Rajat, Amman shine on day one

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Cuttack, Jan 17: Kendrapara took a small lead of 14 runs against Balasore while Cuttack-A looked set to take a decent lead on the first day of the U-16 Inter District cricket tournament being played at several grounds here, Saturday.

Electing to field first, Kendrapara bowled out Balasore for 128 in 51 overs as Syed Amman Ali (6/44) single-handedly destroyed the latter’s innings at the Barabati Stadium. In reply, Kendrapara were 142/6 in 48 overs at stumps, thanks to a patient century by Rajat Das (100 batting).

At the Bidanasi Ground, Cuttack bowled out Jharsuguda for 132 in 60 overs as their bowlers (Md Sahil Raja (3/25), Soren SK Majhi (3/30) and Rajesh Das (3/32) combined well to take three wickets each. In reply, the Cuttack-A were 96/3 and looked set to take a decent lead with Sourav Parida (32 batting) and Anurag Kanojia (9 batting) at the crease at the end of the day’s play.

Brief scores

(At Barabati Stadium): Balasore 128 (Sekhar Majhi 47; Sayed Amman Ali 6/44) vs Kendrapara 142/6 till the end of day-1. (Rajat Das 100 n o; Birendra Singh 3/14) Match to continue.

(At Ravenshaw Ground–II): Cuttack-B 164 (Srihari Dalai 44; Suryakanta Samal 6/41, Pratyush Mahapatra 4/39) vs Bhubaneswar-B 62/2 till the end of day-1. Match to continue.

(At Bidanasi Ground): Jharsuguda 132 (Soren S.k.Majhi 3/30, Md.Sahil Raza 3/25, Rajesh Das 3/32) vs Cuttack-A 96/3 till the end of day-1(Batting (Sourav Parida 31 n o) Match to continue.

(At Sunshine Ground): Bhadrak 98 (Rama Chandra Sahoo 37; Subham Satrujit 3/11, Sushil Barik 3/18) and 32/1 vs Bhubaneswar-A 122 ( Sourabh Gouda 34; Sibananda Behera 3/19, Rama Chandra Sahoo 3/38)

Pratik selected

After a debacle against Delhi at Firoz Shah Kotla stadium Friday, where Orissa lost by an innings and 150 runs, the state selection committee Saturday made some changes in the team for the Ranji Trophy tie against Rajasthan to be played at the Gandhi Stadium, Saturday. Pratik Das has been rewarded with a place in the 15-member squad after he performed brilliantly in the U-23 CK Naidu cricket tournament. All-rounder Paresh Patel has also been selected in the team. The selectors chose to axe wicket keeper Haldhar Das and leg spinner Lagnajit Samal.

Squad: Abhilsh Mallick(c), Natraj Behera, Girija Rout, Biplab Samantaray, Govind Poddar, Arvind Singh, Subhrajit Sahu, Deepak Behera, Suryakant Pradhan, Basant Mohanty, Dheeraj Singh, Paresh Patel, Pratik Das, Anurag Sarangi, Alok Mangaraj,