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Cuttack, Jan 28: Rourkela scripted an emphatic eight wicket victory over Khurda in a low scoring tie of the U-19 Inter-District cricket tournament at the Nimpur Ground here Wednesday.
Put into bat first, Khurda could only manage 93 runs in 39.5 overs with Koushik Das Manikpuri (3/23) shining for Rourkela. In reply, Rourkela overhauled the target with ease in 18.5 overs for the loss of only two wickets.
Brief scores
(At Nimpur Ground): Khurda 93 (Kousik Das Manikpuri 3/23) lost to Rourkela 96/2 by eight wickets.
(At Barabati Stadium): BBSR-B 166 (Ashish Sahoo 45; SK Azharuddin 3/27) lost to Jajpur 169/7 (Subhrajit Singh 72; Hitesh Nayak 3/23) by three wickets.
(At SCB Ground): Sonepur 162 (Shaila Ranjan Badi 79; Sipun Dey 3/31) lost to Deogarh 166/7 (Santosh Senapati 82 n o; Shaila Ranjan Badi 3/19) by three wickets.
(At Sunshine Ground): Dhenkanal 159 (Sunny Singh 4/21, Srikant Behera 3/15) beat Kalahandi 128 (Ajit Rout 5/15, Rajesh Ranjan Behera 3/47) by 31 runs.
