Cuttack-A, Bhubaneswar-A, Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar-B won both of respective super league matches to qualify for the semifinals of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament here today. In the semifinals on June 13, Cuttack-A will meet Bhubaneswar-B and Bhubaneswar-A will face Keonjhar.
In the last round of super league matches, Cuttack-A rode on a century by Rajesh Dhuper and a six-wicket haul by Biplab Samantaray to outplay Balasore by 142 runs, while Bhubaneswar-A drubbed Routkela by 103 runs, thanks to fine all-round performance by Santanu Mishra, who scored 78 runs and picked up three wickets.
A captain’s knock of 102 by Subhranshu Senapati, his second century in a row, helped Keonjhar post a thrilling one-run win over Cuttack-B. Though East Coast Railway prevailed over Khurda by 96 runs, it was not enough to fetch them a ticket for the semifinals.
BRIEF SCORE (SUPER LEAGUE):
Match No 48 (Nimpur Ground): Cuttack-A 293/8 in 45 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 112, Arvind Singh 81; Sarbeswar Mohanty 4/40, Birendra Singh 2/27) beat Balasore 151/10 in 30 overs (Nirbisankar Barik 51, Dibyashakti Chakrabarty 33, Sarbeswar Mohanty 24; Biplab Samantaray 6/24, Abhishek Rout 2/34) by 142 runs.
Match No 49 (SCB Medical Ground): Bhubaneswar-A 216/10 in 43.2 overs (Santanu Mishra 78, Debasish Samantray 65, Paresh Patel 25; Amit Das 5/53, Govind Poddar 2/43) beat Rourkela 113/10 in 33.3 overs (Amrit Khatua 31, Ranjit Singh 28; Santanu Mishra 3/23, Manash Mohapatra 2/10) by 103 runs.
Match No 50 (DRIEMS Stadium): East Coast Railway 249/9 in 45 overs (Sameer Mohanty 65, Girija Rout 60, Sandeep Mulia 51; Abhilash Semwal 3/35, Jyoti Ranjan Behera 3/40) beat Khurda 153/8 in 45 overs (Ranjit Paikray 32, Santosh Jena 28, Aum Arya Suryanarayana 25; Abhishek Yadav 2/19, Priyatosh Paramanik 2/29, Alok Mangaraj 2/31) by 96 runs.
Match No 50 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Keonjhar 160/10 in 39.2 overs (Subhranshu Senapati 102, Manish Rout 3/29, Ashutosh Das 2/19, Sanujit Samal 2/38, Pradipta Das 2/39) beat Cuttack-B 159/10 in 41.2 overs (Soubhagya Mishra 48; Goutam Das 3/30, Sudhanshu Senapati 3/32, Bipul Rout 2/27) by 1 run.