Bhadrak and Bargarh registered back-to-back wins in respective preliminary group league to qualify for the super league of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds here today.

Bhadrak rode on a century and six-wicket haul by Kshyama Sagar Bal to crush Nayagarh by 117 runs, while an unbeaten 64 by Debendra Kunwar and a six-wicket haul by Badal Pardesi Nishad propelled Bargarh to six-wicket win over Boudh.

Gajapati beat Nuapada by four wickets, Paradeep prevailed over Phulbani by 73 runs, Dhenkanal edged past Malkangiri by two wickets, Sonepur got the better of Koraput by 110 runs, Sambalpur defeated Deogarh by 127 runs and Kendrapara drubbed Ganjam by seven wickets in six other matches of the day.

BRIEF SCORES:

Match No 9 (DRIEMS Stadium): Nuapada 231/10 in 41.2 overs (Rohit Mahabev Patil 91, Abhishek Yadav 48; Asish Rai 3/37, Ranjan Parida 2/28) lost to Gajapati 233/6 in 40.4 overs (Joyti Ranjan Dalai 94, Sourabh Kanojia 61, Sarada Prasan Singh 25; Abhisekh Yadav 3/42, Rohit Mahadev Patil 2/39) by 4 wkts.

Match No 10 (Nimpur SCC Ground): Paradeep 230/10 in 43.3 overs (Kishan Rath 79, Suryakanta Jena 34, Sarthak Parida 25, Soumya R Senapati 24; Debasish Mallick 3/22, Rasmi Ranjan Sahoo 3/31, Sibaram Deo 2/53) beat Phulbani 157/10 in 40.2 overs (Nursingha Nath Pati 44, Sibaram Deo 40; Kishan Rath 5/33, Mrutyunjay Swain 2/11) by 73 runs.

Match No 11 (BOSE Ground): Malkangiri 113/10 in 31.1 overs (Dinesh Halwa 26, Ratnakar Chalan 23*; Bikash Rout 5/39, Mustaq Beig 4/25) lost to Dhenkanal 114/8 in 23.1 overs (Sujit Barua 44, Bharat Das 22; Samir Kumar Jena 4/26, Uma Srinivas 3/25) by 2 wkts.

Match No 12 (SCB Medical Ground): Bhadrak 225/10 in 44.2 overs (Kshyama Sagar Bal 100, Abinash Singh 35, Sahil Khan 30; Bapuni Nayak 4/36, Sidharth Sankar Behera 3/36, Badal Bhola 2/51) beat Nayagarh 108/10 in 32 overs (Purna Chandra Lenka 30, Sidharth Sankar Behera 20; Kshyama Sagar Bal 6/24, Harshit Rathod 2/26) by 117 runs.

Match No 13 (Sunshine Ground): Sonepur 319/10 in 48.1 overs (Chandramani Biswal 78, Ashish Mallick 75, Purusottam Patra 58, Niranjan Panda 25; Subham Rath 5/40, G Chandrasekhar 2/35, Amit Rout 2/89) beat Koraput 209/10 in 44.2 overs (Amit Rout 32, Nayeem Ahmed Khan 30, A Kishore 27, Prabhanjan Adhikari 24, Aditya Rout 23; Bhabatosh Parmanik 3/45, Purustom Patra 2/21, Aasis Mahakud 2/13, BB Bibekanand Sethi 2/36) by 110 runs.

Match No 14 (Bidanasi Ground): Sambalpur 213/10 in 41.1 overs (Sayed Zaki 45, Abhinash Nanda 40, Sudhir Taria 39; Rajeswar Mohanty 3/19, Asish Patnaik 3/30, Sunil Nayak 2/37) beat Deogarh 86/10 in 20.2 overs (Asish Pattnaik 21; Sayad Zaki 4/5, Debabrata Pradhan 4/31) by 127 runs.

Match No 15 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Ganjam 80/10 in 29 overs (Somnath Pradhan 31; Sanjeeb Sahoo 6/14, Ashish Kumar Nayak 2/9) lost to Kendrapada 81/3 in 16 overs (Rohit Gahan 23*; Abhijit Hota 2/10) by 7 wkts.

Match No 16 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Boudh 130/10 in 25.3 overs (Manoj Nayak 56, Sibani Sankar Parida 21; Badal Pardesi Nisad 6/46, Rahul Choudhury 3/28) lost to Baragarh 133/3 in 19.5 overs (Debendra Kunwar 64*, Sourav Rawat 21) by 7 wkts.