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Nine teams posted wins on the opening day of the Kalahandi Cup OCA Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament at different grounds today. Purusottam Padhan scored the only century of the day for Balangir, while Soumitra Biswal (Kendrapara), Sukesh Heera (Nabarangpur) and Jamala Bhanjan Mohapatra (Cuttack-B) bagged five wickets each.
RESULTS (17 Feb 2026):
Match 1 (BJB School Ground, Khordha): Sambalpur-B 182/10 in 39.5 overs (Priya R Nath 41*, Santosh K Sharma 31; Soumya R Lenka 3/17, Walter Toppo 2/25) lost to Sundargarh 186/6 in 19.4 overs (Swastik Samal 88; Prashant Thakkar 3/69, Dina Das 2/70) by 4 wickets. PoM: Swastik Samal.
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Match 2 (Adashpur Ground): Nayagarh 241/7 in 38 overs (Biswajeet Pradhan 88, Ashutosh Das 52*; Mustaq Beg 3/52) beat Dhenkanal 150/10 in 29.1 overs (Bikash Rout 80, Akash Puhan 53; Ashutosh Das 4/21, Ashimananda Dalabehera 3/12) by 91 runs. PoM: Ashutosh Das.
Match 3 (Ravenshaw Ground-II): Nabarangpur 143/10 in 38.2 overs (G Aryan 46; Soumitra K Biswal 5/11, Sahazad Khan 2/31) beat Kendrapara 115/10 in 33.4 overs (Gaurav Choudhary 35; Sukesh Heera 5/42, Arjun Kumar 3/32) by 28 runs. PoM: Sukesh Heera.
Match 4 (Centurion University Ground): ECORSA 227/10 in 45.4 overs (Girija Rout 65, Abhishek Yadav 61; Shresth Singh 4/25, Krish Singh 2/28) beat Sambalpur-A 152/10 in 38.3 overs (Shresth Singh 34; Abhishek Yadav 3/34, Sameer Mohanty 2/12) by 75 runs. PoM: Abhishek Yadav.
Match 5 (Sunshine Ground): Balangir 221/10 44.3 overs (Purusottam Padhan 114;
Biswabhusan Bihari 4/13, Rudra Mallick 2/36) beat Khordha 138/10 in 26.4 overs (Rakesh Pattanaik 45; Sailesh Patnaik 3/18, Anshuman Mishra 3/37) by 83 runs. PoM: Purusottam Padhan.
Match 6 (Ravenshaw Ground-I): Cuttack-B 201/10 in 42.0 overs (Sambit K Sahoo 40,
Ankeet K Behera 33; Shankar Ghadia 2/35, Abrarul Haque 2/25) beat Sonepur 143/10 in 28 overs (Dipak Parida 47; Jamala Bhanjan Mohapatra 5/19, Biswajit Mohapatra 3/48) by 58 runs. PoM: Jamala Bhanjan Mohapatra.
Match 7 (DRIEMS Cricket Ground): Bhubaneswar 276/9 in 50.0 overs (Anurag Sarangi 71, Kartik Biswal 66, Shantanu Mishra 58; Rajanikanta Das 3/52, Shibasundar Das 2/36) beat Jajpur 230/10 in 45.5 overs (Soubhagya Dhal 65; Kartik Biswal 4/43, Shantanu Mishra 3/44) by 46 runs. PoM: Kartik Biswal.
Match 8 (ECORSA Stadium, Jatni): Koraput 245/8 in 43 overs (Adithya Rout 84,
Piyush Nayak 37*; Dinesh Halba 3/53, Naka Deepak Raj 2/47) beat Malkangiri 234/10 in 42.4 overs (Jami Tanay 66, Subir Sardar 33; Niranjan Gouda 4/51, Aditya Satapathy 3/44) by 11 runs. PoM: Niranjan Gouda.
Match 9 (Nimpur Cricket Ground): Deogarh 225/10 in 42.4 overs (Prabin Tirkey 60, Omm Pradhan 52; Prakash Jha 3/25, Akshay Singh 3/53) beat Boudh 210/10 in 42.0 overs (Akshay Singh 91, K Ganesh Patra 39; Mridul Pandey 4/16, Sk M Naqueeb 2/50) by 15 runs. PoM: Prabin Tirkey.
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TOP: Balangir batter Purusottam Pradhan poses after scoring the first century of the Kalahandi Cup against Khordha in Cuttack on 17 February 2026.
RIGHT: Nabarangpur bowler Sukesh Heera poses after bagging five wickets in their Kalahandi Cup match against Kendrapara in Cuttack on 17 February 2026.
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