Rising win Rajarani T20 Cricket title
Bhubaneswar: The all-round performance of PR Sinha, who smashed 34 runs and bagged three wickets gone to vain while Biswabharati of Cuttack suffered a five wickets defeat from Rising Student in the final bout of the Rajarani T20 Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground on Sunday.
Batting first Biswabharati scored 122 runs for the loss of seven wickets. In reply, Girija Rout and Sanjiv Barik scored 36 and 37 runs respectively and powered Rising Student to reach the winning target for the loss of five wickets in 19 overs. The Champion Raising Student bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 25,000 and the runners-up richer by Rs 20,000. Sanjiv Barik and Girija Rout claimed the man of the final and best batsman awards respectively. PR Sinha of the runners-up team received the man of the series award and Prasanta Sahoo won the best bowler award.
Brief Score: Biswabharati 122/7 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 40, PR Sinha 34; Tapendra Singh, Jayanta bagged two wickets each) lost to Rising Student 123/5 in 19 overs (Girija Rout 36, Sanjiv Barik 37; PR Sinha 3/17) by 5 wickets.
RuralInter SchoolKabaddi Tournament held
Rourkela: The ‘Samvardhan Rural Inter School Kabaddi Tournament’ was organized by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Department of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) at the Bisra Government Girls High School, Bijadih. After football the Samvardhan Rural Inter School Kabaddi Tournament is another fresh sporting initiative of RSP under its CSR interventions to promote sports in the peripheral villages of Rourkela. A total of 24 teams including 12 boys’ teams and 12 girls’ teams participated in the event. In the boy’s category Gandhi Vidyalaya team emerged champion by defeating the Chandali High School, Bonei team. Amongst the girls the Bisra Government Girls High School, Bijadih emerged triumphant after defeating Government Girls High School, Khuntgaon in the final match. Each of the winning teams was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 4000 and a trophy and each of the Runners-up teams was presented Rs. 3000 each.