Rourkela ride on brilliant Natraj ton

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Bhubaneswar, Feb 17: RYCC, Rourkela defeated Solar Sporting by 26 runs to make it to the semifinal of the NM Bhuyan & Sourav Mohanty Trophy cricket tournament here Tuesday.

Opting to bat first, Rourkela posted a total of 224 thanks to a scintillating century by Natraj Behera (100). Malay Jena (4/51) bowled well for Solar Sporting.

In reply, Solar could only manage 198 with Sai Jagdish (66) playing a lone hand. Ashis Tiwary (4/34) hastened the Solar downfall. Natraj Behera was adjudged as man of the match.