National Sub-junior Badminton meet concludes
Bhubaneswar: Delhi boys Kartikey Gulshan and girls Kanika Kanwal emerged champion respectively in the Under -15 event of the 27th Sub Junior National Badminton Championship, which concluded at Jawaharlal Indoor Stadium in Cuttack on Saturday. Similarly; Maisnam Meiraba of Manipur and Simran Singh of Maharashtra emerged champion in the under-13 boys and girls categories respectively. Odisha Assembly deputy speaker S Marandi, Odisha Badminton Association working president Phakir Chandra Subudhi, Badminton Association of India vice-president OD Sharma,KN Jaiswal, Sekhar Biswas, S Muralidharan, Odisha Olympic Association & Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera and organising secretary Pradip Mohanty were present in the closing ceremony.
Final results: Boys Singles U13; Maisnam Meiraba (5), MNP, beat Aakash Yadav (1), DlI, 14-21 21-12 24-22. Girls singles; Simran Singh, MAH, beat Ritika Thaker (6), MAH, 21-10 21-12, Boys Singles U-15; Kartikey Gulshan Kumar (2), DlI, beat Arintap Dasgupta (1), WB, 22-20 17-21 21-8, Girls singles; Kanika Kanwal (1), DlI, beat Ashmita Chaliha (2), ASM, 21-15 10-21 21-10,
Boys Doubles U13; Tukum laa, ANP, and Yash Raikwar (1), MP, beat Maisnam Meiraba, MNP, and Akash Thakur, BHR, 14-21 21-12 21-15, Girls Double; Richa Muktibodh and Drithi Yatheesh, KTK, beat Nivetha M. and Winona S. (2), TN, 22-20 21-12, Boys doubles U-15; Sanjai Srivatsa D. and Sribalaji S. (2), PY, beat Krishna Prasad G. and Satwik Sai Raj R. (1), AP, 21-14 21-10, Girls Doubles; Ashwini Bhat K. and Mithula U. K. , KTK, beat Cherish D'Souza and Kalpita Sawant (2), MAH, 21-14 16-21 21-16 .
Odisha struggle in CK Nayudu trophy
Bhubaneswar: A four-wicket haul by B Ayyappa of Andhra Pradesh-A restricted Odisha innings for 109 runs for the loss of eight wickets at day one stumps in the CK Nayudu Trophy at Tirupati on Saturday.
Winning the toss, Odisha elected to bat first, but lost wickets in regular intervals. Ayyappa caused measure upset by claiming four wickets for 54 runs. His-mate CH Stephen bagged two wickets and Odisha struggled in the first innings. Brief score: Odisha 109/8 in 52 overs (Sujit lenka 19; B Ayyappa 4/54, CH Stephen 2/27) Vs Andhra Pradesh-A.
Rakesh shines in Secretariat Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all-round performance by Rakesh Sharma of Rohan Hero, who scored 51 runs and scalped three wickets, powered the team to beat Mahindra by 37 runs in the 15th Secretariat Cup Cricket Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Saturday. For the significant performance Rakesh bagged the man of the match award.
In another match, being invited to bat first, Bharati Infratel scored 93 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets. Chinmay Tripathy, Bulu Kanhar of OATS claimed three wickets each. In reply, OATS reached the winning target in 17.4 overs for the loss of six wickets. Chinmay of the winning tam bagged the man of the match award. Brief score: Bharti Infratel 93/9 in 20 overs (Prasanta Kumar Samantary 42, Chinmay Tripathy 3 wickets, Bulu Kanhar 3 wickets, Subhranta Das 2 wickets) lost to OATS 97/4 in 17.4 overs (Sudish Acharya 23) by 6 wickets. Rohan Hero 122/9 in 20 overs (Rakesh Sharma 51, Biswajit Naik 21; Rajesh Kumar 3wickets) beat Mahindra 85/9 in 18.2 overs (Ankush Jain 24; Rakesh Sharma 3/19, Manoj Rao 2/16) by 37 runs.
3 Odisha players in East Zone U-19 Team
Bhubaneswar: Three Odisha cricketers have been selected in the 15-member East Zone U-19 team for Inter Zonal One Day limited Overs – U-19 Tournament, scheduled to be held at Indore from November 20 to 26. Amir Gani of West Bengal would lead the team as captain and Wasiqur Rehman of Assam as his deputy. Priyatosh Parmanik, SS Senapati, Raj Kishan Patel are the three Odisha players. Players lists: Amir Gani, Wasiqur Rehman, Amit Kesari, Virat Singh, AS Pan, Kaushal Singh, Vishal Ghose, Abhimanyu Ishwaran, Razzakudin Ahmed, Pritam Chakravorty, Monu Kumar Singh, Priyatosh Parmanik, SS Senapati, Raj Kishan Patel, Chiranjit Paul, stand by; Yasir Ali, Ishan Kishan, P Tiwary, Prem Kumar, Rajiv Kumar (coach), Amit Paul (physio), Surender Sharma (trainer), Tarit Ghose (manager).