Semifinalists spotted in Aurobinda cricket
Bhubaneswar: Town Club and Paramount Sportings B will meet Paramount Sportings A and Juvenile Club of Cuttack on April 21 and 24, respectively, in the semifinal matches of the Aurobinda Memorial All Odisha Cricket Under-15 Tournament at Paramount Ground here.
In the last quarterfinal match on Thursday, A 109-ball 92 runs haul by Abhijeet Tripathy guided Paramount B team into the semifinal by defeating Rising Student by eight wickets. Batting first, Rising bowled out 180 in 33.5 overs with Sashang Rungta and Prince Sanket Behera contributed 69 and 43 runs respectively. Partha Sarathi Sahoo and Pratyush Prakash Saho were the most successful bowler for the host Paramount, picking three wickets each. In reply, a 106 run opening partnership between Purney Prasan Mohanty (34) and Abhijeet (92) helped the team to reach the winning target in 33 overs. Brief score: Rising Student 180/10 in 33.5 overs (Prince Sanket Behera 43, Sashang Rungta 69; Partha Sarathi Sahoo 3/29, Pratyush Prakash Sahoo 3/28) lost to Paramount B 181/2 in 33 overs (Purnya Prasan Mohanty 34, Abhijeet Tripathy 92, Bibhudutta Das 26 n.o;) by 8 wickets.
Cambridge enter PVR Murthy semis
Bhubaneswar: Cambridge School edged out Secondary Board High School by seven wickets and entered the semifinal of the 12th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Winning the toss, Cambridge elected to field, the discipline bowling by Cambridge bowlers skittle out Secondary School for 70 in 17.2 overs. Masud Ahamad of Cambridge was scalped maximum three wickets for 17 run and bagged the man of the match award. Sambit Mohnaty and Abhinab Mishra pocketed two wickets each. In reply, Cambridge reached the victory target in 11 overs with Govinda Rao’s 29 run. CDA, DAV will face New Stewart School both Cuttack teams in the quarterfinal match on Thursday. Brief score: Secondary Board High School 70/10 in 17.2 overs (Masuf Ahmad 3/17, Sambit Mohanty 2/14, Abhinab Mishra 2/19) lost to Cambridge School 72/3 in 11 overs (Govind Rao 29; Kartik Behera 3/22) by 7 wickets.
t B 181/2 in 33 overs (Purnya Prasan Mohanty 34, Abhijeet Tripathy 92, Bibhudutta Das 26 n.o;) by 8 wickets.