Semifinalists spotted in OCA U-16 cricket

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Cuttack, Jan 22: Bhubaneswar will meet Cuttack-B, while Cuttack-A will face Kendrapara in the semifinals of the OCA U-16 Sumit Bose Memorial Inter-District cricket tournament at the Bidanasi and Sunshine Grounds respectively January 24-26. Balasore and Cuttack-A registered huge victories, while Bhadrak and Cuttack-B took first innings lead in their different two-day long super league matches played at different grounds here Thursday.

At the SCB Ground, Balasore thrashed Koraput by one innings and 17 runs. Koraput were bundled out for 97 in their second essay as Milan Mohapatra (4/37) scalped a four wicket haul.

Brief scores

(At SCB Ground):  Koraput 48 and 97 (Milan Mahapatra 4/37) lost to Balasore 162) by one innings and 17 runs.

(At Sunshine Ground): Jajpur 99 and 139/9(Alok Rajput 49; Saswat Mohanty 4/24) lost to Cuttack-A 172 (Sarthak Parida 65; Nishikant Rout 4/38) and 69/0 by 10 wickets.

(At Ravenshaw Ground-II): Sundargarh 178 and 203/8 (Bikash Choudhury 100, Sarat Minz 47; Kshyama Sagar Bal 3/17, Bikram Palai 3/60) vs Bhadrak194 and 113/8( Rama Chandra Sahu 40; Biswajit Mohanty4/59) Match drawn.

 (At Bidanasi Ground):  Cuttack-B 248 and 116/7 (Subham Muduliar 4/26) vs Bargarh 216 (Ashutosh Kumar 69, Imtiyaz Ansari 68; Nitish Ranjan Samantray 7/60) Match drawn.