Odisha beats Haryana in Women Football
Bhubaneswar: Double goals haul by skipper Subhaprava Rout powered the Odisha women team to beat Haryana by 6-0 goals in the 20th Senior Women’s National Football Championship at Assam on Wednesday. Odisha opened the account at three minutes by a beautiful long range shooting from 20yds by Diggi Majhi .Maneka Mallick increased the lead for the State to 2-0 at 16 minutes and at 19 minutes Subhaprava Rout made it 3-0. At 27 minutes of the game Arati Anima Khadia made it 4-0 for Odisha. After the change of sides, at 58 minutes Pyari Xaxa made it 5-0 and finally at 77 minutes Subhaprava Rout with a spectacular shooting from 25 yds made it 6-0. On Friday Odisha would meet Karnataka.
Madhabanda Cricket league starts today
Bhubaneswar: Madhabananda Memorial Trust (MMT) is going to stage the 1st Madhabanda Cricket Premier league (MCPl), a franchise-based T20 tournament, at Unit-II Girls High School Ground in Bhubaneswar from Thursday. Total six teams have joined the tournament, which carries a total prize fund of Rs 1.25 lakhs, including Rs 60,000 for the champions and Rs 40,000 for the runners-up. The cream of cricketing talents of the state, including current Ranji team players will be seen in action in the tournament. Teams have been divided into two groups and after completion of group league, top two teams from each group will qualify for semifinals, which will take place on May 8. Biharilal Fighters will meet Baramunda Fighters in the opening match on Thursday. Meanwhile, TFC Victorious have changed their name to Dhanistha Challengers. Rameswar Spartans, Nilachal Warriors, Kaimatia Royal Tigers are other three team in the fray.
Barabati IPl matches tickets now available
Bhubaneswar: The tickets sale of IPl matches will be held at Barabati Stadium has been started in 16 centers in the twin city. The online ticket sale all ready started, informed Asirbad Behera. By online or from the outlets the spectators would get a coupon. To get the original tickets the spectators would produce the coupon at Barbati Stadium in Cuttack. The spectators who will have the coupon, they only get the wickets at three different counters in the stadium from May 1 to 6, added Behera. Kings XI Punjab will play against Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPl-7 at Barabati Stadium on May 7 and 11 respectively. Kings XI Punjab has appointed Kyazoonga.com, India’s first and largest sports and entertainment ticketing company, as their official ticketing partner for their home matches to be held in Cuttack. The tickets are available from April 20 onwards.
Tickets for the matches are priced at Rs 200, Rs 300, Rs 400, Rs 500, Rs 1000, Rs 1500, Rs 3,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000 based on the stand categories. The stand priced at Rs 200 has been reserved exclusively for students, to be purchased with valid student I-cards.
“To accommodate maximum cricket lovers the ticket prices has been reduced for different denomination the highest is corporate box Rs 5,000 and the lowest is Gallery Rs 300”, added Behera. On view of the high profile matches at Barabati, Odisha Cricket Association had a meeting with Commissionerate Police in presence of Kings-XI officials here on Wednesday. It is a coordination meeting we will meet once again very shortly, we are satisfied with the discussion about security arrangement, said Kings XI Punjab GM Operation Anant Sarkaria.
We will provide full prove security to the players and spectators. On Thursday we will visit the stadium to ensure the traffic, entry and exist point of the stadium. The franchise owners Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta and many overseas players will came to our State so we are putting our all effort to ensure top grade security from the arrival to departure, said Commissioner of Police RP Sharma.