Rourkela, Jharsuguda, Khurda, Bolangir and Keonjhar registered wins in respective preliminary group league matches of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds here today.
Fine allround performance by Odisha Ranji team captain Govind Poddar propelled Rourkela to a 211-run win over Angul, while Mohammad Saha Alam’s unbeaten 83 helped Jharsuguda thrash Jagatsinghpur by 179 runs.
Bolangir rode on Anshuman Mishra’s half-centuruy to prevail over Rayagada by two wickets, Santosh Jena hit an unbeaten 52 in Khurda’s nine-wicket win over Puri and a half-century each by Subhranshu Senapati and Sudhanshu Senapati guided Keonjhar to a three-wicket win against Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT).
BRIEF SCORE:
Match No 25 (DRIEMS Stadium): Jharsuguda 249/9 in 45 overs (Md Saha Alam 83*, Raj Kishan Patel 39, Tarani Sa 23, Preetamjeet Das 22; Pabitra Kumar Bisoi 2/14, Smruti Ranjan Khatua 2/47, Partha Sarathi Jena 2/72) beat Jagatsinghpur 70/10 in 20.4 overs (Santosh Kumar Rout 31; Raj Kishan Patel 3/14, Sagar Kumar Rout 3/20, Preetamjeet Das 2/12, Tarani Sa 2/19) by 179 runs.
Match No 26 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Rayagada 230/7 in 50 overs (Sravan Bunga 98, Samir Kumar Mandal 29, Nelli Deepak Kumar 24, Sunil Kumar Digal 22*; Biswa Ranjan Singh 3/51, Satyajeet Singh Deo 2/40) lost to Bolangir 231/8 in 47.5 overs (Anshuman Mishra 78, Manas Sahani 36*, Subhashish Mirdha 28, Biswa Ranjan Singh 28, Charanjeet Sahani 25; Swayam Sidhi Mishra 2/25, Sunil Kumar Digal 2/26, Uma Shankar Pattnaik 2/61) by 2 wkts.
Match No 27 (Nimpur SCC Ground): Rourkela 292/8 in 45 overs (Amrit Khatua 91, Govinda Poddar 78, Asish Mitra 41, Swastik Samal 24; Payas Ranjan Sinha 2/28, Kranti Ranjan Amat 2/54) beat Angul 81/10 in 22.4 overs (Gobind Tandia 4/9, Amit Das 4/25, Govinda Poddar 2/14) by 211 runs.
Match No 28 (BOSE Ground): Puri 96/10 in 31.4 overs (Sk Salman 41; Sumit Maharana 3/23, Arya Debasis Bhatta 3/24, Aum Arya 2/13) lost to Khurda 99/1 in 12.1 overs (Santosh Jena 52*, Jyoti Ranjan Behera 41*) by 9 wkts.
Match No 29 (SCB Medical Ground): KIIT 184/9 in 42 overs (Asutosh Mohanty 51, Nishikant Pattnayak 51, Surup Mohapatra 20; Pramod Naik 4/37, Bipul Rout 2/39) lost to Keonjhar 185/7 in 41.2 overs (Subhranshu Sekhar Senapati 58, Sudhansu Sekhar Senapati 56, Mitrabhanu Panda 46; Sanjay Mallick 4/38, Anurag Prusty 2/33) by 3 wkts.