Cuttack bags State Blind Cricket Title
Bhubaneswar: A half-century each haul by lalu and Bikash of Cuttack guided the team to clinch the champion title by defeating Koraput by seven wickets in the final match of the Odisha State Cricket Championship for Blind at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack on Sunday. Being invited to bat first, Koraput scored 158 runs for the loss of three wickets. In reply, lalu and Bikash scored 68 and 54 runs respectively and reached the winning target for the loss of three wickets.
For the brilliant batting lalu bagged the man of the final awards. Sukhuram Majhi and Kalia Pradhan received the man of the series award in the B3 and B1 categories respectively. Similarly, best bowler awards grabbed by lalatendu and Rama in the B3 and B1 categories respectively. Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Keonjhar, Koraput, Baragarh and a junior team were the six teams participated in the tournament. Additional Director General of Police Syamsundar Hansda, Ravenshaw University vice-chancellor Baisnab Charan Tripathy, Priyabrata Majhi and ranji team coach Debasish Mohanty were present in the closing ceremony.
Brief score: Koraput 158/8 in 18 overs (Sukharam Majhi 38) lost to Cuttack 161/3 in 15.4 overs (lalu 68, Bikash 54) by 7 wickets.
State Badminton Championship concluded
Bhubaneswar: S Appa Rao of Sambalpur and Rutapurna Panda of Cuttack emerged champion in the men and women categories respectively in the State Badminton Championship, which concluded at Indoor Stadium in Rpurkela on Saturday, being jointly organised by Rourkela Sports Association and Odisha State Badminton Association. In senior men singles category, S Appa Rao of Sambalpur own the final defeating Susant Kumar Rout of Bhubaneswar in a straight set 21-15, 21-12, in women category, Rutapurna Panda of Cuttack defeated Gitanjali Jena of Bhubaneswar by 21-9 and 21-9. In U-19 boys singles category, Abhimanyu Bagarty of Bolangir defeated Jasowant Nayak of Anugul by 13-21, 21-13,21-10 and in girls category Rutapurna Panda of Cuttack defeated lisarani Parida of Bhubaneswar by 21-6, 21-3.
In U-17 boys singles category Debasish Mishra of Bhubaneswar defeated a of Swadhi Gouda of Bhubaneswar by 21-12, 15-21,21-13 and in girls category Jasmin Sahoo of Bhadrak defeated Srabanee Sabat of Bhubaneswar by 21-11, 16-21, 21-13. While in Men doubles S Appa Rao and K Ravi Babu became the champion. In U-19 category Dibyajyoti Singh and S Panda and in U-17 Vikrant Jani and Arabinda Sahu became champion.
Similarly in masters category of age group 35-45 singles, N Sunani of Kalahandi, in doubles Snehasis Patra and Prasant Kumar Behera of Rourkela, in age group 45-55 singles, Gouri Shankar Bisi of Kalahandi, in doubles Gouri Shankar Bisi and Samir Kumar Sahoo of Kalahandi and in age group of 55+ singles, K Babu Rao of Sambalpur and in doubles PK Pal and RC Sethi of Bhubaneswar became champion. In the prize giving ceremony while RSP ED MK Das was chief guest, SK Samal, Commandant, OSAP, Minati Mohapatra, AGM (Sports), RSP, P.K.Mohanty, Secretary, OSBA, Mihir Ray, President, RSA and Bhaskar Nanda, Secretary, RSA were present.