Bhubaneswar-A, Bhubaneswar-B, Cuttack-A and Balasore posted respective second win at the super league stage of the OCA Under-19 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack today. The four matches of the day produced five half-centuries and three hauls of four wickets each.
A four-wicket haul by Subham Shree and an unbeaten 56 by Sudarshan Swain helped Bhubaneswar-A trounce Rourkela by nine wickets, while Bhubaneswar-B rode on a half-century each by Bibhansu S Ray, Saransh Kumar and a four-wicket haul by Sushil K Barik to edge past Bhadrak by 17 runs. Cuttack-A thrashed Jharsuguda by eight wickets, while Balasore prevailed over KIIT by five wickets in the other two matches of the day.
SUPER LEAGUE RESULTS (12 Feb, 2021):
Match 9 (At Town Club Ground, Bhubaneswar): Rourkela 126/10 in 38.2 overs (Goutam Suna 53*; Subham Shree 4/27, Ansuman Bej 3/28, Ashutosh Nayak 2/20) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 127/1 in 26.4 overs (Sudarshan Swain 56*, Anshuman Sahoo 42) by 9 wickets. MoM: Subham Shree.
Match 10 (At East Coast Railway Ground, Bhubaneswar): Jharsuguda 121/10 in 39.5 overs (Shivam Dubey 30, Dhananjay Yadav 22, Shubham K Singh 21; Suvam Behera 3/9, Md N Khan 2/29, Md Danish 2/25, Bhakti Sagar Nayak 2/16) lost to Cuttack-A 122/2 in 22.2 overs (Saideep Mohapatra 42*, Pratyush Pradhan 28*, Shashang Rungata 22) by 8 wickets. MoM: Saideep Mohapatra.
Match 11 (At BOSES Ground, Cuttack): KIIT 158/10 in 47.2 overs (Manitej Mohanty 36, Prabhat K Sahoo 34, Mahendra Madhi 22; Rajib Lochan Sahu 3/40, Prasanta Gangai 2/26, Subha S Barik 2/29) Balasore 160/5 in 27.0 overs (Ashutosh Marandi 43, Manas R Patra 36*; Gourish Patra 4/51) by 5 wickets. MoM: Arun K Rout (Balasore).
Match 12 (At Bidanasi Ground, Cuttack): Bhubaneswar-B 245/3 in 47.0 overs (Bibhansu S Ray 94, Saransh Kumar 70, Anwesh Tripathy 40*) beat Bhadrak 228/10 in 46.5 overs (Akash Mohapatra 81, Surya Mohapatra 43, Mir Kafiruddin 41; Sushil K Barik 4/56, Ayana Mandoi 3/59, Birajkanta Behera 2/27) by 17 runs. MoM: Bibhansu S Ray.
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PHOTO: Bhubaneswar-B batsman Bibhansu S Ray poses after hitting 94 against Bhadrak on 12 February, 2021.