An unbeaten 93 by wicketkeeper Aman Yadav powered Sundargarh to a thumping nine-wicket win over Cuttack-B in their preliminary league match of the Inter-District U-16 Boys Cricket Tournaemnt, held at Centurion University Ground in Jatni today. The tournament is being organised by Odisha Cricket Association.
Cuttack-A, Keonjhar, Paradip, Bhadrak and Malkangiri posted wins in five other matches of the day. Sahil Khan played instrumental role in the Bhadrak win, bagging five wickets for eight runs. Among other notable performers, Keonjhar captain Sarthak Swayamprakash hit a sparkling 67.
RESULTS (26 July, 2021):
Match 1 (At Khordha Ground): Jajpur 76/10 in 30.1 overs (MH Raja 20*; Charcheet K Behera 4/13, Piyush R Mantri 3/20, Sumit Swain 2/20) lost to Cuttack-A 77/5 in 24.2 overs (Suvankar Satapathy 18, Anupam Sahoo 18; Sayed S Akhtar 3/18) by 5 wkts. PoM: Charcheet K Behera.
Match 2 (At CV Raman Ground, Bhubaneswar): Keonjhar 182/10 in 43.5 overs (Sarthak Swayamprakash 67; Praveen K Pradhan 3/26, Arnav Satapathy 3/28, Siddhiman N Mishra 2/21) beat KIIT 92/10 in 32.5 overs (Sanket Panda 3/3, Gouri S Jena 2/11) by 90 runs. PoM: Sarthak Swayamprakash.
Match 3 (At Hi-Tech Ground, Bhubaneswar): Paradip 128/10 in 44.3 overs (Arpit S Mohanty 31; Abinas P Sahu 4/26, Anubhav Digal 3/24) beat Kandhamal 36/10 in 26 overs (Pratish Acharya 3/6, Abhijeet Mallick 2/3) by 92 runs. PoM: Pratish Acharya.
Match 4 (At Centurion Ground, Jatni): Cuttack-B 136/10 in 46.5 overs (Sarthak G Panda 27, Biswanath Dhada 24; Abhishek Singh 4/37, Soumya R Kujur 3/18) lost to Sundargarh 139/1 in 31.4 overs (Aman Yadav 93*, Ayushman Choudhury 30) by 9 wkts. PoM: Aman Yadav.
Match 5 (At Paramount Ground, Bhubaneswar): Dhenkanal 23/10 in 19.1 overs (Sahil Khan 5/8, Chiranjeev Behera 2/2) lost to Bhadrak 24/0 in 5 overs (Akash Mohapatra 13*) by 10 wickets. PoM: Sahil Khan.
Match 6 (At Town Club Ground, Bhubaneswar): Nabarangpur 60/10 in 18 overs (Chandeep S Riar 3/13, Prafulla Madi 3/20, Deepak Burman 2/8) lost to Malkangiri 61/3 in 18.1 overs (Mohit Paul 19*; Adarsh K Samal 2/7) by 7 wkts. PoM: Prafulla Madi.
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PHOTO: Sundargarh wicketkeeper Aman Yadav expresses his happiness after hitting a match-winning knock against Cuttack-B at Centurion University Ground in Jatni on 29 July, 2021.