Cuttack: Dipankush Sabat (6/35) took a six-for and Birajkant Behera (3/13) claimed three wickets as Bhubaneswar B thrashed Paradip by 10 wickets in their match of the U-16 Inter-district cricket tournament here at the Bidanasi ground, Saturday.
Batting first, Paradip were skittled out for paltry 55 runs in 10.1 overs as none of their batsmen could withstand the fiery bowling of Dipankush and Birajkant as wickets fell at regular intervals. It is also to be noted that out of six, five of Dipankush’s victims were bowled out. Pratyush Prakash Sahoo (1/0) was the other wicket taker for Bhubaneswar.
In reply, Bhubaneswar overhauled the target in just 7.4 overs without losing any wicket. Punya Prasan Mohanty (24 n o) and Saransh Kumar (19 n o) scored for the winners.
Brief scores: Paradip 55 (Snehasish Boswal 10; Dipankush Sabat 6/35, Birajkant Behera 3/13) lost to Bhubaneswar B 57 without loss in 7.4 overs (Punya Prasan Mohanty 24 n o, Saransh Kumar 19 n o) by 10 wickets.
Other results
(At BOSE Ground): KIIT 141 (Jagjit Das 49; Jyoti Priya Patnaik 4/31) lost to Puri 143/2 in 30.5 overs (Smruti Prakash Swain 72 n o) by eight wickets.
(At Sunshine Ground): Cuttack B 226/8 (Rashmi Ranjan Sarangi 41; Madhusudan Sahoo 4/36) bt Dhenkanal 59 all out in 13.5 overs (Mainak Nayak 11; SK Danish Akhtar 2/14) by 167 runs.
(At Ravenshaw Ground): Jagatsinghpur 68 (Snehasish Sahoo 5/20, Vijay Yadav 4/13) lost to Rourkela 72/2 in 12.3 overs (Ashirbad Swain 67 n o) by eight wickets.
Odisha finish runners-up
Odisha finished runners-up in the recently concluded School Sports Kabaddi Championships at Madurai, Kerala. Odisha lost narrowly to Delhi 30-37 in the final.