OCA to host Ind-WI series ODI match
Bhubaneswar: The Tour Programme and Fixtures Committee of BCCI decided the venues for the series between India and the West Indies, to be played in October-November 2014. Odisha Cricket Association among the four other venues to host a ODI match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, informed OCA treasure Satya Mohanty through a release on Saturday. The one-day international venues would be Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Cuttack, Dharamshala and Kochi. The three test venues would be Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad for the Ind-WI series. The only T20 match would be held at Delhi.last year year, OCA successfully hosted one-day international match of the India-Australia series, the Group-B matches of the ICC Women's World Cup, involving Pakistan, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack and Driems Ground in Tangi (20kms from Cuttack).“We are confident enough that as OCA always had a good track record of hosting many ODI’s, IPl matches and World Cup with the help of State administration and cricket loving people so this match will be a memorable one,” said OCA official .
Bidisha causes upset in National U-11 Chess Fest
Bhubaneswar: 26th ranked Bidisha Ray of the Jharkhand caused the upset of the day in the second round by defeating top seed local favorite Saina Salonika in the XXVIII National (U-11) Open and Girls Chess Festival at Puri on Friday. By the end of third round, lakshmi C, Bristy Mukherjee, Bommini Mounika Akshaya, Divya Deshmukh, Mrudul Dehankar and Garima Gaurav scored three points and sheared the top place. Altogether 11 sheared the second place with 2.5 points. In the open categories after third rounds, 13 players sheared the top berth with three points and 15 shear second place with 2.5 points.
ECoR wins in FAO Football league
Bhubaneswar: East Coast Railway defeated Independent Club by 1-0 goal in the super league round match on FAO Football at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Friday. Sanjit Panna of the winning team scored the all important goal in the 35th minute. Another match of the day between Chand Club and Mangala Club ended in goalless draw.
The officials who conducted the matches were Prasant Kumar Pal, Bhanu Bauri, Nabin Naik, P Rajeswar Rao, Chandrakant Barik and Sujit Patra as referees. Radha Gobind Club and Rising Star Club would meet SAI-STC and Sunrise Club respectively in the super league round matches on Friday.