Bhubaneswar-B rode on a century each by Pratikhit Pradhan and Anurag Samantaray, and a five-wicket haul by Md Shahzaib Alam to trounce Bargarh by 296 runs in their preliminary league match of the OCA U-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at DRIEMS Stadium in Tangi, Cuttack today.
Kendrapara crushed Jharsuguda by seven wickets, Bhadrak beat Nayagarh by 72 runs, Keonjhar defeated Jagatsinghpur by six wickets and Kalahandi prevailed over Paradip by 57 runs in four other matches of the day.
RESULTS (18 April 2026):
Match 61 (Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Jharsuguda 209/10 in 43 overs (Suraj Jaiswal 86; Pragyan Mishra 3/24, Omm P Das 3/31) lost to Kendrapara 211/3 in 31.2 overs (Biswajeeta Sahoo 82, Satyajit Malik 66; Sidharth K Hati 2/20) by 7 wickets. PoM: Pragyan Mishra.