Club-73 enters Tata-Utkalika Football semis
Bhubaneswar : In the inaugural match Yazdani Club-73 edged out Accountant of General (AG) of Odisha by 2-0 goal and entered the semifinal of the Tata Utkalika Cup Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Monday. Antu Murmu draw the first blood in the sixth minute and Club-73 registered the lead. Santosh Nayak doubled the lead in the 14th minute. Santosh of the winning team received the man of the match award. Siba Prasad Das, Prakash Kumar Das, Chandrakant Barik and Durga Routary were the official conducted the match. Yazdani Club-73, Kishor Club, AG Odisha, Unit-6 Athletic Association (all Bhubaneswar), Odisha Police, Home guard team (both Cuttack), East Coast Railway (Khurda) and Tata Football Academy (Jamshedpur) are the eight teams participating in the meet. The champion would get trophy along with cash prize of Rs 20,000 and the runners-up to be richer by Rs 10,000. OCA secretary Asirbad Behera inugurated the meet in presence of Naba Ranjan Patnaik, Unit-6 Athletic Association president Tapan Mohanty, secretary Dilip Mohanty and Prafulla Mishra.
Jadavpur crush BPUT in SPl cricket
Bhubaneswar : Jadavpur University and Ravenshaw University registered crushing wins over their respective opponents on the second day of the SPA Premier league (SPl) being played at the SOA University stadium here on Monday. While Jadavpur trounced Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) by 128 runs in a Group-D tie, Ravenshaw thrashed OUAT by 78 runs in Group-C. Electing to bat, Jadavpur hit up 204 for four in the allotted 20 overs with the aid of half centuries from Akash Basu (55) and Navendu Ghose (53). Basu needed only 30 balls hitting eight fours and two sixes. Ghose, who played 38 balls, had four sixes and three boundaries in his knock. For BPUT, Biswajit Behen captured two wickets conceding 34 runs. Facing a huge score, BPUT lost wickets regularly and folded up for a meagre 76 in 12.2 overs. Debasis Patra (15) was the top scorer while Anurag Khan (5/13) was the most successful bowler for the winners. OUAT, who had fought valiantly against lovely Professional University before going down in the super over, bowed out of the tournament with two losses.Winning the toss, Ravenshaw opted to bat and scored 158 for nine in the allotted 20 overs. Srijoy Mohanty (76 not out in 48 balls) and Prayas Thakur (31 off 14 balls) were the main scorers. Mohanty hit 10 fours and 2 sixes. For OUAT Satyanarayan Tandi captured three wickets conceding 36 runs. Ravenshaw then bowled out OUAT for 80 off only 15.4 overs with Rupak Jena offering some resistance with 20. Sumit Sharma, Prayas Thakur and Debasish Swain claimed two wickets each. In an earlier match played on Sunday evening, Utkal University defeated Vir Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) by eight wickets in Group-B with state under-19 all rounder Priyatosh Pramanik doing the star turn. VSSUT, winning the toss and electing to bat first, were bowled out for 101 while Utkal reached the target conceding two wickets. Pramanik hit 46 off 27 balls (8x4, 1x6) while Soubhagya made 35. For VSSUT, Kalyan Mallick scored 18 while Asmit Rout (3/20) and Sibananda Dhir (3/28) were the chief destroyers. Brief score: Jadavpur University 204/4 in 20 overs (A.Basu 55, N.Ghose 53, B.Behen 2/34) beat BPUT 76 all out in 12.2 overs (D.Patra 15, A.Khan 5/13) by 128 runs. Ravenshaw University 158/9 in 20 overs (S.Mohanty 76 n.o., P.Thakur 31, S.Tandi 3/36) beat OUAT 80 all out in 15.4 overs (R.Jena 20, S.Sharma 2/8, P.Thakur 2/13, D.Swain 2/16) by 78 runs. VSSUT 101 all out in 20 overs (K.Mallick 18, A.Rout 3/20, S.Dhir 3/28) lost to Utkal University 104/2 in 12.4 overs (P.Pramanik 46, Soubhagya 35, Ajay 1/15) by 8 wickets .
Hockey Gangapur to leave today
Bhubaneswar : Hockey Gangapur would leave from here on Tuesday to participate in the 4th edition of the Hockey India Senior Men National Championship schedule to held at lucknow in Uttar Pradesh from February 27 to March 13. The team would accompany by coach lajrus Barla and manager Surendra Barla. In the inaugural match Hockey Gangapur Odisha would meet Puducherry on February 27, informed Hockey Gangapur secretary Debasish Gouda. Gangapur placed in pool-C would meet West Bengal, Tripura, Assam and Mizoram in the league round matches on Feb 28, March 1,2 and 4 respectively. As many as 42 teams will be participating in the championship which will be played on a league cum knockout basis at the Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium in lucknow. This edition will see four new teams including Hockey Gangpur- Odisha, Vidarbha Hockey Association, Central Reserve Police Force and Food Corporation of India.
BAA secretary face an accident
Bhubaneswar : In a shocking incident, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija faced an accident while training here. Presently, he is fine and doctors advised him to take rest. The first only Equestrian coach of the State Parija fell down from a horse while training the students at OUAT campus here. Parija brought many laurels for the State. The courageous Parija always faced such threatening situation but never give-up the sports. His willpower and dedication always encouraged him to train the young generation, said his friend and well-wisher Ashok Mohanty.
BSNl tennis tourney begins
Bhubaneswar : In the inaugural-day Odisha circle’s BN Mohanty edged out his Delhi MTNl counterpart and entered the semifinal round in the veteran singles category of the BSNl all India Tennis Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. Water and Resources Principal Secretary Suresh Mahaptra inaugurated the three-day-long meet. Altogether 10 different circle of BSNl including 40 players are participating in the singles, doubles and veteran single events.