sibani Shankar Parida 3/28, Satyapriya Mallick 3/41, Kishan Biswal 2/71) beat Boudh 116/10 in 26 overs (Chitta Ranjan Patra 4/12, Sachin Satpathy 3/35, Ankit Arnav 2/17) by 123 runs.
Match No 5 (Bidanasi Ground): Ganjam 89/10 in 25.4 overs (Anshuman Samant 22; Sohamraj Mohapatra 4/16, Dhanjay Deep 3/6, Rahul Mukhi 2/8) lost to Deogarh 91/8 in 14.1 overs (Rahul Mukhi 33*, Suraj Pahan 3/21, Abhishek Pattnaik 2/7, Anshuman Samanth 2/37) by 2 wkts.
Match No 6 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Koraput 80/10 in 19.4 overs (Ajay Jain 6/36, Rashmi Ranjan Bhanja 2/10) lost to Balangir 83/6 in 17.2 overs (Pratik Mishra 25*; Y Yuvraj 3/28) by 5 wkts.
