Jyoti shines in Sumit Memorial U-16 Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Jyoti Ranjan Behera of Bhubaneswar-B smashed 138 runs and guided the team to beat Angul by massive 285 runs in the Sumit Bose Memorial OCA U-16 Inter District Cricket Tournament at Barabati Stadium on Friday.In another high scoring match at Ravenshaw Ground-II, Keonjhar edged out Malkangiri by 231 runs. In other matches of the day at different grounds in Cuttack, Nabarangpur and Jajpur defeated Nuapada and Sambalpur by 98 runs and eight wickets respectively.
Brief Score: Barabati Stadium: BBSR-B 359/4 in 50 overs (Jyoti Ranjan Behera 138, Farhat Khan 87, Soumya Sourav Kumar 48 n.o; Sunil Singh 2/67) beat Angul 74/10 in 20.4 overs (Surjit Kumar 5/21, Sreyas Goutam 2/6, Pratyush Mahapatra 2/26) by 285 runs.
Ravenshaw Ground - II: Keonjhar 272/6 in 50 overs (Dinesh Nayak 79, Quamer Asfaque 50 n.o; Sudhansu Sekhar Senapati 36, Debasis Nayak 27; K Sandeep Kumar 4/35, Bitu Saha 2/57) beat Malkangiri 41/10 in 21.2 overs ( Debasis Nayak 4/9, Quaker Asfaque 3/8, Imran Khan 2/1) by 231 runs.
Bidanasi Ground: Nabarangpur 172/10 in 28.2 overs (Baidyanath Nayak 66; Ayush Rajput 5/30, Satyam Munrise Barik 2/17) beat Nuapada 74/10 in 31.4 overs (Mirza Tanbir Beg 3/19, Ranjan Chand 2/23) by 98 runs.
Sunshine Ground: Sambalpur 93/10 in 35.3 overs (Karunakar Chandan 33, Nishikanta Rout 3/8, Pritam Singh 3/10, Siba Sundar Das 3/22) lost to Jajpur 94/2 in 11.5 overs (Alok Rajput 45) by 8 wickets.
Bihar to meet ECoR in Pradip Memorial Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Bihar Railway would meet ECoR Ranchi in the semifinal match of the 22nd All India Pradip Memorial Cricket Tournament at Hanuman Jew Stadium in Tillo, Bhadrak on Saturday, being organised by Tillo Athletic Association.In the quarterfinal match on Friday, the all-round performance by Asfan Khan of Bihar Railways powered the team to beat Sersa Kharagpur by 22 runs. Batting first, Bihar Railways scored 169 runs in28.2 overs. In replay, Amir Irfan of Bihar scalped four wickets and restricted Sersa for 147 runs in 28.2 overs. Amir of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. Former MlA Ratha Kumar Das, social worker Sk Jallaludin and Nabakishor Naik were the guests present in the quarterfinal match.
Bihar Railway 169/10 in 28.2 over (Nishant Kumar 39, Asfan Khan 28, Sankalp Saurav 28; Sanujit Samal 3/36, Debabrata Pal 2/21) beat Sersa 147/10 in 28.2 overs (Tirtharaj Singh 22; Amir Irfan 4/20, Amendra Singh 2/14) by 22 runs.
All Odisha Utkal Open Tennis begins
Bhubaneswar: The three-day-long 2nd All Odisha Utkal Open Tennis Tournament kicks started at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday, being organised by ACE Tennis Club. Altogether 300 players are participating in the tournament which is featuring total cash award of Rs 1.10 lakhs and the players would participate in the Under-14 boys singles, men’s single, men’s open doubles, women’s single and men’s veteran 40+, 50+ doubles categories. Energy secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra inaugurated the meet as the chief guest of the opening ceremony in presence of Food Supply and Consumer Welfare secretary Madhu Sudhan Padhy. Among others, Dr Biswajit Mishra, chief patron Prakash Chand Bhura, Chunnilal Patel, joint secretary Dr Gourav Das, executive body member, Dr Ritesh Ray, Dr Dhiraj Panda, Gaurang Chandra Behera and Vivek Tekriwal were present.
Amit bags bronze in Powerlifting meet
Bhubaneswar: Amit Kumar Thappa bagged bronze medal in the 53 kg junior men unequipped event in the Junior and Master National Men and Women Powerlifting (Equipped and Unequipped) Championship at Bhagwati Resorts in Jammu from January 5 to 10. Amit lifted 135 kg in squad, 90 kg in benchpress, 175 kg in deadlift and total 400 kg and claimed the bronze medal. Amit Thappa (53kg), Kiran Kumar Jena, Sudam Sahu (both 59 kg), Binod Majhi, Mohammad Abid (both 66kg) and lohit Kishore Bal (93kg) were the Odisha powerlifters participated in the meet.