Maharashtra dominate Odisha in Ranji Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Harshad Khadiwale's 74 and Ankit Bawne's 60 helped Maharashtra recover from 62 for 3 to 235 for 5 at stumps on the first day of their group A Ranji match against Odisha at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. After inserting the visitors, medium pacer Suryakant Pradhan dismissed Swapnil Gugale in the fourth over after which Biplab Samantray dismissed Rohit Motwani and Kedar Jadhav to leave Maharashtra on 63 for 3.
Bawne and Khadiwale then put on 91 runs for the fourth wicket, taking them past 150. Samantray then dismissed Khadiwale off the first ball of the 58th over while Bawne fell on the last ball of the 70th. Rahul Tripathi and Chirag Khurana were unbeaten on 41 and 18 respectively at stumps. Medium-pacer Basant Mohanty did not get any wickets but delivered nine maiden overs out of the 21 he bowled, giving away 21 runs in all.
Brief score: Maharashtra 231/5 in 86 overs (Harshad Khadiwala 74, Ankit R Bawane 60, Rahul A Tripathi 41 n.o; Suryakant Pradhan 2/65, Biplab Samantaray 3/44) Vs Odisha.
MS Eleven win in Gati Krushna Football
Bhubaneswar: In the group-B league match MS Eleven edged out Mukteswar Sporting by 3-0 goals in the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-II Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Thursday, being organized by Bhubaneswar Athletic Association.
Kartik Singh of the winning team draw the first blood in the 3rd minutes. Salman Soren and Nimai Hembram joined the party and scored a goal each in the 36th and 60th minutes respectively.
Susanta Mishra, Sekhawat Khan, Durga Acharya and Chandrakanta Barik were conducted the match as referees. Silicon Institute would Golak Bihari Youth Association in the league round match on Friday.
Bhubaneswar All India FIDE Rating chess begins today
Bhubaneswar: Altogether 237 players registered for the 4th Bhubaneswar All India FIDE Rating chess championship (1800 & below) to be held at Kalinga Stadium Hockey complex here from October 9 to 12. The championship will be organized by Khordha District Chess Association under the aegis of All Odisha Chess Association and under the guidance of All India Chess Federation.
Association has expected number of participants will be more than 250. Ratings of 1800 and below are only eligible to take part in this event. Top three merit holders of 4th Keshabananda Das Memorial FIDE open, which was held here from September 11 to 17 open from unrated to ElO 1799 rating category are eligible to participate without entry fees.
We are very much happy that these three players are from the State are eligible to get free entry. They are Kumari Anwesha Mishra, National U-13 1st Runners-up 2015, Sambit Panda, National U-7 Champion 2011 and Subhasis Barik, informed KDCA secretary Subhasis Patnaik.
The tournament featuring total cash prize of Rs. 5. lacs will be distributed among 101 winners including 35 merit holders, 18 winners in rating categories, 10 unrated winners, best women player, best veteran and 36 age group winners.
The championship has got the recognition and approval of FIDE ,the apex World body which awards titles & world rankings.