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Bhubaneswar, March 16: Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC) stormed into the final of the NM Bhuyan Memorial cricket tournament after clinching a convincing four-wicket win over Paramount Sporting in the first semifinal at the BJB College Ground here Wednesday.
Electing to bat, Paramount riding on good knocks from Debraj Kar (61) and Debasish Samantray (50) scored 188. In reply, MCC struggled initially. But man of the match Soubhagya Mohanty (44 n o) and Siddhanth Ray (35 n o) batted responsibly. They added 64 unbeaten runs for the seventh wicket to take their team to victory with nine balls to spare.
Brief scores
Paramount Sporting 188 (Debraj Kar 61, Debasish Samantray 50, Sumitosh Praharaj 4/30) lost to MCC (Soubhagya Mohanty 44 n o, Lalit Mohan Ojha 4/29) by four wickets.
Uma, Devi hit tons
Uma Sankar Hota (Sonepur) and Devi Prasad Sahoo (Dhenkanal) hit tons to put their respective sides in command on the first day of their two-day matches of the Kalahandi Cup cricket tournament at different grounds in Cuttack, Wednesday.
Brief scores
(At Barabati Stadium): Sonepur 278 for 9 decl (Uma Sankar Hota 101; Satbir Singh 6/76); Malkangiri 30 for 3.
(At BOSE Ground): Dhenkanal 226 (Devi Prasad Sahoo 111; Pravat Dash 4/54); Gajapati 3 for no loss.
(At Sunshine Ground): Nabarangpur 169 (Swayamsidha Singh Samant 5/51, Kirti Ranjan Bhuyan 4/36); Nayagarh 145 for 4 (Rohit Behera 61).
(At Nimpur Ground): Paradip 169 (Susanta Sahoo 4/28); Rayagada 63 for 6 (Vikash Srivastav 3/18).
(At SCB Ground): Nuapada 134 for 8 (Rashmi Ranjan Sahoo 4/29) vs Phulbani.
(At DRIEMS Ground): Deogarh 264 (Pritish Prakash Mohapatra 66); Kalahandi 25 for 2.
All games to continue Thursday.
