A four-wicket haul by Amitanshu Mallick and an unbeaten half-tentury by Sahil Khan helped Bhadrak beat Sambalpur-B by thee wickets in their re-scheduled preliminary league match of the OCA U-19 Mens Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Bidanasi Ground in Cuttack today.
Cuttack-A and Nayagarh posted wins in two other matches of the day. Cuttack-A prevailed over Deogarh by seven wickets, thanks to a three-wicket haul by Sambit Beja. Nayagarh carved out an easy win over Mayurbhanj who were bundled out for a paltry 27 runs. Biswajeet Pradhan picked up three wickets for three runs to enable Nayagarh win the match by seven wickets.