S’garh and 3 others register back to back win
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh, Paradip, Jharsuguda and Bhubaneswar-A defeated Phulbani, Khurda, KIIT and Dhenkanal by 169, 20 runs, six and eight wickets respectively and registered back to back win in the Sumit Bose Memorial OCA U-16 Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw Ground in Cuttack on Tuesday. In other matches of the day, Bolangir and Nayagarh edged out Boudh and Gajapati by seven and ten wickets respectively.
Brief score: Barabati Stadium: Sundargarh 278/8 in 50 overs (Ankit Munda 47, Bikash Choudhury 40, Sagarendu Samal 38 n.o; Md.Sahabaz Jamal 33; Srikant Mallick 2/38, Rajat Kiran Mishra 3/51) beat Phulbani 109/10 in 34 overs (Rajat Kiran Mishra 21; Biswajit Mohanty 7/22) by 169 runs. Ravenshaw Ground - II: Boudh 48/10 in 21.4 overs (Gourav Rout 4/6, Sarat Rana 2/11, Satyajit Singhdeo 2/14) lost to Bolangir 50/3 in 13.2 overs (Meet Patel 28 n.o; Pulak Mahapatra 2/33) by 7 wickets. Bidanasi Ground: Gajapati 60/10 in 19.1 overs (Dillip Ganasethy 26; Rajesh Mohanty 5/18, Suman Pradhan 3/30) lost to Nayagarh 61/0 in 8.1 overs (Anil Singh 28 n.o;) by 10 wickets.
S.C.B. Medical College Ground: Paradip 184/10 in 48.4 overs (Debadutta Nayak 43, Soumya Ranjan Routray 42; Binayak Mohanty 3/30, Manoranjan Tripathy 2/17, Nikhil Nayak 2/30) beat Khurda 164/10 in 46 overs (Pratyush Das 47, Soumya Ranjan Mahapatra 43, Biswas Sahu 26; Saroj Nayak 3/9, Biswajit Patra 2/24) by 20 runs. Sunshine Ground : Dhenkanal 79/10 in 32 overs (Anwesh Das 41 n.o; Ansuman Sinha 3/21, Suraj Das 2/7, Sushil Barik 2/11) lost to BBSR-A 83/2 in 18.4 overs (Biswajit Mohanty 25 n.o; Anwesh Das 2/25) by 8 wickets.
DRIEMS Ground: KIIT 111/10 in 43.1 overs (Jogibar Tiria 28; Ranjit Mohanta 3/22, Roshan Prasad 2/18, Shraban Sambatirao 2/20) lost to Jharsuguda 112/4 in 38.4 overs (Roshan Prasad 41 n.o; Shraban Singh 24) by 6 wickets.
Titans win Chhatrapati Shivaji Cup Cricket Tourney
Bhubaneswar: Titans of Titilagarh emerged champion by defeating Maa Bhabani Railway of Amlabhata by 88 runs in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Cup Cricket tournament at lanjigarh, being organised by Sesa Sterlite under its public relations department has partnered with the youths of Ambadola. Batting first Titans scored 195 runs in 20 over by losing seven wickets, in reply, Amlabhata scored only 107 runs. The champion team received the trophy along with cash award of Rs 21,000 and runners-up team took home Rs 11,000. Dilip of runners-up team and Rinku of champion team received the man of the series and man of the match awards respectively. Mr K.K.Dave, COO Sesa Sterlite KK Dave distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Bissam Cuttack MlA Jagannath Saraka.
Other dignitaries presented in the function were Jagannath Nundruka-Sarapanch Sibapadar B Indira Patra (Samiti member),Kabiraj Pradhan-Principal (Samant College,Ambadola) , Sidhartha Behera (Sesa Sterlite), Ratan Jain (Muniguda Block BJD President),Purna Goud (President-Puja Committee,Muniguda), lastly Jaga(Secretary Sibaji Youth Club)
SAIl barge into Pradip Memorial Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: Steel Authority of India limited (SAIl) of Jharkhand barged into the final of the 22nd All India Pradip Memorial Cricket Tournament by defeating DRK of Baripada by 75 runs at Hanuman Jew Stadium in Tillo, Bhadrak on Tuesday, being organised by Tillo Athletic Association. Batting first, Avisekh Parasar of SAIl smashed an unbeaten 42 runs and guided the team to reach 153 runs in 30 overs for the loss of seven wickets. In reply, Binit Singh and Saif Ul Haque of SAIl bagged four and three wickets respectively and restricted DRK for 78 runs in 19.5 overs. Avisekh of the winning team received the man of the match award. SERSA, Ranchi would meet ECoRSA, Vishakhapatanam in the quarterfinal match on Wednesday.
Brief score: SAIl 153/7 in 30 overs (Avisekh Parasar 42 n.o; Suraj Sawant 39, Himanshu Sharma 28; Saiba Singh 2/35) beat DRK 78/10 in 19.5 overs (Binit Singh 4/14, Saif Ul Haque 3/19) by 75 runs.