Medium-pacer Ankita Pani captured five wickets for four runs to guide Rourkela to a nine-wicket win over Nuapada in their preliminary league match of the OCA Inter-District Womens T20 Cricket Tournament at Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar today.
Nabarangpur, Keonjhar, Balangir, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Bargarh and KIIT registered wins in eight other matches of the day. Rani Tudu (KIIT) hit the only half-century of the day.
RESULTS (27 April 2026):
Match 55 (Ravenshaw Ground-2): Nabarangpur 162/3 in 20 overs (Ajita Das 46) beat Deogarh 104/5 in 20 overs (Jigyansa Ojha 25; Ashwini A Jojo 2/19) by 58 runs. PoM: Ajita Das.