Jharsuguda suffered their first defeat after four successive wins as they lost to Bhadrak by 14 runs in a crucial Group-A preliminary league match of the OCA U-19 Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament (One-Day Format) at Adaspur Ground in Cuttack today.
Nabarangpur stunned Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) by 20 runs, thanks to a four-wicket haul by Dilip Bisoi. Bhubaneswar-B rode on a century by Subhasis Mallick and five wicket haul by Soham Patnaik to crush Nayagarh by 69 runs.
Jajpur prevailed over Rayagada, Sambalpur-B got the better of Sonepur and Khordha defeated Boudh in three other matches of the day.