Agriculture, Axis win in HoD Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Agriculture and Axis Bank defeated OTv and Jyote Group by 21 and 46 runs respectively in the HoD Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday, being organised by The Odisha Heads of Department. Sangram Das of Agriculture and Parthasarathi Pattnaik of Axis Bank received the man of the match awards in their respective matches. Susanta Das, Rajat Ali and Ahinul Haq officiated the matches as umpire. Brief Score: Agriculture 160/6 in 20 overs (Pitabas Pradhan 33, Sangram Das 56; Md Aziz 2/23) beat OTv 140/10 in 19.1 overs (lalatendu Sahoo 41, Ashok Sahoo 22; SA Jawad 4/21) by 21 runs. Axis Bank 169/4 in 20 overs (Ansuman Das 37, Partha Sarathi Pattnaik 47; Badal Mohapatra 2/32) beat Jyote Group 123/10 in 18.5 overs (Abisek Pradhan 24, Dipak Samantsingar 30; Dhiren lenka 3/12) by 46 runs.
Odisha eves beat Kerala in National Games
Bhubaneswar: In the women hockey Odisha edged out host Kerala by 3-0 goals in the league round match of the 35th National Games at New Hockey Stadium, Ashramam, Kollam on Monday.
In the one sided match, Nilprojita Majhi draw the first blood in the second minute of the match. Ambika Toppo double the lead in the 28th minute through penalty corner. After the change of sides, Moully Yadav nailed the final goal in the 69th minute.
Sports Hostel win in Jadupur Cup Football
Bhubaneswar: Sports Hostel of Cuttack edged out Odisha Police of Cuttack in the group-B quarterfinal match of the 28th Jadupur Cup Football Tournament at Jadupur in the city outskirt on Monday, being organized by Jadupur Athletic Association. With the win Sports Hostel entered the semifinal. The match ended in goalless draw in the stipulated time, Sports Hostel won the match by 4-3 goal vies through penalty kicks. Amrit Tigi of the winning team received the man of the match award. Bhubaneswar ACP Ashim Panda distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Pradesh Congress Committee vice president Sibananda Ray, Deba Prasad Sing, Gopabandhu Sahu, Jadupur Athletic Association president Dilawar Khan, secretary Daud Ali and Sk Insan Ali were present. Chandrakat Barik, Durga Acharya, Sujit Patra and Pradeep Nayak were officiated the match as referees. In the quarterfinal match on Tuesday, Friends Paradise would meet United Sports Club of Rourkela.