Sambalpur upset Cuttack-B by 36 runs in their first preliminary league match of the OCA Inter-District U-19 Boys Tournament, which commenced at six different venues in Cuttack today. Bhubaneswar-A, Dhenkanal, Cuttack-A, Balangir and Mayurbhanj registered wins in five other matches of the day.
Shresth Singh bowled Sambalpur to victory over CuttackB with a sensational haul of seven wickets for 17 runs. The six matches of the day produced five hauls of five wickets or more and only one half-century, which was scored by Gourav Kumbhar of Balangir.
A total 36 teams affiliated district inits of OCA are participating in this tournament, which is being played in one-day format. Live scoring of all the matches has been made available in OCA App (https://cricheroes.in/association/247/odisha-cricket-association).
BRIEF SCORES (20 January, 2021):
Match 1 (At DRIEMS Ground, Tangi): Kendrapara 63/10 in 25.2 overs (Ansuman Bej 3/11, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/8, Ashutosh Nayak 2/20, Swayam S Routray 2/20) lost to Bhubaneswar-A 64/0 in 5.4 overs (Sudarshan Swain 26*, Tanmay K Biswal 14*) by 10 wickets.
Match 2 (At Ravenshaw Ground-1): Dhenkanal 178/10 in 47.4 overs (Shiv S Panda 29, Soumendra Jena 26, Shakti Ranjan Bhoi 25, Sashi B Pattanaik 24; Mukesh Dandsena 3/23, Tejaswi Meher 3/41, Ayushman Gupta 2/29) beat Nuapada 127/10 in 30.1 overs (Md Noaman R Khan 31, Mahesh Ranjan Rout 23; Shakti Ranjan Bhoi 5/12, Akash K Puhan 3/57, Shiv S Panda 2/15) by 51 runs.
Match 3 (At Bidanasi Ground): Angul 163/10 in 38.5 overs (Rakesh Biswal 32, Chandan K Sahu 29; Saideep Mohapatra 4/34, Bhakti Sagar Nayak 4/47) lost to Cuttack-A 164/3 in 30.4 overs (Saideep Mohapatra 47*, Prince S Behera 36) by 7 wickets.
Match 4 (At Nimpur Ground): Balangir 272/10 in 46.1 overs (Gourav D Kumbhar 65, Sandeep S Behera 36; Abrarul Haque 3/49, Prasanna K Purohit 2/12, Abitosh Badamali 2/32, Barun N Das 2/46) beat Sonepur 48/10 i 11.1 overs (Ayushman Dash 5/23, Amitabh Saraf 4/18) by 224 runs.
Match 5 (At Ravenshaw Ground-2): Sambalpur 155/10 in 49.0 overs (Prakash Maurya 38, Prateek Pandey 23; Rakesh K Sahoo 5/24, Manoranjan Das 2/29) beat Cuttack-B 119/10 in 40.2 overs (Aswini Khatei 39; Shresth Singh 7/17) by 36 runs.
Match 6 (At BOSE Ground): Mayurbhanj 185/10 in 38.2 overs (Soumya R Mohanta 39, Subrat K Singh 34, Jayaram Tudu 31; Prabin Tirkey 4/41, Soumyashree R Das 3/20) beat Deogarh 137/10 in 37.5 overs (Dhananjay Deep 34, Aman K Singh 25*; Rishav Sharma 5/13) by 48 runs.
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PHOTO: Undated file picture of Sambalpur bowler Shresth Singh.