Callaghan Cup Div-II Rugby from today
Bhubaneswar: For the eighth time Odisha Rugby Football Association (ORFA) is all set to host the All India Senior National Division-II Callaghan Cup-2015 Rugby Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here from February 23 to 27, informed through a release by ORFA . This is full contact sports, almost every day 30 to 40 players reported injury for which we need a better green top for such high level tournament. The ground realty is that in our city it is very difficult to get such venue, but Kalinga Stadium is the best among all grounds available in the city, said ORFA secretary Upendra Kumar Behera. KISS, Bhubaneswar bulls, Bhubaneswar RFA, Bhubaneswar Kashis, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh University, Bihar, Bangalore RFA are the teams would participate in the five day long meet. The champion and runner up of the meets would qualify for the Div-I Callaghan Cup.
Rising lift Bhuyan, Sourav m’rial cricket trophy
Bhubaneswar: Deepak Behera of Rising Student smashed 56 runs and guided the team to beat Biswabharti Cricket Club both Cuttack teams by 36 runs in the final and emerged champion of the 2nd NM Bhuyan and Sourav Mohanty Memorial Cricket, which concluded at BJB College Ground here on Sunday, being organised by Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC). Batting first, Rising Students scored 176 runs in 27.4 overs. In reply, Biplab Samantary of Rising Student scalped three wickets and restricted Biswabharati for 140 runs in 25.4 overs. The champion team received the trophy along with cash award of Rs30,000 and runner up team was richer by Rs20,000. Biplab Samantary of the champion team, Deepak Behera of runner up team and Aman Shastri of MCC received man of the final, best batsman and bowler awards respectively and got Rs5,000 each. Similarly, Rasmi Ranjan Das of the runner up team got man of the series award and took home Rs10,000. On the concluding ceremony MCC felicitated Madusmita Behera and Anurag Sarangi as cricketer of the year women and men award respectively. The cricketer of the year men award has been given in memory of Anuva Palit. Behera received the trophy along with cash award of Rs10,000 and Sarangi took home Rs11,111. International visually challenged cricketer of the State Md Zafer Iqbal received cricketer of the year (differently able) award and got Rs5,000.
Brief Score: Rising Student 176/10 in 27.4 overs (Deepak Behera 56, Haldhar Das 34; G Shankar Rao 3/42, lagnajit Samal 3/28, Prasant Sahu 2/45) beat Biswabharati Cricket Club 140/10 in 25.4 overs (Rasmi Ranjan Das 30 n.o; Biplab Samantary 3/27) by 36 runs.
NHPl to meet Joyti in Corporate final of HoD Cup
Bhubaneswar: Neelachal Hospital Private limited (NHPl) would meet Jyoti Groups in the corporate groups final of the Heads of Department Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. In the semifinal matches on Sunday, Joyti groups and NHPl defeated lIC and Axis Bank by 36 and 108 runs respectively and entered the final.
Brief score: Jyoti Groups 139/9 in 20 overs (Akhaya Mahabhoi 22; Girish Sethi 3/27) beat lIC 103/8 in 20 overs (Prasant Biswal 26; Akhaya Mahabhoi 2/19) by 36 runs. Neelachal Hospital 195/4 in 20 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 75, Arya Dibasis Bhatt 48) beat Axis Bank 87/6 in 20 overs (Manaranjan Biswal 37; Manoj Barik 2/4) by 108 runs.