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Bhubaneswar, March 11: Lalit Mohan Ojha’s all-round show propelled Paramount Sporting to a flourishing 72-run win over Solar Cricket Academy (SCA) in the NM Bhuyan Memorial cricket tournament at the BJB College Ground here Friday.
Opting to bat, Paramount openers Avaya Mallik (33) and Ojha (50) gave them a solid start adding 69 runs for the first wicket. Debasish Samantray (49) also played a handy knock to help their team score a challenging total of 227, which got all out in the penultimate (39th) over. Pradeep Dash (3/52) was the most successful bowler for SCA.
In reply, SCA were never on the chase. They lost wickets at regular intervals and eventually bowed out falling 72 runs short of the target. Only Ramchandra Behera (32) and Pradeep Dash (25) could give some resistance with the bat. Man of the match Ojha (2/39) followed his effective batting show with some good bowling.
Kirti steals show
Kirti Ranjan Bhuyan (7/43) was simply unplayable for Kalahandi players as Nayagarh restricted them for 132 in their first innings on the first day of the two-day Group-C encounter in the Kalahandi Cup cricket tournament at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Friday.
Opting to bat, Kalahandi were skittled out for a meager 132 with Manoj Singh (44) emerging as the highest scorer. In reply, Nayagarh also batted poorly and were reduced to 102/6 at stumps
Brief scores
(At Barabati Stadium): Kalahandi 132 (Manoj Singh 44, Kirti Ranjan Bhuyan 7/43); Nayagarh 102 for 6 (Brajesh Babru Mohanty 5/20).
(At Bidanasi Ground): Gajapati 163 (Barun Panigrahy 53, Subrat Patra 3/37); Sonepur 100 for 5 (Purusottam Patra 50).
(At BOSE Ground): Nabarangpur 179 (P Roshan Kumar Rao 82, Suryakant Jena 3/23); Paradip 86 for 1 (Hitesh Mandal 42 batting)
(At SCB Ground): Deogarh 118 (Dushmanta Sahu 40, Manoj Nayak 4/54); Boudh 185 for 7 (Manoj Nayak 78)
(At Ravenshaw Ground-I): Dhenkanal 337 for 9 (Debiprasad Sahu 89, Ashis Sahu 70) vs Nuapada
(At DRIEMS Ground): Malkangiri 191 (Sibaram Deo 3/65); Phulbani 79 for 2 (Nrusingha Nath Pati 40 batting).
All matches to continue Saturday.
