Little-known Sawan Pahariya created a ripple in Odisha cricket by hitting an unbeaten double century in the ongoing OCA Inter-District U-19 Boys Cricket Tournament at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack today. His 125-ball sensational knock, which featured 25 fours and six sixes, powered Jajpur to a 312-run tumping win over Gajapati.
Pahariya also stitched together a second-wicket stand of 272 runs with Adarsh Mohanty, who slammed a 93-ball 126 (18x4, 3x6). In reply to a mammoth total of 458 for five by Jajpur, Gajapati were bowled out for 146.
Harjeet Singh was another notable performer of the day, scoring 105 for Bargarh in their 186-run win over Koraput. Kumar K Sahoo was most successful bowler of the day, bagging seven wickets for 13 runs and guiding Bhadrak to a nine-wicket win over Nabarangpur.
Bhadrak, Balasore and Bhubaneswar-B registered second successive wins in preliminary league. Balasore rode on a half-century by Sahini V Raj to beat Kandhamal by 62 runs, while a five-wicket haul by Susil K Barik enabled Bhubaneswar-B crush Kalahandi by seven wickets.
Puri prevailed over Jagatsinghpur by 135 runs in another match of the day. Captain Nishan Das was the star of the Puri win, scoring 72 runs and following it with a haul of four wickets for 11 runs.
BRIEF SCORES (24 January, 2021):
Match 25 (At Ravenshaw Ground-2): Kalahandi 73/10 in 30.0 overs (Dinesh Kumar Majhi 23; Susil K Barik 5/29, Ayana Mandoi 2/4) lost to Bhubaneswar-B 76/3 in 24.2 overs (MG Kumar 30*; Piyush Soni 1/14) by 7 wickets. MoM: Susil K Barik.
Match 26 (At BOSE Ground): Bargarh 314/6 in 50.0 overs (Harjeet Singh 105, Sourav K Sahu 79, Rakesh R Kishan 48; Niranjan Gouda 2/55, Aditya Panda 2/67) beat Koraput 128/10 in 36.1 overs (Subham K Singh 42; Binaya B Sahoo 2/3, Prashant S Painkra 2/18, Rakesh R Kishan 2/22) by 186 runs. MoM: Harjeet Singh.
Match 27 (At DRIEMS Ground): Puri 214/10 in 46.3 overs (Nishan Das 72, Rajesh Behera 38*, Aditya P Behera 27; Omkar Mohanty 3/27, Sudeep Swain 3/36) beat Jagatsinghpur 79/10 in 23.2 overs (Nishan Das 4/11, Smruti P Swain 2/12, Abhaya Pattanayak 2/19, Pabitra Bisoi 2/28) by 135 runs. MoM: Nishan Das.
Match 28 (At Ravenshaw Ground-1): Balasore 161/10 in 28.3 overs (Sahini V Raj 54, Arun K Rout 38, Asutosh Marndi 23; Subhasis Palo 3/19, Joseph Behera 2/20, Sunandan Tripathy 2/21) beat Kandhamal 99/10 in 35.2 overs (Digbijaya Parida 31; Subha S Barik 3/29, Sk Aslam 3/30) by 62 runs. MoM: Sk Aslam.
Match 29 (At Bidanasi Ground): Nabarangpur 47/10 in 13.2 overs (Kumar K Sahoo 7/13, Sahil Khan 2/9) lost to Bhadrak 51/1 in 8.0 overs (Akash Mohapatra 15*; Dinesh Srivastav 1/7) by 9 wickets. MoM: Kumar K Sahoo.
Match 30 (At Nimpur Ground): Jajpur 458/5 in 49.0 overs (Sawan Pahariya 204*, Adarsh Mohanty 126, Ashis 32, Sayed 30; OmPrakash Dalapati 2/79) beat Gajapati 146/10 in 37.2 overs (Alok Mahapatra 43, Brain H Singh 40, Kadagala Chandu, Piyush K Chinchani 20; Shubham 3/27, Sayed 2/16, Sunil K Behera 2/27, Bibhuti 2/46) by 312 runs. MoM: Sawan Pahariya.
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PHOTO: Undated file photo of Jajpur batsman Sawan Pahariya.