CUTTACK 13-Jun-2018
Bhubaneswar-A will meet Bhubaneswar-B in the final of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University Ground-I here tomorrow.
In the semifinals today, Bhubaneswar-A rode on a five-wicket haul by Manoj Barik and an unbeaten 54 by Anurag Sarangi to crush Keonjhar by eight wickets, while Bhubaneswar-B stunned Cuttack-A by six wickets, thanks to a sparkling knock of 83 by Biswajit Bhuyan and a four-wicket haul by Tukuna Sahu.
BRIEF SCORE (Semifinals):
Match No 51 (DRIEMS Stadium): Keonjhar 84/10 in 31 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 37; Manoj Barik 5/26, Shantanu Mishra 3/16) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 85/2 in 14.3 overs (Anurag Sarangi 54*) by 8 wkts.
Match No 52 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Cuttack-A 205/9 in 45 overs (Biplab Samantaray 43, Rajesh Dhuper 24, Abhinash Saha 21, Arvinda Singh 21, Abhishek Rout 20; Tukuna Sahu 4/42. Rajesh Mohanty2/34, Amitabh Rout 2/40) lost to Bhubaneswar-B 206/4 in 41.5 overs (Biswajit Bhuyan 83, Santosh Debkant 40*, Kartik Biswal 24, Dibyajyoti Pradhan 22; Alok Sahoo 2/38) by 6 wkts.
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PHOTO: File photo of Biswajit Bhuyan who hit a match-winning knock of 83 for Bhubaneswar-B in their semifinal match against Cuttack-A on June 13, 2018.
