Kalahandi Cup 2024: Swain takes five as BBSR-A thrash ECORSA

Cuttack: Sovan S Swain took a five-wicket haul and Raghunath Malla scored an unbeaten 92 off 94 balls as BBSR-A thrashed ECORSA by 10 wickets in a 1st phase league game (Diamond A, B) of Kalahandi Cup 2024 on Sunday.

Played across different venues in Cuttack as one-day format, the first day of Kalahandi Cup action saw most of the games being one-sided affair.

Also read: Yadav, Behera headline ECORSA win over Sundargarh

Opting to field at Barabati Stadium here, Sovan Swain led BBSR-A’s bowling attack by scalping five wickets with Ansuman Bej picking two, as ECORSA were bowled out for 161 in 35.1 overs.

For ECORSA, Ankit Yadav scored 50 and Sameer Mohanty 44. BBSR-A wrapped up the chase in 28.5 overs without losing a single wicket, with Raghunath scoring 92 not out and Shantanu Mishra 58 not out.

In another match played at Ravenshaw Ground-1, Cuttack-B chased down Khorda’s target of 248 in 42.5 overs. The credit of the seven-wicket victory would go to Sambit K Sahoo who slammed an unbeaten 113 off 124 balls.

Meanwhile, at DRIEMS Ground, Balasore beat Rourkela by 42 runs riding on the five-wicket haul by Sarbeswar Mohanty. Put in to bat, Balasore were bowled out for 184 in 46.5 overs. The run-chase got tricky for Rourkela with Mohanty casting a spin web to return figures of five for 27 and Gyanendra Parida chipping in with two bundle Rourkela out for 142 in 36.1 overs.

Brief Scores:

BBSR-A VS ECORSA AT BARABATI STADIUM

TOSS WON BY BBSR-A & OPT TO FIELD.

ECORSA -161/10 (35.1 OVERS)
ANKIT YADAV-50(54), SAMEER R.MOHANTY-44(36)
SOVAN S.SWAIN-6.1-1-20-5, ANSUMAN BEJ-5-0-39-2

BBSR-A -163/0 (28.5 OVERS)
RAGHUNATH MALLA-92(94), SHANTANU MISHRA-58(80)

BBSR-A WON BY 10 WICKETS.

CUTTACK-B VS KHORDHA AT RAVENSHAW GROUND-1

TOSS WON BY CUTTACK-B & OPT TO FIELD.

KHORDHA 247/8 (50.0 OVERS)
JYOTI R.BEHERA-60(74), ARYASHREE D.BHATTA-56(83)
SAMBIT K.BEJA-5-1-17-2, PRADIPTA K.DASH-10-0-46-2

CUTTACK-B – 251/3 (42.5 OVERS)
SAMBIT K.SAHOO-113(124), ANIL PARIDA-79(61)
SATYA P.PADHI-8-0-36-1, SANDEEP CHAUHAN-8-1-34-0

CUTTACK-B WON BY 7 WICKETS.

SUNDARGARH VS SAMBALPUR-A AT NIMPUR GROUND

TOSS WON BY SAMBALPUR-A & OPT TO FIELD.

SUNDARGARH -267/8 (50.0 OVERS)
GOVINDA PODDAR-75(72), ANKIT SINGH-50(71)
DINA DAS-9-0-50-4, SAYED ZAKI-10-0-39-1

SAMBALPUR-A -181/10 (43.2 OVERS)
SAYED ZAKI-51(50), AYUSH MISHRA-24(25)
AMIT K.DAS-9.2-0-52-3, SWASTIK SAMAL-4-0-12-2

SUNDARGARH WON BY 86 RUNS.

CUTTACK-A VS JHARSUGUDA AT SUNSHINE GROUND

TOSS WON BY JHARSUGUDA & OPT TO BAT.

JHARSUGUDA -187/10 (48.5 OVERS)
SAGAR K.ROUT-56(97), SANTOSH K.YADAV-49(99)
RAMA C.BEHERA-10-1-32-2, JAMALA B.MOHAPATRA-10-1-35-2

CUTTACK-A -191/2 (32.1 OVERS)
RAJESH DHUPAR-114(109), RAMA C.BEHERA-52(75)*
VAIBHAV K.RAI-9.1-0-62-2

CUTTACK-A WON BY 8 WICKETS.

JAJPUR VS DHENKANAL AT MGM SPORTS GROUND

TOSS WON BY JAJPUR & OPT TO FIELD.

DHENKANAL-113/10 (32.1 OVERS)
LAXMIDHAR SAHOO-31(57), ANIL K.ROUT-21(27)
PAPU RAY-10-1-36-4, SK AJHARUDDIN-9-1-24-3

JAJPUR -114/0 (24.3 OVERS)
ADITYA JENA-73(84), MD S.KHAN-31(64)

JAJPUR WON BY 10 WICKETS.

ROURKELA VS BALASORE AT DRIEMS GROUND

TOSS WON BY ROURKELA & OPT TO FIELD.

BALASORE -184/10 (46.5 OVERS)
ASUTOSH MARNDI-45(37), JAGADISH SA-36(86)
SUBHANKAR BISWAS-3-0-9-3, UMESH YADAV-8-0-33-3

ROURKELA -142/10 (36.1 OVERS)
SUJAL K.SINGH-39(63), HEMANTA NAYAK-27(48)
SARBESWAR MOHANTY-7-1-27-5, GYANENDRA PARIDA-8-0-27-2

BALASORE WON BY 42 RUNS.