Semifinalists of U-19 cricket
Bhubaneswar: Jharsuguda and Cuttack-A would meet Cuttack-B and Bhubaneswar-B respectively in the semifinal rounds of the Inter-District U-19 Cricket Tournament at different grounds in Cuttack from April 1 to 4.
The six wickets haul by Rakesh Pradhan of Balasore gone to vain while team suffered defeat from Jharsuguda by five wickets at Ravenshaw Ground in Cuttack on Saturday. In others matches of the day, Cuttack-A and B gathered first innings lead against Keonjhar and Angul respectably from the drawn match.
Brief Score: At Barabati Stadium: Rourkela 246/10 in 88 overs (Gopal Ram 63, Mrutynjay Sharma 42, Amrit Khatua 42, Gobinda Tandia 25, Ashok Barik 24; Asis Pradhan 3/27, Swagat Routray 2/23, Jyoti Bardhan Mohanty 2/60) Vs Bhubaneswar-B 246/10 in 84 overs (Sagar Sangam Mohanty 55, Abhisek Panda 64, Kartik Biswal 55; Kousik Das 3/65, Gobind Tandia 2/21, Ashok Barik 2/54. Match drawn with innings tie. (Point: BBSR-B-1, Rourkela-1).
At Ravenshaw Ground-1: Angul 126/10 in 55.4 overs (Bishnu Behera 48, Prabipta Das 3/21, Rama Chandra Behera 2/21, Sidhartha Sinha 2/32, Subham Nayak 2/24) and 69/6 in 35 overs (Subham Nayak 2/21) draw with Cuttack-B 300/9 in 90 overs (Swagat Das 54 n.o; Sidhartha Sinha 36 n.o; Girija Barik 25; Nirnimesh Jena 4/52, Rupesh Pradhan 2/53). Match drawn (Points: Cuttack-B-3, Angul-1)
At Ravenshaw Ground 2: Balasore 129/10 in 52.4 overs (Aksar Sahu 35; Raj Kishan Patel 4/33, Md. Saha Afgan 2/29) and 101/10 in 28.4 overs (Subhasis Panda 51, Raj Kishan Patel 5/34, Md. Saha Alam 3/21,) lost to Jharsuguda 118/10 in 44.2 overs (Pratik Yadav 28, Susanta lenka 25; Rakesh Pradhan-6/15, Subhasis Panda 2/40) and 113/5 in 34.5 overs (Md. Saha Alam 40 n.o; Dibya Darsan Dalai 2/27, Subhasis Panda 2/28) by 5 wickets (Points: Jharsuguda-5, Balasore-0). At Bidanasi Ground: Keonjhar 110/10 in 46.4 overs (Saroj Sahu 30; Suman Mohanty 4/19, Debapriya Patnaik 2/15) and 34/4 in 26 overs draw with Cuttack-A 360/5 in 90 overs (Subhrajit Mishra 74, Pratik Tripathy 129, Srijay Mohanty 44 n.o; Sanoj Mahananda 41, Suvendu Samal 39.) (Points: Cuttack-A-3, Keonjhar-1).
Sambalpur to meet Cuttack in Gold Cup
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Sambalpur Sports Hostel would meet Cuttack Sports Hostel in the Biju Pattnaik Gold Cup Football Tournament at Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.
Earlier in the semifinals Monday, Sambalpur edged out Keonjhar Sports Hostel by 1-0 goal. The all important goal scored by Rudra Prakash Pradhan in the 14th minute. In another match, Bhabagrahi Padhiary scored double goals and guided Cuttack to pipped Sundargarh by 3-0 goals. After the barren first half, Bhabagrahi opened the flood gate in the 35th minute and Niranjan Sardar double the lead in the 40th minute. However, Bhabagrahi nailed the final goal in the 49th minute. In the quarterfinal matches on Monday, Sambalpur beat Kalahandi by 2-1 goal via through penalty struck. Keonjhar thrashed Baripada by 2-0 goals. The champion would receive the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 10,000 and the runners-up to be richer by Rs 7,000.
Bajarangbali wins Football league
Bhubaneswar: Bajarangbali Club, Ghatikia defeated Bramheswar Cultural Association by 2-0 goals in the 10th Gatikrushna Memorial Bhubaneswar Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Saturday.In the one-sided match, Bajarangbali Club got the lead through the goal by Santosh Nayak in the 21st minute. After the change of sides, Basudev Dehuri scored the final goal in the 68th minute. Susanta Kumar Mishra, Sudeepta Das, Pradipta Nayak and Somanath Barik were the officials for the match. In the league match on Sunday, Tiger Youth Club would meet Department Of Sports team.
