Stewart win Inter School Football inaugural
Bhubaneswar: New Stewart School defeated Bhakta Madhu Vidyapeetha by 3-2 goals through penalty kicks in the inaugural match of the FAO-Debabrata Kar Memorial Inter School Football Tournament at P.M Academy School play ground in Cuttack on Monday.
In the opening match played between Stewart School and Bhakta Madhu Vidyapeetha ended in 1-1 draw in the regulation time and in the penalty tie breaker rule Stewart School won the match by 3-2.Umar Khan of Stewart School was adjudged as the man of the match.
In the second match P.M Academy school was declared as the winner as Municipality High Schoool ,Bidanasi did not participate. S.C.B Medical Public School and Municipal High School would meet Ratnakar High School and Revenshaw Collegiate School respectively on Tuesday. In the inaugural ceremony Gopal Paul (Ex National Player) was present as the chief guest. Among others, MC Ghadei (Head Master - P.M Academy High School), Samir Dey (President- Veteran Football Players Association), Giridhari lal Naik, Dr. Anang Dwivedy, Dr. U.R Parija, Subhasis Kar, Bibekananda Patra and Avijit Paul were present.
DAV School enter PVR Murthy cricket final
Bhubaneswar: DAV Public School of CDA barged into the final of the 10th PVR Murthy Memorial Inter-School Cricket Tournament by defeating New Stewart School by six wickets at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Monday. Batting first, Stewart scored only 71 runs in 20.5 overs. Devi Prasad Bhanja and Prajwal laha of DAV school claimed three wickets each and restricted Stewart in small total. DAV reached the winning target in 12.1 overs for the loss of four wickets. Ranji player Niranjan Behera gave away the man of the match award to Devi Prasad Bhanja of the winning team. Santosh Jena and John Manoj Das were conducted the match as umpire. In the semifinal match on Tuesday, KISS of Bhubaneswar would meet PM Academy of Cuttack.
Brief Score: New Stewart School 71/10 in 20.5 overs (Premasish Jena 17, Yash Vardhan Tiwari 12; Devi Prasad Bhanja 3/16, Prajwal laha 3/26, Satyajit Sarangi 2/9) lost to DAV Public School 73/4 in 12.1 overs (Subasish Behera 19; spandan Sabat 2/20) by 6 wickets.
ACC to meet Sunrise in PVR Murthy Inter-Club Final
Bhubaneswar: Host Ameature Cricket Club (ACC) would meet Sunrise Cricket Club in the final of the 2nd PVR Murthy Inter Club Cricket Tournament at BOSE Engineering Ground in Cuttackon Tuesday.
In the semifinal match on Monday, ACC edged out Royal Club by massive 88 runs and team entered the final. Batting first, Niranjan Behera and Md Akram of ACC scored 47 and 45 runs respectively and the team total reached 188 runs in 20 overs for the loss of five wickets. In reply, Akram and Prasant Rana of ACC bagged two wickets each and restricted Royal Club for 100 runs in 20 overs by losing nine wickets.
Md Akram of the winning team received the man of the match award from Ranji player Santosh Jena. Abhijit Behera and Anurag Kanojia were conducted the match as umpire. Brief Score: Ameature Cricket Club 188/5 in 20 overs (Niranjan Behera 47, Md Akram 45; Sipun Sahoo 2/25) beat Royal Club 100/9 in 20 overs (Sipun Sahoo 19; Md Akram 2/5, Prasant Rana 2/10) by 88 runs.