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Favourites Bhubaneswar-A crushed Cuttack-B by seven wickets in the final to emerge champions in the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Bidanasi ground here today. Young speedster Alok Mangaraj and experienced all-rounder P Jayachandra played instrumental roles in the victory, bagging five wickets and hitting an unbeaten half-century respectively.
The two-day match could not last even a full day as Cuttack-B were skittled out for a paltry 94. In reply, Bhubaneswar-A easily overhauled the target, losing three wickets. The champion side, led by former India swing bowler Debasis Mohanty, received the top prize of Rs 20,000, while the runner-up team were given Rs 15,000.
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BRIEF SCORES:
FINAL: Cuttack-B: 94/10 in 44.5 overs (Partha Samal 22, Debasis Kar 21; Alok Mangraj 5/44, Basanta Mohanty 3/9, Paresh Patel 2/20) lost to Bhubaneswar-A: 96/3 in 18.5 overs (P Jayachandra 51; Ananda Sahoo 2/22).
SEMIFINALS (May 27 & 28, 2010):
At Bidanasi ground: Bhubaneswar-A 165/10 in 54.3 overs (Tukuna Sahu 49, Debasis Mohanty 45; Santosh Jena 4/22, Lagnajit Samal 2/27) beat Cuttack-A 47/10 in 23.5 overs (Paresh Patel 6/15, Alok Mangaraj 4/14) by 118 run.
At Nimpur ground: Rourkela 230/10 in 72.4 overs (Sunny Tirkey 77, Gobind Poddar 46, Alok Pradhan 35 n.o; Santosh Sethi 4/37, Manas Muduli 2/48, Anand Sahoo 2/50) lost to Cuttack-B 138/8 in 48.3 overs (Sambit Rout 45, Girija Rout 24; Rasmi Raj 2/21, Alok Pradhan 2/28) by 5 wkts.
SUPER LEAGUE (May 20-21, 2010):
At Bidanasi ground: Bhubaneswar-A 331/10 in 73.1 overs (Paresh Patel 92, P Jayachandra 42, Tukuna Sahu 37, Partha Sarathi Patnaik 36; Soumendra Das 3/57, Anand Sahu 3/67; Partha Samal 2/50, Manas Muduli 2/86) vs Cuttack-B 16/0 in 10 overs.
At Nimpur ground: Bhubaneswar-B 212/10 in 72 overs (Md Azhar 51, Purna Moharana 43, Anurag Sarangi 27; Santosh Jena 5/46, Dhiraj Singh 3/54) vs Cuttack-A 73/1 in 16 overs (Bikash Pati 45 n.o).
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TOP: Players of Bhubaneswar-A pose with Kalahandi Cup after winning the Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on May 29, 2010.
RIGHT: Players of Cuttack-B pose after finishing runners-up in the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament in Cuttack on
May 29, 2010.
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