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Cuttack, March 17: Rohit Behera (129 n o) and Swayamsidha Samant (112) hit magnificent centuries for Nayagarh in the drawn match against Nabarangpur on the second and the concluding day of their match in the Kalahandi Cup cricket tournament at the Sunshine Ground here Thursday. All the matches in the tournament ended in draws.
Brief scores
(At Sunshine Ground): Nabarangpur 169 and 92 for 4; Nayagarh 340 for 7 decl (Rohit Behera 129 n o, Swayamsidha Samant 112). Match drawn.
(At Barabati Stadium): Sonepur 278 for 9 decl and 148 for 9 (Chandramani Biswal 65); Malkangiri 173 (Bhabatosh Parmanik 7/63). Match drawn.
(At BOSE Ground): Dhenkanal 226 and 95 for 2 (Arif Beig 52); Gajapati 140 (Bikas Kumar Rout 6/36). Match drawn.
(At Nimpur Ground): Paradip 169 and 151 for 7 decl Rayagada 153 and 50 for 2. Match drawn.
(At SCB Ground): Nuapada 155 and 107 for 5; Phulbani 108 (Prayashsingh Thakur 5/23). Match drawn.
(At DRIEMS Ground): Deogarh 264 and 16 for 2; Kalahandi 135 (Rajeswar Mohanty 5/23) and 186 (Subash Prusti 6/48). Match drawn.
Pragati Sporting in semis
Pragati Sporting (PS) scripted a narrow 17-run win over RYCC Rourkela in the rain-hit third quarterfinal of the NM Bhuyan Memorial cricket tournament at the BJB College Ground in Bhubaneswar, Thursday.
Opting to bat, PS scored 160 runs in the stipulated 40 getting all out in the process. Raghunath Malla (99) batted superbly but missed out on a well-deserving century.
Set a revised total of 160 in 33 overs, the Rourkela side were bundled out for 142. Ashok Barik (46) and Nataraj Behera (42) batted well adding 75 runs for the fifth wicket after initial hiccups, but that was not enough. Manas Mohapatra (3/15) and Soumya Sourav Kumar (3/23) bowled well for PS sharing six wickets among themselves
Brief scores
Pragati Sporting 193 (Raghunath Malla 99) beat RYCC Rourkela 142 (Ashok Barik 46, Manas Mohapatra 3/15) by 17 runs (By DL method).
