Balasore beat Mayurbhanj by 72 runs in their last-round match to join Cuttack-A, Bhubaneswar-A, Cuttack-B, Bhubaneswar-B and East Coast Railway Sports Association (ECoRSA) in the Super League of the OCA Senior Men Inter-District T20 League today. The Super League competition, involving six teams will commence on December 20 and top finishers in the super league will qualify for the final.
The last round of 18 preliminary league matches produced three centuries, 17 fifties and 20 hauls of three or more wickets. Bhubaneswar-B batsman Pratik Das and Cuttack-B bowler Abhisek Giri shared the best performance of the day, hitting an unbeaten 162 and bagging five wickets for three runs.
Pratik Das, a former Odisha First-Class cricketer, hit 18 boundaries and 9 sixes in his 87-ball unbeaten knock of 162. The dazzling knock made Pratik Das the highest scorer in an innings in the ongoing tournament. Abhisek Giri captured the five wickets against Deogarh. Among notable performers of the day, Sarbeswar Mohanty (100) and Prayash Singh (134*) scored a century each for Balasore and Nuapada respectively.
BRIEF SCORES (18 December, 2020):
Match 73 (At Barabati Stadium, Cuttack): Cuttack-A 183/3 in 20 overs (Aravinda Singh 87, Abhishek Rout 38*, Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 31) beat Malkangiri 31/10 in 14.2 overs (Shibasish Sahoo 3/7, Sunil Roul 3/10, Shesdeep Patra 2/1, Biplab Samantray 2/6) by 152 runs and qualified for Super League.
Match 74 (At Barabati Stadium, Cuttack): Rourkela 180/6 in 20 overs (Subhankar Biswas 47, Ayaskant Sahu 47, Gopal Ram 42; Ganesh Gouda 2/28, Ronald RB Singh 2/33) beat Gajapati 134/5 in 20 overs (Ganesh Gouda 72, Ronald Singh 35; Ashsi Mitra 3/17) by 46 runs.
Match 75 (At DRIEMS Ground, Tangi): Nayagarh 123/4 in 20 overs (Dilip Jena 32, Krushna Barik 29*) lost to Keonjhar 127/4 in 20 overs (Sudhansu Senapati 56*, Subhranshu Senapati 23; Dillip Jena 1/3) by 6 wickets.
Match 76 (At DRIEMS Ground, Tangi): Bhadrak 166/6 in 20 overs (Jyotiranjan 55, Kshyama Sagar Bal 38, Harshit Rathod 35; Kamal Doyal 2/24, Satya Padhi 2/42) beat Jajpur 129/8 in 20 overs (Amin Iqbal Khan 76, Mojakir Khan 37; Mrunmay Tripathy 2/15, Harshit Rathod 2/17) by 37 runs.
Match 77 (At Nimpur Ground, Cuttack): Sonepur 130/10 in 20 overs (Chandramani Biswal 44, Abhilash Naik 24; Tarakanta Jena 3/17, Md S Akhtar 3/22, Santosh Rout 2/14) lost to Jagatsinghpur 132/3 in 16.5 overs (Shamsul A Khan 61, Pabitra K Pradhan 50*) by 7 wickets.
Match 78 (At Nimpur Ground, Cuttack): Balasore 190/8 in 20 overs (Sarbeswar Mohanty 100; Chinmay Pandit 4/43, Abhijit Ghana 2/24) beat Mayurbhanj 118/5 in 20 overs (Abinash Khandelwala 42, Swabhim Das 42; Nauttam Bhanja 2/25) by 72 runs and qualified for Super League.
Match 79 (At KIIT Ground, Bhubaneswar): Boudh 112/5 in 20 overs (Vyankatesh A 35*, Bibhuti Mallick 23; Kartik Biswal 3/24) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 113/0 in 13.3 overs (Dipak Majhi 61*, Debasish Samantray 50*) by 10 wickets. Bhubaneswar-A qualified for Super League.
Match 80 (At KIIT Ground, Bhubaneswar): Bhubaneswar-B 248/1 in 20 overs (Pratik Das 162*, Sourav Gouda 33*) beat Kandhamal 102/9 in 20 overs (Nrusingha Pati 23, NilKamal Behera 20*, Kamaleswar Mohapatra 20; Rajesh Paikray 4/28, Tukuna Sahu 2/6, Hitesh Nayak 2/18) by 146 runs and qualified for Super League.
