Kalahandi Cup: Nuapada, Gajapati register wins

Gourav Rout picked a six-wicket haul as Nuapada defended a low total to beat Kandhamal by 18 runs in a preliminary Silver group match of Kalahandi Cup on Tuesday.

Put in to bat, Nuapada were bowled out for 179 in 38.1 overs with Kandhamal’s Neelkamal Behera picking five wickets. Prayash Singh top-scored for Nuapada with 87 runs.

In the run-chase, Kandhamal faltered and were all out for 161 in 45.2 overs, with Nuapada’s Gourav Rout picking a five-for.

In another match at the Sunshine Ground, Gajapati opting to bat were all out for 159 in 26.4 overs. But Malkangiri were shot out for a meagre 39 in 12.3 overs, with Gajapati’s Chappala Ganesh taking five wickets.

Brief Scores:

NABARANGPUR VS PARADIP: TOSS WON BY PARADIP & ELECTED TO BAT

PARADIP-223/10(49.5 OVERS)
AMIT K.SAHOO-46(64),SUBHAM KUMAR-46(73)
SUKESH K.HEERA-10-0-45-4, SUDIP K.DHALI-9-0-42-3,SHIBA HARIJAN-10-0-39-2

NABARANGPUR-224/2(34.4 OVERS)
SHEIK A.RIAZ-58(60),PURNA CHANDRA MAJHI-55(48),SUKESH K.HEERA-52(44)
PRADIPTA KHATUA-7-1-35-1,SOUMYARANJAN SENAPATI-7.4-0-53-1
NABARANGPUR WON THE MATCH BY 8 WICKETS.

NUAPADA VS KANDHAMAL: TOSS WON BY KANDHAMAL & ELECTED TO FIELD

NUAPADA-179/10(38.1 OVERS)
PRAYASH K.SINGH-87(48),MICHAEL SUVEER-39(62)
NEELKAMAL BEHERA-8-0-31-5,ARBIND K.SINGH-6.1-2-13-2

KANDHAMAL-161/10(45.2 OVERS)
SUKUMAR TRIPATHY(C)-40(65),RASMI R.SAHOO-34(40)
GOURAV K.ROUT-10-0-28-6, BIPUL PANIGRAHI-6-1-14-2
NUAPADA WON THE MATCH BY 18 RUNS.

GAJAPATI VS MALKANGIRI TOSS WON BY GAJAPATI & ELECTED TO BAT

GAJAPATI-159/10(26.4 OVERS)
NAYAK A.DAN-42(47),BINAYAK SAHOO-25(26)
DINESH K.HALBA-5.4-0-40-4,RAJIV SARDAR-3-1-5-2

MALKANGIRI-39/10(12.3 OVERS)
HARESH NAYAK(WK)-14(19)
CHAPPALA GANESH- 5.3-0-22-5,SURYA N.BISWAL-1-0-7-2,RANJAN PARIDA-5-3-4-2
GAJAPATI WON THE MATCH BY 120 RUNS.