Fine all-round performance by Ansul Barik helped Jajpur upset home favourites Cuttack-A by five wickets in their preliminary league match of the OCA U-16 Boys Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw University Ground in Cuttack today. Sundargarh, Ganjam, Angul, Nabarangpur and Boudh posted wins in five other matches of the day.
Among other notable performers of the day, Arpit Pradhan (Angul) and Pritam P Sahoo (Sundargarh) bagged five or more wickets each, while Ayush K Das and Ayushman Gouda (both Sundargarh), Abhay Pandey (Balasore), Alok N Kapal (Ganjam) and Preetish Mishra (Cuttack-A) slammed a half-century each.
RESULTS (10 April 2026):
Match 31 (Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Sundargarh 253/7 in 50 overs (Ayush K Das 82, Ayushman Gouda 52; Lohit Senapati 3/35) beat Balasore 172/10 in 47.5 overs (Abhay Pandey 61; Pritam P Sahoo 5/38) by 81 runs. PoM: Pritam P Sahoo.