Niranjan Behera hit a double century help Cuttack-A compiled a huge total of 413 for nine against Sambalpur on the opening day of their two-day Super League match of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Cuttack today.
East Coast Railway raised hopes of an upset, dismissing favourites Bhubaneswar-A for 146 and then finishing the day at 85 for three.
Brief scores:
At Sunshine ground: Cuttack-A 413/9 in 90 overs (Niranjan Behera 209, Roshan Swain 55: Surinder Singh 3/51, Kamalakanta Rout 3/54, Mahavir Singh Samanta 2/66) vs Sambalpur.
At Bidanasi ground: Bhubaneswar-A 146/10 in 61.4 overs (Pravanjan Mullick 51, Sanjay Satpathy 42: Alok Sahu 4/32, Kulamani Parida 2/26, Sourav Sehgal 2/22) vs East Coast Railway 85/3 in 31 overs (Subit Biswal 28).