Gajapati owed their victory to Chappala Ganesh who bagged five wickets for 22 runs. Chasing 160 for win, Malkangiri were bundled out for 39.

RESULTS (26 April 2022):

Match 65 (At Ravenshaw University Ground-1, Cuttack): Paradeep 223/10 in 49.5 overs (Amit K Sahoo 46, Subham Kumar 46, Soumya Ranjan Senapati 32*, Aswani Khatei 22, Pramod Behera 22; Sukesh K Heera 4/45, Sudip K Dhali 3/42, Shiba Harijan 2/39) lost to Nabarangpur 224/4 in 34.4 overs (Sheik A Riaz 58*, Purna Chandra Majhi 55, Sukesh K Heera 52*, G Aryan 39) by 6 wickets. PoM: Sukesh K Heera.

Match 66 (At DRIEMS Ground, Tangi, Cuttack): Nuapada 179/10 in 38.1 overs (Prayash K Singh 87, Michael Suveer 39; Neelkamal Behera 5/31, Arbind K Singh 2/13) beat Kandhamal 161/10 in 45.2 overs (Sukumar Tripathy 40, Rasmi R Sahoo 34, Kamaleswar Mohapatra 31; Gourav K Rout 6/28, Bipul Panigrahi 2/14, Md Noaman R Khan 2/41) by 18 runs. PoM: Gourav K Rout.

Match 67 (At Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Gajapati 159/10 in 26.4 overs (Nayak A Dan 42, Binayak Sahoo 25; Dinesh K Halba 4/40, Rajiv Sardar 2/5) beat Malkangiri 39/10 in 12.3 overs (Chappala Ganesh 5/22, Surya N Biswal 2/7, Ranjan Parida 2/4) by 120 runs. PoM: Chappala Ganesh.
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TOP: File photo of Nuapada bowler Gourav Rout, who bagged six wickets against Kandhamal in their Kalahandi Cup match in Cuttack on 26 April 2022.
RIGHT: File photo of Nabarangpur allrounder Sukesh K Heera, who scalped four wickets and hit an unbeaten 52 against Paradeep in their Kalahandi Cup match in Cuttack on 26 April 2022.