KISS beat SBHS in PVR Murthy School cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all round performance of Ramachandra Majhi , who smashed 46 runs and scalped three wickets by giving six runs only and powered the KISS team to thrash Secondary Board High School (SBHS) by massive 158 runs in the 10th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttack on Saturday. Batting first, KISS scored 208 runs in 25 overs by losing nine wickets. In reply, Subash Chandra Mallick and Ramachandra bagged four and three wickets respectively and restricted SBHS for 50 runs in 13.1 overs. For the all round performance Ramachandra Majhi received the man of the match award from former ranji player Kulamani Parida. Santosh Jena and Tapendra Singh conducted the match as umpire. In the quarterfinal match of Sunday, DPS Kalinga would meet New Stewart School.
Brief Score: KISS School 208/9 in 25 overs (Sushant Majhi 56, Ramachandra Majhi 46; Sibasundar Sahoo 3/42, Janeedra Achary 3/24) beat Secondary Board High School 50/10 in 13.1 overs (Subash Chandra Mallick 4/8, Ramachandra Majhi 3/6) by 158 runs.
Jagatpur enter Inter-Club Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Jagatpur Athletic Association entered the semifinal of the 2nd PVR Murthy Inter Club Cricket Tournament by defeating Stars-XI by six wickets at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Saturday.
The all round performance of Rajesh Ranjan Das of Jagatpur who bagged a wicket and score 19 runs and guided the team to the semifinal. Union Sporting Club player Sushil Barik gave away the man of the match award to Rajesh Ranjan. Tapan Behera and Md Akram conducted the match as umpire. In the semifinal match on Sunday, Sunrise Club would meet Jagatpur Athletic Association.
Brief Score: Stars-XI 110/10 in 18.2 overs (Jitu Mangaraj 24, Muna Sethy 21; Tapas lenka 3/22, Paresh Behera 2/17) lost to Jagtpur Athletic Association 114/4 in 18.4 overs (Anurag Kanojia 46, Subhajit Jena 20, Rajesh Ranjan Das 19; Butu Paikaray 2/20, Manoj Das 2/21) by 6 wickets.
FAO to conduct Sub-Jr Girls camp
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha (FAO) will conduct a preparatory selection camp to select State sub-junior girls team. As the All India Football Federation has been decided to conduct the Sub Junior Girls Nationals Championship schedule to be held in the month of May. FAO has appointed Gitanjali Khuntia (AFC - C coach) as the chief coach and Gayatri Malik (AFC-C coach) as the assistant coach and Ranjita Mohanty as the goalkeeper coach. .
Summer football camp for women begins
Bhubaneswar: As like every year a summer football coaching camp for girls kicks started at Unit-9 Girls High School Ground here on Saturday, being organized by Urmila Football Academy. Altogether 50 players are participating in the 14 days long camp. The camp will help the players to develop their skill and physical strength.
National repute coach Subhendu Panda and Bunu Parsani would guide the players in the camp. Unit-6 Athletic Association secretary Dillip Das, joint secretary Prafulla Kumar Mishra, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association Secretary Suraya Ranjan Parija, Unit-9 School teacher Harapriya Patnaik and sports teacher Urmila Das were present.