Fine allround performance by Anurag Kanojia helped Boudh beat Bargarh by 15 runs in their Gold Group match of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University Ground-2 in Cuttack today. Kanojia top-scored with 80 and bagged four wickets for 19 runs.
Ganjam beat Angul by 72 runs, Bhadrak prevailed over KIIT by 15 runs, Balasore pulverized Jagatsinghpur by 199 runs, Dhenkanal thrashed Keonjhar by 93 rund and Nayagarh defeated Koraput by 35 runs in five other matches of the day.
RESULTS (23 April 2022):
Match 55 (At Centurion University Ground, Jatni): Ganjam 205/9 in 50 overs (K Ishwar Prasad 44, Mo T Munde 40, Somanath Pradhan 39, Chandan Pradhan 26; Sandeep Singh 2/36, Milan Samal 2/37) beat Angul 133/10 in 35.1 overs (Kranti R Amanta 30*, Nirnimesh Jena 21; Janmejay Nayak 3/25, Laxmi N Pal 2/22) by 72 runs. PoM: Janmejay Nayak.
Match 56 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-2, Cuttack): Boudh 225/9 in 50 overs (Anurag Kanojia 80, Hemanta K Champati 32, Bibhuti B Mallick 25; Pritam Jena 2/20, Rahul Choudhary 2/36) beat Bargarh 210/10 in 46.5 overs (Prabin K Luha 63, Devendra Singh Kunwar 34, Rakesh R Kishan 33; Anurag Kanojia 4/19, Sobhandev Behera 3/43) by 15 runs. PoM: Anurag Kanojia.
Match 57 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-1, Cuttack): Bhadrak 283/10 in 50 overs (Jitendu S Bhoi 77, Kshyama Sagar Bal 50, Abinash Singh 36, Sahil A Khan 31, Jyotiranjan Maharana 24, Satyakam Bharadwaj 20; Pratik A Das 3/41, Udaya Sabyasachi Jata 2/25, Surya K Bhutia 2/26, Subash C Mallick 2/50) beat KIIT 268/10 in 48.2 overs (Pratik A Das 84, Parthasarathi Nayak 49, Ayush Naik 38, Udaya Sabyasachi Jata 31; Harekrushna Barik 2/38, Nihar B Bhuyan 2/42, Satyakam Bharadwaj 2/50) by 15 runs. PoM: Jitendu S Bhoi.
Match 58 (At Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Balasore 321/9 in 50 overs (Dibyashakti Chakrabarty 93, Sarbeswar Mohanty 74, Tapas K Rout 39, Prasanta Gangai 31*, Ronald Das 23; Kissan Ratha 3/47, Shamsul A Khan 3/50, Smruti Ranjan Khatua 2/61) beat Jagatsinghpur 122/10 in 24 overs (Kissan Rath 52, Biswajit Paikaray 25; Sk Aslam 3/22, Manas R Patra 3/32, Prasanta Gangai 3/36) by 199 runs. PoM: Prasanta Gangai.
Match 59 (At East Coast Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar): Dhenkanal 296/10 in 49.4 overs (Laxmidhar Sahoo 95, Bikash K Rout 43, Anwesh Das 36, Mohammad Suleman 32, Mustaq Beg 32, Tanmayananda Mohanty 21; Sujit K Barik 4/53, Bipul Rout 2/48) beat Keonjhar 203/10 in 45.1 overs (Sourav Swayamprakash 43, Rajesh K Jena 42, Pankaj Senapati 40, Bipul Rout 29, Mitrabhanu Panda 26; Sunil K Sahoo 4/39, Anwesh Das 3/37, Mustaq Beg 2/26) by 93 runs. PoM: Anwesh Das.
Match 60 (At CV Raman Ground, Khordha): Nayagarh 259/10 in 46.3 overs (Dillip K Jena 62, Liladhar Pradhan 60, Bikash Naik 33, Ankit Arunav 29, Nihar R Pattanayak 26; Sourabh Patro 4/24, Y Yuvraj 3/42, Aditya Rout 2/82) beat Koraput 224/10 in 49.2 overs (Sourabh Patro 53, Abhishek R Mohanty 43, Arasada Kishore 34, Chinmay Panda 30*, Prabhanjan Adhikari 21; Nihar R Pattanayak 2/16, Saswat K Pradhan 2/30, Risikanta Mansingh 2/40) by 35 runs. PoM: Nihar R Pattanayak.
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PHOTO: File photo of Boudh allrounder Anurag Kanojia, who put up impressive performance against Bargarh in their Kalahandi Cup match on 23 April 2022.