A majestic unbeaten knock of 210 by Hemanth Rathi powered Khordha to 209-run win over Khordha in their super league match of the OCA U-19 Mens Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground in Cuttack today. This was the third three-figure knock by Rathi in the ongoing tournament. He earlier hit 142 against Nabarangpur and 167 against Balasore.
Sambalpur-B, Rest of Odisha-A and Cuttack-A registered wins in three other super league matches of the day. Sambalpur-B rode on a three-wicket haul by Prasanta Kishan to upset the applecart of title aspirants Bhubaneswar-A by six wickets.
A four-wicket haul by Jogeswar Bag and an unbeaten 52 by Panakala Mokshit enabled Rest of Odisha-A beat Kendrapara by six wickets, while Cuttack-A prevailed over Rest of Odisha-B by 35 runs.
RESULTS:
13 July 2024 (Match 1, Ravenshaw Ground-1): Bhubaneswar-A 124/10 in 33.5 overs (Avishek Mahanta 38, Bidyadhar Behera 24; Prasanta Kishan 3/26, Ratiranjan Barik 2/13) lost to Sambalpur-A 126/4 in 29.1 overs (Krish Singh 39*, Santosh Sharma 27; Sreeraj Pattanaik 2/22) by 6 wickets. PoM: Prasanta Kishan.
13 July 2024 (Match 2, DRIEMS Ground): Kendrapara 113/10 in 30.3 overs (Mohanraj Rout 46; Jogeswar Bag 4/20, Sidheswar Behera 2/35) lost to Rest of Odisha-A 117/4 in 21.2 overs (Panakala Mokshit 52*, Nirab Agrawal 24; Krishna Mohanty 2/20) by 6 wickets. PoM: Jogeswar Bag.
13 July 2024 (Match 3, Sunshine Ground): Khordha 398/6 in 50 overs (Hemanth Rathi 210*, Rudra Prasad 64; Prakash Boitai 2/47, Sayed R Hosen 2/95) beat Jajpur 189/10 in 44.2 overs (Soumya Parida 70; Rudra Prasad 4/41, Bighnesh Behera 3/23) by 209 runs. PoM: Hemanth Rathi.
13 July 2024 (Match 4, Bidanasi Ground): Cuttack-A 134/10 in 38.3 overs (Jahir Warsi 28, Sambit Beja 25; Sayed T Ahmad 2/11, Arpit Mohanty 2/20) beat Rest of Odisha-B 99/10 in 31 overs (Arpit Mohanty 25; Janmajay Jena 2/28, Sambit Beja 2/23) by 35 runs. PoM: Sambit Beja.
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PHOTO: Khordha batter Hemanth Rathi poses after scoring a double hundred against Jajpur in their U-19 Inter-District super league match on 13 July 2024.