Asutosh wins Junior, Sub-junior Billiards titles
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s top rated billiards player Asutosh Padhy bagged both junior and sub-junior trophies in the State Champioship held at Cue Sports Academy here on Friday. In the junior event final, Padhy eliminated Devi Prasad Sahoo 304-83 points. Similarly in the sub-junior category, he defeated Noman Salat by 298-76 points.
Results: Sub-Junior Billiards: Final: Asutosh Padhy bt Noman Salat 298-76, Semi-final: Noman Salat bt Sahil Arora 110-87, Asutosh Padhy bt Piyush Sharma 328-86.
Junior Billiards: Final; Asutosh Padhy bt Devi Prasad Sahoo 304-83, Semi final: Devi Prasad Sahoo bt Rumit Gupta 158-145. Sub-Junior Snooker: Subham Kedia bt AK Khatai 2-0, Ronak Govani bt Adil Bhuyan 2-0.
Bikash misses ton, Odisha script innings lead
Bhubaneswar : An centurion fifth wicket partnership between Bikash Pati and Biplab Samantary powered the host Odisha team to script 24 runs first innings lead Jharkhand with remaining five wickets at day-two stumps in the Ranji Trophy Cricket at DRIEMS Ground in Tangi on Friday. In reply to Jharkhand’s 221 runs, Bikash smashed 94 runs and stitched 62 runs for the third wicket with Niranjan Behera. In another strong partnership, Bikash and captain Biplab (64 not out) contributed 132 runs for the fifth wicket. By the end of day-two Odisha scored 245 runs for the loss of five wickets in 99 overs. Earlier on Thursday, In the bowler friendly track, dependable medium pacer Basant Mohanty bagged five wickets and restricted Jharkhand for 221 runs in the first innings . Winning the toss Odisha elected to bat first, Jharkhand lost their two wickets without opening the score board. Basant bagged five wickets including top three batsman. He was well supported by Alok Sahoo who claimed two wickets. S Tiwary and unbeaten B Thakur put bit resistance to Odisha bowlers and scored 67 and 61 runs respectively and helped the team to reach 221 runs in the first innings. In reply, Odisha scored 37 runs for the loss one wicket at day-one stumps.
Brief Score: Jharkhand 221/10 in 67.4 overs (RK Nemat 36, SS Tiwary 67, BD Thaker 61 n.o; VR Aaron 44; Basant Mohanty 5/60, Alok Sahoo 3/34) Vs Odisha 245/5 in 99 overs (Bikash Pati 94, Niranjan Behera 39, Biplab Samantary 64 n.o; Ajaya Yadev 3/48).
Odisha, Meghalaya match drawn in Football
Bhubaneswar, : The league match between Odisha and Meghalaya ended in 2-2 goals draw in the Junior National Girls Football Championship at Police Ground in Cuttack on Friday. After the barren first-half, Meghalaya got the lead in the 51st minute through the goal by Riblda Rynjah. But Maneka Mallick of the host nailed the equaliser. Once again Mallik scored the second goal in the 71st minute. Meghalaya bounced back in style, Morda Khongsit leveled the score in the 84th minute. In other league matches, Uttarakhand beat Himachal Pradesh by 3-0, Punjab beat Arunachal Pradesh by 6-1(at Police Ground), Manipur beat Rajasthan 10-0, Haryana beat Tripura 9-0 (SAI Ground), Kerala beat Delhi 3-2, Chhatisgarh beat Gujurat 16-1, Nagaland beat Jharkhand 3-1 (at Barabati Stadium).