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  Kalahandi Cup Cricket: Quarterfinalists identified
05 Mar 2026
 

Cuttack-A, Sundargarh, Bhubaneswar-A, Rourkela, East Coast Railway, Angul, Jharsuguda and Balangir qualified for the quarterfinals of the OCA Kalahandi Cup Senior Men Inter-District Cricket Tournament after completion of preliminary league matches at different grounds in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khordha today.

Balasore, Rourkela, Cuttack-A, Keonjhar, Paradip and Jharsuguda posted wins in the last six league matches today. Among outstanding performers of the day, Aashirwad Swain scored a century for Rourkela, while Prakash Jena and Arun Moharana bagged five wickets each for Paradip and Jagatsinghpur respectively.

In the quarterfinals on March 8, Cuttack-A will meet Balangir, Sundargarh will face Jharsuguda, Bhubaneswar-A will take on Angul and Rourkela will confront East Coast Railway. Semifinals and the final will take place on March 9 and 11 respectively.

 

RESULTS (5 March 2026):

Match 97 (Ravenshaw Ground, Cuttack): Kalahandi 129/10 in 35.2 overs (Dinesh Kumar Majhi 69; Nauttam Bhanja 4/28) lost to Balasore 135/2 in 13.3 overs (Nirbishankar Barik 77) by 8 wickets. PoM: Nauttam Bhanja.

Match 98 (MGM Ground, Cuttack): Rourkela 256/10 in 47 overs (Aashirwad Swain 117, Hemanta Nayak 61; Arun Moharana 5/52) beat Jagatsinghpur 146/10 in 44 overs (BR Shubhradeep 36; Goutam Suna 2/15) by 110 runs. PoM: Aashirwad Swain.

Match 99 (Sunshine Ground, Cuttack): Nuapada 198/10 in 35.1 overs (Michael Suveer 40, Saroja K Panda 40; Sudhanshu S Senapati 3/23, Ashutosh Ray 3/48) lost to Keonjhar 202/6 in 37.2 overs (Ruturaj Mohanty 51, Ashutosh Ray 42; Ayushman Gupta 3/43, Anshuman Gupta 2/18) by 4 wickets. PoM: Ashutosh Ray.

Match 100 (Centurion University Ground, Bhubaneswar): Cuttack-A 302/8 in 47 overs (Rama Chandra Behera 83, Rajesh Dhupar 54; Parthasarathi Nayak 3/48) beat KIIT 172/8 in 47 overs (Parthasarathi Nayak 60; Priyanshu Mohanty 3/13) by 130 runs. PoM: Priyanshu Mohanty.

Match 101 (DRIEMS Cricket Ground, Cuttack): Ganjam 217/10 in 42.3 overs (K Iswar Prasad 50; Prakash Jena 5/40) lost to Paradip 220/6 in 40 overs (Udit N Jata 68*, Saswat Mohanty 55*; Rohit Sagar 2/30) by 4 wickets. PoM: Prakash Jena.

Match 102 (BJB High School Ground, Khordha): Jharsuguda 270/8 in 47 overs (Santosh K Yadav 69, Sachin K Shrestha 62; Uma S Sahu 3/50) beat Rayagada 209/10 in 46 overs (Nelli Deepak Kumar 43; Md Shah Armaan 4/21) by 61 runs. PoM: Md Shah Armaan.
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TOP: Rourkela batter Aashirwad Swain poses after scoring a century in their Kalahandi Cup match against Jagatsinghpur in Cuttack on 5 March 2026.

RIGHT: Paradip bowler Prakash jena poses after taking five wickets in their Kalahandi Cup match against Ganjam in Cuttack on 5 March 2026.

 
   

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