Rourkela beat Sambalpur by 62 runs to register their second straight win at the super league stage of the OCA Under-19 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Town Club Ground in Bhubaneswar today. Basant S Rathour guided Rourkela to victory, bagging five wickets for 33 runs.
Bhubaneswar-A, Bhadrak and Balasore posted wins in three other super league matches of the day. M G Gopal scored a century to power Bhubaneswar-A to an 89-run win over Bhubaneswar-B. Balasore prevailed over Jharsuguda by 68 runs, while Bhadrak outplayed KIIT by 138 runs.
SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS (11 Feb, 2021):
Match 5 (At Bidanasi Ground, Cuttack): Bhubaneswar-A 251/9 in 50 overs (MG Gopal 103, Sai Shubham 74; Birajkanta Behera 3/50, Bikash Naik 2/43, Sushil K Barik 2/46) beat Bhubaneswar-B 162/10 in 40.3 overs (Bibhansu S Ray 73, Sushil K Barik 33; Ansuman Bej 3/32, Subham Shree 3/37, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/23) by 89 runs. MoM: MG Gopal.
Match 6 (At Town Club Ground, Bhubaneswar): Rourkela 209/8 in 50.0 overs (Aashirwad Swain 67; Druta Sahu 2/41, Bimal Karmakar 2/42) beat Sambalpur 147/10 in 39.0 overs (Ayush Mishra 31, Prateek Pandey 29, Hritik Patel 22; Basant S Rathour 5/33, Hemanta Nayak 2/29) by 62 runs. MoM: Basant S Rathour.
Match 7 (At East Coast Railway Ground, Bhubaneswar): Balasore 265/8 in 50.0 overs (Chinmay K Pradhan 63, Ashutosh Marandi 45, Suman S Ojha 30; Vickey Ray 2/48, Dhananjay Yadav 2/53) beat Jharsuguda 197/9 in 50.0 overs (Anurag Singhdeo 50, Deepak Yadav 34; Arun K Rout 2/28, Rajib L Sahu 2/33, Prasanta Gangai 2/35, Sk Aslam 2/41) by 68 runs. MoM: Chinmay K Pradhan.
Match 8 (At BOSES Ground, Cuttack): Bhadrak 245/7 in 50.0 overs (Surya Mohapatra 90, Rudra N Behera 59*, Kumar K Sahoo 29; Gourish Patra 3/48) beat KIIT 107/10 in 30.5 overs (Kumar K Sahoo 4/15, Ashutosh Samal 4/25) by 138 runs. MoM: Surya Mohapatra.
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PHOTO: Bhubaneswar-A batsman M G Gopal poses after scoring a century against Bhubaneswar-B on 11 February, 2021.