Prasant powers Sambalpur to victory

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Cuttack, Feb 3: Prasant Thakkar’s (7/20) brilliant show with the bowl helped Sambalpur beat Paradeep by 40 runs in a tie of the U-19 Inter District Cricket Tournament at the Raveshaw Ground-II here Tuesday.

Electing to bat first, Sambalpur batsmen struggled against Paradeep bowlers as they were all out for 107 in 36.4 overs in the first innings. Gourav Routray (4/29) was the wrecker-in-chief for the Paradeep.

However, Routray’s effort went in vain when Paradeep batters surrendered cheaply at 67 in 23 overs to Prasant and Gurprit Singh (3/21) of Sambalpur.

In another one-sided match at the Ravenshaw Ground-1, Bhadrak defeated Boudh by 221 runs. Put into bat, riding Bhadrak scored 343 runs in 50 overs, riding on Kshyama Sagar Bal’s (84) and Surendra Panda (49) superb effort with the bat. In reply, Boudh could score only 122 runs in 21 overs.

Brief scores

(At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Bhadrak 343 (Kshyama Sagar Bal 84, Surendra Panda 49, Hemanta Das 41; Panchadev Bhabasagar 3/39, Chhayakanta Mahananda 3/61) beat Boudh 122 (Ramakrushna Pala 43; Kshitish Mohanty 5/12, Surendra Panda 2/13) by 221 runs.

(At Nimpur Ground): Nabarangpur 84 ( Md Saha Akram 3/25) lost to Jharsuguda 85/2 bu eight wickets.

(At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Sambalpur 107 (Gourav Routray 4/29) beat Paradeep 67 (Prasant Thakkar 7/20, Gurprit Singh 3/21) by 40 runs.

(At DRIEMS Ground): Jagatsinghpur 60 (Abinash Sahoo 7/39) lost to Balasore 61/6 (Asish Mahapatra 4/25) by four wickets.

(At Sunshine Ground): Kendrapara 152 (Sudatta Chandan 49 n o, Suryakant Jati 44; Bishal Sabat 3/30) beat Phulbani 100 (Asish Patra 4/43, Mrutyunjay Nayak 3/15) by 52 runs.

(At Bidanasi Ground): Nayagarh 283 (Abhilash Semwal 58, Pranay Das 47; Sidharth Joshi 5/47) beat Balangir 151 (Sidhartha Johhi 50; Himansu Pati 4/15) by 132 runs.