Sai Prayash Budek bagged five wickets for 10 runs to steer Balangir to a 193-run win against Rayagada in their preliminary league match of the OCA U-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground, Cuttack today. Keonjhar and Jagatsinghpur posted wins in two other matches of the day.

RESULTS (25 April 2026):

Match 91 (DRIEMS Stadium, Tangi): Sonepur 177/10 in 39.4 overs (Ashwini K Rout 35; Omm P Sethy 4/41, Rahuldev S Naik 3/21) lost to Keonjhar 179/8 in 36.4 overs (Rahuldev S Naik 64; Kalingapatnam K Kumar 2/24) by 2 wickets. PoM: Rahuldev S Naik.

Match 92 (Nimpur Ground, Cuttack): Jagatsinghpur 262/7 in 45 overs (Soheb Khan 74, Anurag Das 58, Subham S Parija 58, Biswa P Samantaray 23; Aryashree Parida 2/67) beat Paradip 126/9 in 45 overs (Ayasha Panda 30*; Somya R Pati 3/8, Kumar Avisek 3/28, Biswa P Samantaray 2/17) by 136 runs. PoM: Biswa P Samantaray.

Match 93 (Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Balangir 263/9 in 45 overs (Pragyan Mishra 67, Sideswar Bag 56; Sameer K Bidika 2/40) beat Rayagada 70/10 in 17.1 overs (Sai Prayash Budek 5/10, Priyanshu S Sahu 3/19) by 193 runs. PoM: Sai Prayash Budek.
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PHOTO: Balangir bowler Sai Prayash Budek emotes after bagging five wickes during their U-16 Inter-District match against Rayagada in Cuttack on 25 April 2026.