Four players stood out with sparkling performances in six preliminary league matches of the Inter-District U-16 Boys Cricket Tournament at different grounds in Bhubanesdwar and Khordha today. Cuttack-A, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Cuttack-B, Sundargarh and Bhadrak won the six matches of the day.
Among notable performers of the day, Aditya Jena (Jajpur) and Anupam Sahoo (Cuttack-A) scored an unbeaten century each against KIIT and Paradip respectively. Chirajeev Behera (Bhadrak) and Piyush Panigrahi (Sundargarh) were outstanding bowlers of the day, bagging six and five wickets against Malkangiri and Dhenkanal respectively.
RESULTS (29 July, 2021):
Match 19 (At Centurion Ground, Jatni): Cuttack-A 241/3 in 50 overs (Anupam Sahoo 113*, Swadhin K Patra-64*; Arpit S Mohanty 2/36) beat Paradip 61/10 in 26.5 overs (Swadhin K Patra 2/6, Kundan K Yadav 2/19, Sambit K Beja 2/11) by 180 runs.
Match 20 (At Paramount Ground, Bhubaneswar): Jajpur 232/5 in 42 overs (Aditya Jena 152*, Anup Samal 28; Shlok K Thakur 2/45, Siddhiman N Mishra 2/39) beat KIIT 139/8 in 42 overs (Arnav Satpathy 30*; Sayed R Hosen 2/16, MH Raza 2/24) by 107 runs (DLS Method).