Devendra S Kunwar and Pratik A Das scored a century each to script wins for Bargarh and KIIT respectively in their Gold Group matches of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds today.
Bargarh got the better of Ganjam by six wickets, while KIIT drubbed Boudh by 161 runs. Bhadrak defeated Angul by 66 runs, Balasore prevailed over Koraput by 238 runs, Jagatsinghpur beat Dhenkanal by seven wickets and Nayagarh vanquished Keonjhar by two wickets in four other matches of the day.
RESULTS (20 April 2022):
Match 43 (At EC Railway Stadium, Bhubaneswar): Bhadrak 239/10 in 46.4 overs (Sahil A Khan 79, Kshyama Sagar Bal 23; Milan Samal 3/40, Sandeep Singh 3/49) beat Angul 173/10 in 44 overs (Rakesh Gochhayat 46, Milan Samal 25*, Subhrajyoti Mishra 21; Harshit Rathod 4/17, Kshyama Sagar Bal 2/20) by 66 runs. PoM: Harshit Rathod.
Match 44 (At CV Raman Ground, Bhubaneswar): Ganjam 195/9 in 50 overs (Om T Munde 52, Soumya R Biswal 38, Suraj K Pathan 26*; Pritam Jena 4/32, Rahul Choudhary 3/36) lost to Bargarh 196/4 in 33.4 overs (Devendra S Kunwar 113, Prabin K Luha 30; Janmejay Nayak 2/34) by 6 wickets. PoM: Devendra S Kunwar.
Match 45 (At Centurion University Ground, Jatni): KIIT 316/9 in 50 overs (Pratik A Das 149, Ayush Naik 42*, Ramani R Jena 41, Parthasarathi Nayak 34; Anurag Kanojia 3/37, Rajnish K Yadav 3/73, Sobhandev Behera 2/87) beat Boudh 155/10 in 34.1 overs (Bibhuti B Mallick 31, Anurag Kanojia 30, Hemanta K Champati 25, Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 22, Tapas R Panda 20; Gobinda Nayak 4/38, Parthasarathi Nayak 3/14, Subash C Mallick 2/38) by 161 runs. PoM: Pratik A Das.
Match 46 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-2, Cuttack): Balasore 367/8 in 50 overs (Sarbeswar Mohanty 70, Ronald Das 64*, Dibyashakti Chakrabarty 52, Rajib L Sahu 45, Suman S Ojha 45, Tapan K Murmu 27, Nirbishankar Barik 26; Aditya Rout 3/61, Niranjan Gouda 2/70) beat Koraput 129/19 in 24.3 oves (Prabhanjan Adhikari 32, Sandeep Pattnaik 21; Suman S Ojha 2/15, Prasanta Gangai 2/19, Subha S Barik 2/20, Sarbeswar Mohanty 2/32, Shekhar Majhi 2/36) by 238 runs. PoK: Sarbeswar Mohanty.
Match 47 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-1, Cuttack): Dhenkanal 275/8 in 50 overs (Anwesh Das 76, Mustaq Beg 53*, Guptesh Pattnaik 29, Mohammad Suleman 28, Bikash K Rout 21; Kissan Rath 2/31, Tarakanta Jena 2/42, Omkar Mohanty 2/53) lost to Jagatsinghpur 279/3 in 40.3 overs (Shamsul A Khan 83, Kissan Rath 62, Santosh K Rout 57*, Rashmi R Rout 38*, Suryakanta Das 24) by 7 wickets. PoM: Kissan Rath.
Match 48 (At Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Keonjhar 175/10 in 47.1 overs (Ashutosh Ray 35, Mitrabhanu Panda 26, Rajesh K Jena 24; Sai P Acharya 3/20, Simrit Samantaray 3/56, Abhijit S Barik 2/29) lost to Nayagarh 176/8 in 40.4 overs (Krushna C Barik 60, Liladhar Pradhan 27, Nihar R Pattanayak 23; Rakesh K Jena 4/34, Pankaj Senapati 3/37) by 2 wickets. PoM: Sai P Acharya.
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PHOTO: File photo of Bargarh batter Devendra Singh Kunwar, who scored a century against over Ganjam in their Kalahandi Cup match on 20 April 2022.