Kalahandi Cup 2024: Nayagarh prevails in tricky run-chase

Shashang Rungata picked four wickets to help Nayagarh bag a two-wicket win over BBSR-B in a second phase league (Gold-B) match of Kalahandi Cup on Monday.

Put in to bat at KIIT Stadium in Bhubaneswar, BBSR-B were bowled out for 194 in 44.1 overs, with Rungata picking four and Deepak Das two scalps. Anurag Sarangi top-scored for BBSR-B with 66.

The run-chase became tricky with wickets tumbling but Soumya Srichandan and Rungata scored 33 each, as Nayagarh scampered to two-wicket win with just one ball left.

Brief Scores:

MAYURBHANJ VS PURI

TOSS WON BY MAYURBHANJ & OPT TO BAT.

MAYURBHANJ -242/10 (45.2 OVERS)
PREETPAL SINGH-64(66), SUBHAM S.MOHANTY-51(51), MANU RAM-42(63)
BHAGIRATHI BEHERA-3.4-0-15-3, DEBASIS DASH-10-0-53-2, MANU RAM-9-1-48-2

PURI -241/9 (46.0 OVERS)
BINAYA K.PAIKARAY-55(69), RISIKESH DAS-46(65)
MARI LOKNATH-9-0-41-2, MOHIT KANKARIA-8-0-39-2

MAYURBHANJ WON BY 1 RUN.

BBSR-B VS NAYAGARH

TOSS WON BY NAYAGARH & OPT TO FIELD.

BBSR-B-194/10 (44.1 OVERS)
ANURAG SARANGI-66(88), SOURAV K.GOUDA-27(30)
SHASHANG RUNGATA-9-1-35-4, DEEPAK K.DAS-4.1-1-13-2

NAYAGARH-198/8 (49.5 OVERS)
SOUMYA R.SRICHANDAN-33(34), SHASHANG RUNGATA-33(58)
MANOJ K.BARIK-10-3-40-2, SUSHIL K.BARIK-10-1-29-1, RAKESH K.BARIK-10-1-29-1

NAYAGARH WON BY 2 WICKETS.

KORAPUT VS KEONJHAR

TOSS WON BY KORAPUT & OPT TO FIELD.

KEONJHAR-203/10 (42.4 OVERS)
ASHUTOSH SAHA-51(59), SOYANSHU PATTNAIK-48(33)
DEBANSU RAYGURU-6-0-28-3, NIRANJAN GOUDA-8.4-0-39-2

KORAPUT-206/7 (44.5 OVERS)
ARASADA KIRAN-73(92)*, SANDEEP PATTNAIK-45(46)
MOHIT MOHAN MAHANTA-6.5-1-31-3, ASHIT K.SAHU-9-1-39-2

KORAPUT WON BY 3 WICKETS.