Huge win for Bhubaneswar-B

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 Cuttack, Jan 9: Bhubaneswar-B beat Angul by a huge margin of 285 runs in the Sumit Bose Memorial OCA U-16 Inter-District cricket tournament at the Barabati Stadium here Friday.

Opting to bat first, Bhubaneswar-B scored 359 for the loss of four wickets in the stipulated 50 overs thanks to a scintillating century by Jyoti Ranjan Behera (138) and a brisky half century by Farhat Khan (87). In reply, Angul were bundled out for a meagre 74 with pacer Surjit Kumar (5/21) doing most of the damage.

Other matches:

(At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Keonjhar 272/6 (Dinesh Nayak 79, Quamer Asfaque 50 n o; K Sandeep Kumar 4/35) beat Malkangiri 41 (Debasis Nayak 4/9) by 231 runs.

(At Bidanasi Ground): Nabarangpur 172 (Baidyanath Nayak 66; Ayush Rajput 5/30) beat Nuapada 74 (Mirza Tanbir Beg 3/19) by 98 runs.

(At Sunshine Ground): Sambalpur 93 (Nishikanta Rout 3/8, Pritam Singh 3/10) lost to Jajpur 94/2 (Alok Rajput 45) by eight wickets.