Odisha team enter Postal Football semis
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Postal team would meet Kerala in the semifinal of the 28th All India Postal Football Tournament held at Goa on Thursday. Odisha postal team defeated Maharashtra by 3-0 goals on Wednesday and entered the semi finals. Sakti Singh, Santosh Naik and DS Badra of the postal team scored a goal each. Earlier on Tuesday, Odisha edged out Tamil Nadu by 1-0 goal. Mahesh Kumar Sahu scored the all important goal.
Semifinalists set for Bhuyan cricket tourney
Bhubaneswar: Biswabharati Cricket Club of Cuttack would meet RYCC of Rourkela in the semifinal of the 2nd NM Bhuyan and Sourav Mohanty Memorial Trophy Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground here on Thursday. In the quarterfinal match on Wednesday, Biswabharati beat Khurda Club by 44 runs. Batting first, Rashmi Ranjan Das of Biswabharati smashed 103 runs and team scored 260 runs in 35 overs by losing eight wickets. In reply, CS Kanungo of Biswabharati scalped three wickets by giving 26 runs and hismates Ramesh Behera and Prachin Mishra bagged two wickets each and restricted Khurda Club for 216 runs in 33 overs. SN Mohanty Group MD PK Mohanty presented the man of the match award to Rashmi Ranjan Das.
Brief Score: Biswabharati 260/8 in 35 overs (Rashmi Ranjan Das 103 (4x10,6x4) (66 balls), Sandip Sethy 50 (4x5) (44 balls), Prachin Mishra 30 (4x3,6x3) (09 balls) ; Debasish Barik 3/42, Arya Debasis Bhatt 2/29) beat Khurda Club 216/10 in 33 overs ( Rupak Jena 59 (4x10, 6x1) (27 balls), SK Salam 55 (4x5, 6x1) (61 balls), Gourav Mohapatra 26 (4x2,1x6) (31 balls) ; CS Kanungo 3/26, Ramesh Behera 2/22, Prachin Mishra 2/34) by 44 runs.
BBSR-A score 124/3 against CTC-A in U-19 Cricket
Bhubaneswar: In reply to Cuttack-A’s (CTC) first innings score of 292 runs Bhubaneswar-A (BBSR) scored 124 runs for the loss of three wickets at day two stumps in the U-19 Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground in Cuttack on Wednesday. Cuttack-A dominated the inaugural day of the final match and scored 216 runs in 90.4 overs for the loss of six wickets, but in the day two only added 76 runs and lost four wickets. In reply, Raghunath Malla and Sandeep Patnaik of BBSR-A scored unbeaten 56 and 42 runs respectively and the team gave a justified reply to CTC and scored 124 runs in 63 overs for the loss of three wickets. Earlier in the day one, batting first, Soubhagya Mishra scored 53 runs and well supported by Venkatesh Vende, Md.Akram , D.Ashok Rao scored 36 ,34,37 runs respectively.
Brief Score: Sunshine Ground: Cuttack-A 292/10 in 90.4 overs (Soubhagya Mishra 53, Venkatesh Vende 36, Md.Akram 34, D.Ashok Rao 37, Jamala Bhanjan Mahapatra 35; Satryajit Sabat 3/57, Swagat Routray 3/115) Vs Bhubaneswar-A 124/3 in 63 overs (Raghunath Malla 56 n.o; Sandeep Patnaik 42 n,o; Asotosh Das 2/27)