Soubhagya, Aman shine

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Cuttack, Feb 14: Soubhagya Mohanty (167) hit a marathon century and Aman Shastri (6/33) bowled well to help Bhubaneswar-B earn a massive 372 runs victory over Malkangiri in a match of the Kalahandi Cup cricket tournament at the Bidanasi Ground here Saturday.

Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Bhubaneswar-B scored a mammoth 435/6. Santanu Mishra (72) and Paresh Patel (72) also supported Soubhagya well. In reply, Malkangiri could not tackle the pressure and were all out for a paltry 63.

(At Bidanasi Ground) BBSR-B 435/6 (Soubhagya Mohanty 167, Santanu Mishra 72, Paresh Patel 72) beat Malkangiri 63 (Aman Sashtri 6/33, Amitav Rout 3/20) by 372 runs.

(At Barabati Stadium) Angul 98 (Nihar R. Hati 5/37, Sanatan Jagamohan 3/36) lost to Paradip 99/3 (Rajesh Ranjan Pradhan 62 n o) by seven wickets.

(At Ravenshaw Ground-II) Bolangir 191 (Sushant Meher 62 n o; Omm Arya 6/26) beat Khurda 149 (Rupak Jena 42; Asish Mishra 4/27) by 42 runs.

(At Sunshine Ground) ECoRSA 329/7 (Prasanta Sahu 116, Subit Biswal 100; T.Sricharan 3/51) lost to Gajapati (Suryakant Pradhan 5/21, Priyatosh Paramanik 3/14) by 247 runs.