Balasore, Cuttack-A take first innings lead

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Cuttack, Jan 21: Balasore and Cuttack-A took crucial first innings lead against Koraput and Jajpur on day one of their respective two-day Super League ties of the U-16 Sumit Bose Memorial Inter-District cricket tournament at various grounds here Wednesday.

At the SCB Ground, Balasore got an important first innings lead of 114 runs. Opting to bat first, Koraput were bundled out for a meagre 48 runs in their first innings, thanks to a five wicket haul by Subha Sankar Behera (5/13). In reply, Balasore could manage only 162 runs. Koraput were 27/1 in their second essay at stumps.

At the Sunshine Ground, Cuttack-A (133/5) got 34-runs first innings lead against Jajpur who were all out for 99 runs as Rajesh Ranjan Das (5/15) returned with a five wicket haul for cuttack-A

 Brief scores

 (At SCB Medical College Ground): Koraput 48 and 27/1 (Subha Sankar Behera 5/13, Milan Mahapatra 4/11) vs Balasore 162 (Tapas Rout 39; Abhishek Mohanty 4/33). Match to continue.

 (At Sunshine Ground): Jajpur 99 (Nishikanta Rout 38; Rajesh Ranjan Das 5/15) vs Cuttack-A 133/5 (Sarthak Parida 44). Match to continue.

 (At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Sundargarh 178 (Md Sahabaz Zamal 74; Bikram Pallai 5/33, Sibananda Behera 3/57) vs Bhadrak 94/2. Match to continue.

(At Bidanasi Ground): Cuttack-B 248 (Biswajit Patra 71, Stita Pragyan Das 47 n o; Imtiyaz Ansari 3/28) vs Bargarh 14/0. Match to continue.