A magnificent hual of six wickets for five runs by Rati Ranjan Barik enabled Sambalpur post a 65-run win over Keonjhar in their preliminary league match of the OCA U-19 Mens Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground in Cuttack today.
Rourkela, Bargarh, Balasore, Cuttack-B and Kandhamal registered wins in five other matches of the day. Among other outstanding performers, Jagadish Sa and Arya Panda scored a century each for Balasore and Cuttack-B, while Rehan Khan and Pritish Dash bagged five for more wickets each for Rourkela and Bargarh respectively.
RESULTS:
21 June 2024 (Match 37, Ravenshaw Ground-2): Rourkela 312/7 in 49 overs (Snehal K Samantray 85, Smruti R Behera 48, Koustik Mohanty 38; Abhishek Kumar 3/78, Biswajit Sahoo 2/37) beat Paradip 91/10 in 36.5 overs (Jyoti Ranjan Swain 21; Rehan Khan 5/16, Rohan Kumar 4/18) by 221 runs. PoM: Rehan Khan.
21 June 2024 (Match 38, DRIEMS Ground): Khordha 131/10 in 23 overs (Pratyush Mohanty 51, Mrityunjaya Mohapatra 27; Pritish K Dash 6/16, Ajay Upreti 3/11) lost to Bargarh 132/7 in 38.1 overs (Vinay K Sharma 40*, Pritish K Das 27; Sumit Mishra 3/27, Bighnesh J Behera 2/36) by 3 wickets. PoM: Pritish K Dash.
21 June 2024 (Match 39, Bidanasi Ground): Balasore 271/10 in 46.2 overs (Jagadish Sa 143, Mikun Dalnaik 34; Dilip Bisoi 3/41, Subham Nayak 2/55) beat Nabarangpur 136/10 in 28.2 overs (Dilip Bisoi 39; Bijan Kumar Mohanty 3/26, Krishab Nayak 2/27) by 135 runs. PoM: Jagadish Sa.
21 June 2024 (Match 40, Sunshine Ground): Sambalpur 110/10 in 31.2 overs (Santosh K Sharma 26; Sanket Panda 4/21, Prashant K Chauhan 2/9) beat Keonjhar 45/10 in 16.2 overs (Sarthak S Prakash 21; Rati Ranjan Barik 6/5, Md F Azad 4/19) by 65 runs. PoM: Rati Ranjan Barik.
21 June 2024 (Match 41, Ravenshaw Ground-1): Cuttack-B 280/9 in 49 overs (Arya A Panda 109, Baisnav Behera 68, Akash Pradhan 52; Priya Ranjan Muduli 5/58, Kunal Das 2/52) beat Puri 167/10 in 37.4 overs (Mayank Pattanayak 63, Rajbeer Sahoo 47; Swadhin K Patra 4/25, Pritam K Das 4/44) by 113 runs. PoM: Arya A Panda.
21 June 2024 (Match 42, Nimpur Ground): Dhenkanal 107/10 in 25.4 overs (Arabinda Mishra 20; Pritam K Samal 4/10) lost to Kandhamal 111/6 in 21.5 overs (Pritam K Samal 47; Abhijit Sahu 2/24, Prayan P Samal 2/28) by 4 wickets. PoM: Pritam K Samal.
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PHOTO: Sambalpur bowler Rati Ranjan Barik poses after bagging six wickets in their U-19 Inter-District match against Keonjhar in Cuttack on 21 June 2024.