CUTTACK 13-Jun-2018
Bhadrak, Sambalpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh registered wins in respective opening group league matches of the Under-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds here today. Bhadrak rode on a five-wicket haul by Asutosh Samal to beat Kendrapara by nine wickets.
Jamil Akhtar Qadir bagged five wickets to guide Jajpur to a 124-run win over Angul. Kunal Ray notched a half-century to enable Jharsuguda prevail over Bargarh by 80 runs. Similarly, half-century by Ruturaj Mohanty propelled Sundargarh to a 39-run win against Keonjhar. Sambalpur got the better of Khurda by eight runs.
BRIEF SCORE (Group League):
Match No 22 (BOSE Ground): Kendrapara 57/10 in 22.1 overs (Kiran Kumar Mohanty 22; Asutosh Samal 5/23, Bimal Dash 3/5) lost to Bhadrak 58/1 in 10.3 overs (Chitta Ranjan Behera 29*) by 9 wkts.
Match No 23 (Sunshine Ground): Sambalpur 126/10 in 42.3 overs (Dhruta Sahu 42; Om Sairam Das Mohapatra 3/23, Aniket Patra 2/16, Aditya Jaisingh 2/34) beat Khurda 118/10 in 45 overs (Debabrata Pradhan 28, Aditya Jaisingh 23*; Abhinav Nanda 2/14, Shrest Singh 2/16, Shryansh Panda 2/28) by 8 runs.
Match No 24 (Nimpur Ground): Jajpur 164/10 in 45 overs (Harsh Singh Negi 34, Sohail Khan 23, Adash Kumar Mohanty 21; Punit Raghuvanshi 3/28, Rosan Das 2/18) beat Angul 40/10 in 22.2 overs (Jamil Akhtar Qadir 5/12, Subham Singh 2/1) by 124 runs.
Match No 25 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Jharsuguda 152/7 in 40 overs (Kunal Ray 50; Prashant Painkar 2/24) beat Bargarh 72/10 in 21.2 overs (Srutiraj Mishra 22, Ajit Swain 20; Siram Yadav 3/16, Chandan Yadav 2/12, Sujit Thakar 2/15) by 80 runs.
Match No 26 (SCB Medical Ground): Sundargarh 145/10 in 39.2 overs (Rinkesh Khantiya 43*, Raju Singh 28; Ashish Jena 4/15, Ruturaj Mohanty 2/17, Bhaskar Majhi 2/37) beat Keonjhar 106/10 in 37.3 overs (Ruturaj Mohanty 59; Akash Seikh 4/14, Koustab Mahasti 2/11, Sourav Ranjan Samal 2/2/18) by 39 runs.