Match 81 (At Vikash Ground, Bhubaneswar): Puri 165/3 in 20 overs (Suman Mohapatra 93, Dibyajyoti Rath 57; Sidhant Pattnaik 2/21) beat KIIT 151/5 in 20 overs (Maroju Prashant 65; Susanta Bej 2/32, Debasish Dash 2/34) by 14 runs.
Match 82 (At Vikash Ground, Bhubaneswar): Jahrsuguda 118/6 in 20 overs (Santosh Yadav 37*, Pushkar Raj 24; Rahul Choudhury 2/15, Badal Nishad 2/24) lost to Bargarh 121/7 in 19.3 overs (Aryaman Mishra 31, Rahul Choudhury 25*; Ranjeet Yadav 4/16) by 3 wickets.
Match 83 (At Town Club Ground, Bhubaneswar): Sudargarh 174/6 in 20 overs (Walter Toppo 55, Sanjay Das 29*; Pradeep Pradhan 3/27, Sushanta Panda 2/40) beat Sambalpur 132/10 in 19.2 overs (Ayush Naik 33, Debabrata Pradhan 33; Sanjay Das 4/9, Suraj Singh 2/19, P Vishal 2/34) by 42 runs.
Match 84 (At Town Club Ground, Bhubaneswar): Nuapada 199/3 in 20 overs (Prayash Singh 134*) beat Balangir 136/9 in 20 overs (Subhashish Mirdha 37, Debansu Rayaguru 36; Anshuman Gupta 3/28, Gourav Rout 2/22, Md Noaman R Khan 2/22) by 63 runs.
Match 85 (At Bidanasi Ground, Cuttack): Kalahandi 87/10 in 19.1 overs (Uttsab Bhoi 31, Dillip Chandan 20*; Rajesh Mohanty 4/11, Priyatosh Paramanik 2/21, Jayanta Behera 2/23) lost to ECoRSA 88/1 in 8.3 overs (Sujit Lenka 69*) by 9 wickets. ECoRSA qualified for Super League.
Match 86 (At Bidanasi Ground, Cuttack): Deogarh 49/10 in 14.4 overs (Abhisek Giri 5/3, Dhiraj Singh 3/4) lost to Cuttack-B 51/1 in 8.4 overs (Aakash Chandra 31*) by 9 wickets. Cuttack-B qualified for Super League.
Match 87 (At Ravenshaw Ground, Cuttack): Khordha 149/7 in 20 overs (Jyoti R Behera 55, Rakesh K Pattnaik 41; Tophan Gouda 3/17, Abhijeet Hota 2/46) beat Ganjam 126/5 in 20 overs (Debasish Sahu 46, Ajay Goura 41; Rakesh Sharma 2/30) by 23 runs.
Match 88 (At Ravenshaw Ground, Cuttack): Paradip 64/10 in 16.5 overs (Sangram Majhi 3/1, Rajdeep Das 3/10, Chandan Singh 2/13) lost to Angul 68/1 in 12.4 over (Preeti Sahu 30*, Sangram Majhi 23) by 9 wickets.
Match 89 (At Centurion Ground, Bhubaneswar): Koraput 177/7 in 20 overs (Aditya Rout 68, Dilip Ku Swain 27; Debasish Bodo 2/19, Uma S Sahu 2/29) beat Rayagada 137/7 in 20 overs (Samir Mandal 48; Subham Rath 4/34) by 40 runs.
Match 90 (At Centurion Ground, Bhubaneswar): Dhenkanal 113/10 in 18 overs (Mustak Beg 31, Sunil Sahoo 21; Sudip Dhali 3/26, Mirza Tanveer 2/25) lost to Nabarangpur 119/5 in 17.4 over (Sheik Riaz 60*, P Rosan Kumar Rao 23; Mustak Beg 3/24) by 5 wickets.
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PHOTO: File photo of Bhubaneswar-B batsman Pratik Das with Kalahandi Cup Trophy, the symbol of supremacy in the Senior Inter-District Tournament.