Cuttack-A won their two rescheduled preliminary league matches of the OCA U-19 Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament (One-Day Format) against Dhenkanal and Balasore at different grounds in Cuttack on 1 and 2 June 2025. Paradip prevailed over Rourkela in another rescheduled match on June 1.
Priyanshu Mohanty was the chief architect of the Cuttack-A win against Dhenkanal, bagging four wickets for 19 runs. Arpit S Mohanty and Biswajit Sahoo scored an unbeaten half-century each in the Paradip win. Krishna Singh also hit a fifty for Rourkela. Piyus R Mantri claimed three wickets for one run as Cuttack-A crushed Balasore by seven wickets.
RESULTS:
Match 43 (June 1, Ravenshaw Ground-1): Dhenkanal 50/10 in 19.3 overs (Priyanshu Mohanty 4/19, Janamjay Jena 3/13) lost to Cuttack-A 51/4 in 7.5 overs (Anil Sahoo 21; Anshuman Naik 3/26) by 6 wickets. PoM: Priyansu Mohanty.
Match 47 (June 1, Ravenshaw Ground-2): Rourkela 155/10 in 42.4 overs (Krishna Singh 58, Adarsh Raiguru 23; Ayush Parida 3/17, Udit N Jata 3/33) lost to Paradip 157/3 in 35.2 overs (Arpit S Mohanty 62*, Biswajit Sahoo 53*; Rehan Khan 2/20) by 7 wickets. PoM: Arpit S Mohanty.
Match 37 (June 2, Ravenshaw Ground-1): Balasore 62/10 in 18.1 overs (Shubham R Palai 21; Piyus R Mantri 3/1, Arnab Patnaik 2/15) lost to Cuttack-A 66/3 in 14.2 overs (Choudhury S Mohanty 34) by 7 wickets. PoM: Piyus R Mantri.
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PHOTO: Paradip batter Arpit S Mohanty poses after hitting an unbeaten half-century in their U-19 Men Inter-District match against Rourkela in Cuttack on 1 June 2025.