Utkal, KIIT begin SPl campaign with crushing wins
Bhubaneswar: An all-round performance by Om Bikash, who hit a hurricane 116 (54b) and captured three wickets, enabled Utkal University to defeat BPUT by 118 runs in the inaugural match of the 6th SOA Premier league (SPl) at the SOA University stadium here on Thursday. Om Bikash, who hit seven sixes and 15 fours, helped Utkal pile up 241 for five in 20 overs in the Group-A tie. Soubhagya contributed 34 with one six and four boundaries. Amit Bhuyan captured two wickets for the losers. In reply, BPUT could muster only 123 for five in the allotted overs with Himanshu Rachra (37, 6x3, 4x4) and lakshmikant (24, 6x1, 4x3) being the only prominent contributors. Om Bikash took three wickets while Sibananda captured two. In a Group-B match, KIIT University trounced Centurion University by 74 runs. KIIT piled up 153 in 19.2 overs with Jivmaya hitting 50 (4x4, 6x4) and Kunal Roy making 33 (4x2, 6x3). Biswajeet snared three wickets for 35. In reply, Centurion were bowled out for 74 in 15.1 overs with Chandan (2/11) and Kunal Roy (2/25) sharing the wickets. SOA University got a walk-over in the Group-C tie as OUAT did not turn up. The tournament was inaugurated on Wednesday night by the SOAU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Amit Banerjee in the presence of veteran cricket coach Kishore Mania and former Odisha Ranji trophy opener Prashant Mohapatra.
Scores:
Utkal University 241/5 in 20 overs (Om Bikash 116, Soubhagya 34, Amit Bhuyan 2 wkts) beat BPUT 123/5 in 20 overs (Himesh Rachra 37, lakshmikant 24, Om Bikash 3 wkts, Sibananda 2 wkts) by 118 runs. KIIT University 153 in 19.2 overs (Jivmaya 50, Kunal Roy 33, Biswajeet Roy 3/35) beat Centurion University 74 in 15.1 overs (Dhananjay 23, Chandan 2/11, Kunal Roy 2/25) by 79 runs.
Semifinalists spotted in Cycle Polo meet
Bhubaneswar: Continuously fourth times national champion Indian Air Force and Indian Army teams would meet Territorial Army and Kerala in the senior semifinals of the three-day-long 31st Sub-Junior Boys, 35th Junior Boys and 37th Senior Men National Cycle Polo Championship at Kalinga Stadium here on Friday, being organised by Bhubaneswar Cycle Polo Association in association with Odisha State Cycle Polo Association. Similarly in the junior semifinals, defending champion Kerala and Maharashtra would meet Karnataka and Chhattisgarh respectively. However, in the sub junior category the teams defending champion Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Kerala qualified for the semifinals and in the last quarterfinal match on Friday, Odisha would meet Uttar Pradesh. Technical committee convener Ml Nayak, P Chandra Rao, JS Nagar, Milind Patle, Dinesh Sarve, PK Tiwari, Abu Baker, KK Soni, Pralaya Pilevar and Jogesh Bhagadkar were conducted the matches. Quarterfinals results: Senior; Indian Air Force bt Chhattisgarh 10-4, Indian Army bt Maharashtra 6-0, Territorial Army bt Uttar Pradesh 6-3, Kerala bt West Bengal 8-0. Junior; Karnataka bt Madhya Pradesh 3-0, West Bengal bt Uttar Pradesh 7-3, Maharashtra bt Jharkhand 12-0, Kerala bt Chhattisgarh 9-0.Sub-Junior; Kerala bt West Bengal 6-0, Maharashtra bt Karnataka 5-4, Chhattisgarh bt Andhra Pradesh 9-1.
6 women hockey players selected for national camp
Bhubaneswar: Hockey India has been selected six senior women hockey players of Hockey Odisha to join the Senior Women National Coaching Camp which would be commencing at MDCNS Ground, New Delhi from February 25 to 28. This camp is organised for the coming World league Round2, Women. Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Anupa Barla, Punam Barla, lilima Minz and Sunita lakra are the six women players got selected
Cuttack-B win in Kalahandi Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar: Cuttack-B defeated Ganjam by nine wickets and gathered five points in the super league matches of the two day long Senior Inter District Kalahandi Cup Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw Ground in Cuttack on Thursday, In other matches between Cuttack-A and Baragarh ended in draw. Due to first innings lead Cuttack-A got three points. The match between Bhubaneswar-A and Balasor ended in draw and Bhubaneswar-A got three points due to first innings lead. Rourkela got walkover as E.Co.Rly didn’t report for the match.
Brief Score: Barabati Stadium: Cuttack-A declared 305/3 in 56.4 overs (Bikash Pati 168, Biplab Samantray 103 n.o;) Vs Bargarh 116/10 and 221/5 in 62 overs (Praveen loha 107 n.o; Bikash Pradhan 39, Devendra Kunwar 23; Soumendra Das 2/39) match drawn, Cuttack-A (3 points), Baragarh (one point).
Nimpur Ground: Balasore 107/10 in 34.4 overs (Jay Krushna Nayak-28; Asish Pradhan 3/17, Manoj Barik 4/14, Tukuna Sahoo 2/26) and 197/7 in 66 overs (Sarbeswar Mohanty 40, Dibyasakti Chakrabarty 37, Jayakrusna Nayak 33, Kailash Das 30 n.o; Niranjan Behera 3/16) Vs Bhubaneswar-A 283/10 in 70.2 overs (Santosh Debkant 103, Sumitosh Praharaj 84; Kailash Das 4/75), match drawn, BBSR-A (3 points), Balasore (1 point).
Ravenshaw Ground-I: Cuttack-B decalred 276/5 in 52.3 overs (PR Sinha 80, RR Rout 70 n.o; Dinesh Rout 2/73 and 85/1 in 13.1 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 51 n.o; Pratik Anurag Das 28) beat Ganjam 109/10 and 251/10 in 53.5 overs (Jitendra Tripathy 81, Durga Prasad Pattnaik 45, Manoranjan Barik 40, Kalia Sahoo 25 n.o; David Nirvay Nayak 27; Debapriya Pattnaik 4/71, RR Rout 2/45, Santosh Jena 2/46, Manish Rout 2/58) by 9 wickets, CTC-B (5 points), Ganjam (0 point).
SR Chess centre holds condolence meet
Bhubaneswar: SR chess centre organised a condolence meeting at Cuttack to express grief and condoience to the breaved family of Krishna Durai Pillai . He was one of the outstanding player of the State and won state senior championship 11 times. KD Pillai born in ninth May 1938 and bagged State championship title for the years of 1960,1967, 1968 , 1969 , 1970 , 1971 , 1974 , 1976 , 1978 , 1979 and in 1982. In these connection members of SR Chess centre prayed for the peace of the departed soul. Chief advisor Asit mukherjee , secretary S R Patnaik , parents , students senior members S K Bisoi Rabindra Ojha, Biswajit Ray, Arghya Arpan Parida , Prasant Jena and Basant Das was present.