Rourkela emerges top in group-D of U-16 cricket

A report from Daily Pioneer

Rourkela defeated Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) by one wicket in an exciting preliminary league match of the Odisha Under-16 Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University Ground in Cuttack on Saturday.

This was the third win in a row for the Rourkela side, which emerged toppers in Group D. Malkangiri, Jagatsinghpur, Bolangir, Jharsuguda and Nayagarh registered wins in five other league matches of the day.

Among notable individual performers, Rrakash Parida (Boudh), Satya Nina (Bolangir) and Maheswar Pati (Phulbani) hit a half-century each, while Ashutosh Das (Jagatsinghpur) bagged six wickets for 27 runs.

BRIEF SCORES:

At Bidanasi Ground: Mayurbhanj 103/10 in 31.3 overs (Rohit Roshan Das 44, Dibya Ranjan Das 22; Rajendra Nayak 4/9, Bhagaban Pujari 2/5) lost to Malkangiri 104/5 in 27 overs (Sudeep Dutta 25; Sudarsan Patra 3/30) by 5 wkts.

At Ravenshaw Ground-I: Boudh 89/10 in 28.2 overs (Prakash Parida 55; Ashutosh Das 6/27, Swaraj Chandan 2/16) lost to Jagatsinghpur 93/6 in 17.2 overs (Nihar Ranjan Lenka 36, Sailesh Das 27; Bijay Barik 4/23) by 4 wkts.

At Ravenshaw Ground-II: KIIT 123/10 in 35.1 overs (Sibasis Dash 36; Subhrajit Sahoo 3/7, Gobind Tandia 3/17, Abdul Khalique 2/24, Kanchan P Saroj 2/25) lost to Rourkela 127/9 in 47.3 overs (Amrit Khatua 27; Samresh Kumar Routray 4/35, Vivek Singh 2/23) by 1 wkt.

At SCB Medical College Ground: Bolangir 177/10 in 41.3 overs (Satya Nina 52; Udit Wilson Lakra 2/12, Swagat Chakra 2/35, Sanjaya Das 2/36) beat Sundargarh 144/10 in 31 overs (Biswajit Barik 28, Sanjay Das 26; Anand Padhi 4/40, Jaykrishna Pattnaik 2/31) by 33 runs.

At Sunshine Ground: Kendrapara 121/10 in 39.4 overs (Manas Das 30 n.o, Jyoti Ranjan Dalai 20; Chanchal Agarwal 3/22, Rajsen Gupta 2/19) lost to Jharsuguda 124/9 in 42.3 overs (Raj Kishan Patel 24; Jibanjyoti Biswal 3/25, Biswa Bhusan Bihari 2/21, Alekha Prasad Rout 2/38) by 1 wkt.

At Nimpur Ground: Phulbani 114/10 in 40.5 overs (Maheswar Pati 61 n.o; Rohit Kumar Behera 4/14, Sidheswar Dakua 3/15, Debasish Mohapatra 2/31) lost to Nayagarh 115/8 in 35.1 overs (Sidheswar Dakua 23 n.o; Sudaya Pradhan 3/20) by 2 wkts.