Midhansu Das scored a century to power Bhubaneswar-A to a 175-run win against Nuapada in their preliminary league match of the OCA U-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack today. Puri, Cuttack-B, Khordha, Rourkela and Sambalpur-B registered wins in five other matches of the day.
Among other notable performers of the day, Dibyadarshan Paikaray (Puri), Somyajeet Das (Cuttack-B) and Slok S Nayak (Bhubaneswar-A) claimed five wickets each, while Ankit Mohanty, Nishith Pattanaik (both Puri), James Lima (Gajapati), Subham Sharma (Cuttack-B) and Supratik Mishra (Deogarh) scored a half-century apiece.
RESULTS (7 April 2026):
Match 25 (DRIEMS Ground, Tangi): Puri 209/8 in 47 overs (Ankit Mohanty 70, Nishith Pattanaik 60; Suman Baliarsingh 2/26) beat Gajapati 127/9 in 38.2 overs (James Lima 50; Dibyadarshan Paikaray 5/23) by 82 runs. PoM: Dibyadarshan Paikaray.