A sparkling knock of 91 by Anshuman Mishra helped Balangir beat Rayagada by 75 runs in their Silver Group match of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack today.
Kendrapara, Nabarangpur, Gajapati, Deogarh and Puri scripted wins in five other matches of the day. Ronald RB Singh hit the only century of the day to power Gajapati to a four-wicket win over Paradip.
RESULTS (30 April 2022):
Match 80 (At Khordha Stadium, Khordha): Malkangiri 191/10 in 49.4 overs (Dinesh K Halba 68, Santosh Pradhan 25, Suraj Bagh 21; Sanjeeb K Sahoo 3/17, Dipti B Bihari 3/43, Biswabhusan Bihari 2/44) lost to Kendrapara 192/3 in 40 overs (Ritesh K Pandey 56*, Aakash Ch Nayak 51*, Biswabhusan Bihari 49) by 7 wickets. PoM: Dipti B Bihari.
Match 81 (At Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Nabarangpur 243/10 in 44.2 overs (Sukesh K Heera 73, Sheik A Riaz 57, Purna Chandra Majhi 45, Digambar Pujari 29; Rajesh Patra 3/41, Neelkamal Behera 3/48, Arbind K Singh 2/33) beat Kandhamal 214/10 in 47.5 overs (Nilkamal Behera 69, Digbijay Parida 58, Nilu Pradhan 27; Sudip K Dhali 3/46, Shiba Harijan 3/33, Dinesh Srivastav 2/34) by 29 runs. PoM: Sukesh K Heera.
Match 82 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-1, Cuttack): Paradip 219/10 in 47.5 overs (Pramod Behera 68, Soumya Ranjan Senapati 38, Vikash Srivastava 24*, Subham Kumar 21, Aswani Khatei 21; Ranjan Parida 3/24, Binayak Mohanty 2/14, Chappala Ganesh 2/36) lost to Gajapati 220/6 in 37.3 overs (Ronald RB Singh 106, Binayak Sahoo 29, Sunil Mohankudo 20*; Aswani Khatei 4/22) by 4 wickets. PoM: Ronald RB Singh 106.
Match 83 (At DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack): Balangir 247/7 imn 44 overs (Anshuman Mishra 91, Debansu Rayguru 40, Purusottam Pradhan 37*, Raghavendra Tripathy 23, Rahul K Sahu 22; Naresh Perisika 3/46, Uma S Sahu 2/49) beat Rayagada 172/10 in 40.2 overs (Nelli D Kumar 35, Samir K Mandal 33*, Sravan Bunga 31; Jitendra Thapa 3/36, Sailesh Pattnaik 2/11, Satyajeet Singhdeo 2/35, Debansu Rayguru 2/35) by 75 runs. PoM: Anshuman Mishra.
Match 84 (At Hi-Tech Ground, Bhubaneswar): Sonepur 123/10 in 29 overs (Suman Maharana 31*, Kishanlal Sagar 20; Swagat Routray 3/28, Preetish P Chhatria 2/16, Priyabrata P Sahoo 2/21) lost to Deogarh 126/8 in 40.1 overs (Swagat Routray 36*, Pintu Krigar 22*; B Purusottam B Patra 4/18, KG Krishna 2/14, Suman Maharana 2/23) by 2 wickets. PoM: Swagat Routray.
Match 85 (At CV Raman Ground): Kalahandi 81/10 in 18.4 overs (Dinesh Kumar Majhi 25, Swayang Prajna Chandan 23*; Lalu Mohanty 4/2, Pabitra Bisoi 4/41) lost to Puri 85/1 in 12.3 overs (Binaya K Paikaray 39*, Sanat K Singhdeo 23*) by 9 wikckets. PoM: Pabitra Bisoi.
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PHOTO: File photo of Balangir batter Anshuman Mishra who slammed 91 in their Kalahandi Cup match against Rayagada in Cuttack on 30 April 2022.