All India BSNl Tennis tourney concludes
Bhubaneswar : Rajeev Kapoor of Punjab defeated his State-mate MS Dhillon by 9-1 in the men’s single event and emerged champion of the three-day long All India BSNl Tennis Tournament which concluded at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. Abdul Hanif of Madhya Pradesh bagged the men’s veteran title by defeating Rajesh Kumar of Uttar Pradesh (East zone) by 8-4. Hanif and his State-mate DK Yadav edged out Punjab duo Ranjeev Kapoor and MS Dhillon in the men’s doubles category final by 2-1 sets. FS and CW commissioner-cum-secretary Madhusudan Padhi distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, CGM UN Mahalik, GM B Pal, PK Hota and Avinna Kumar Pahi were present.
Jafar, Sukharam selected for Aus series
Bhubaneswar : Odisha’s visually challenged cricketer Md Jafar Iqubal and Sukharam Majhi has been conformed their berth in the national squad for the forthcoming India-Australia cricket series schedule to held at Bangalore from April 13 to 15, said Jafar on his arrival from Pakistan here on Wednesday. In the friendship series with Pakistan from February 15 to 25 the performance was not that lucrative. We lost both T20 and one-day series. In T20 we lost by 0-3 and in one-day 1-2, said Jafar. One good thing about the series was that we both all-rounder got the chance to play all the matches. We got a better exposer which will help us in future, added Jafar.
BBSR-A,B teams announced for Kalahandi Cup
Bhubaneswar : Bhubaneswar-A and B team has been announced for the Kalahandi Cup here on Wednesday, team has been selected by the selector Jayanta Kumar Jena and Chitaranjan Swain under the guidance of the Bhubaneswar Athletic Association. The selection process started since February 24 at Paramount Ground here. Basanta Mohanty and Md Azhar would lead the Bhubaneswar-A and B teams respectively. Bhubaneswar-A: Basant Mohanty (captain), Paresh Patel, Sumitosh Praharaj, Anurag Sarangi, Priyotosh Paramanik, Priyabrata Pradhan (wk), Sangit Mohanty (wk), Niranjan Behera, Amitav Rout, Rabindra Nayak, Pratik Dash, Sukant Dash, Manoj Barik, Pallabendu Mishra, Sandip Sethi, Hitesh Nayak, stand-by Sriram, Swagat Routray, Abhinav Gosh. Bhubaneswar-B: Md. Azhar (captain), Tukuna Sahu, Narendra Dash, Gourav Mohapatra, Santanu Mishra, Deepak Samantsinghar, Alok Dash, B Siba, Gouri Sankar Biswal, Purna Moharana, Santosh Debkant, Sukant Hati, Soubhagya Mohapatra (wk), SK Salam (wk), Prabir Nayak, Rabindra Bhanjdev, stand-by Kisan Mohanty, Dharmendra Dash, Nilamadhab Bhoi, Jaganath Das (coach-cum-manager).
SRM varsity enter SPl T20 semis
Bhubaneswar : Reigning champions SRM University stormed into the semifinal of the 5th SOA Premier league (SPl) inter-university cricket championship with a facile 60 run victory over Vir Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, in their concluding Group-B match at the SOA University Stadium here on Wednesday. Winning the toss and electing to bat, SRM University posted 172 for six in the allotted 20 overs and then bowled out VSSUT for 112. The SRM total was built around contributions of 55 (27 b) by Sunny Singh and 51 (48 b) by Pradeep Kumar. Sujit claimed two wickets conceding 17 runs. VSSUT did not pose much challenge to their opponents as they crumbled with Kalyan offering some resistance with 30. Asiq was the best bowler for SRM claiming 3 for seven. SRM University had on Tuesday night defeated Utkal University by 22 run in their first group tie. After hitting up 185 for five in 20 overs, SRM stopped a determined Utkal 22 runs short of their total. Asish Kumar (55) and S.Dinesh (53) were the main scorers for the visitors while for Utkal, Gourav Mohapatra captured two wickets for 18. Odisha Ranji Trophy opener Girija Rout led the Utkal chase with 62 off 45 balls while Priyatosh Pramanik made 34 (19 b). But the target eluded them. Sunny Singh, Abhishek Talwar and A.C.Prativan captured two wickets each for the winners. Brief score: SRM University 172/6 in 20 overs (Sunny Singh 55, Pradeep Kumar 51, Sujit 2/27) beat VSSUT 112 all out (Kalyan 30, Asiq 3/7) by 60 runs. SRM University 185/5 in 20 overs (Asish Kumar 55, S.Dinesh 53, Gourav Mohapatra 2/18) beat Utkal University 163/9 (Girija Rout 62, Priyatosh Pramanik 34, Sunny Singh 2/23, A.Talwar 2/25, A.C.Prativan 2/27) by 22 runs.