Odisha enter National Blind cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: Double century opining partnership between Sukhram Majhi and Nakul Badnaik guided Odisha to enter the semi-final of the 15th Shakuntala Mishra National Cricket tournament for the blind 2016 by defeating Maharashtra 46 runs at KD Sing Babu stadium in lucknow on Friday. Batting first Odisha’s opener Sukhram and Nakul stitched 210 for the opening partnership.
While Sukhram scored an unbeaten 125 and Nakul contributed 75 helped Odisha to set a massive 221 for 1 in 50 overs.
In reply, Odisha bowler came into action with Nakul and lingaraj Routray scalped two wickets each and restricted Maharashtra 176 for 9 in 50 overs. For the all-round performance Nakul bagged the man of the match award.
In the semifinals, Odisha and Gujarat will take on Andhra Pradesh and Haryana respectively.
Hockey Odisha, Gangapur win Sub-jr Girls hockey
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Odisha and Hockey Gangapur registered back to back win by displaying fast, attacking and high scoring hockey in the league round matches of the 6th Hockey India Sub Junior Women National Championship 2016 (A Division). Hockey Odisha dominated Chhattisgarh Hockey 10-1 and Hockey Gangpur-Odisha thrashed Hockey Andhra Pradesh by 14-1. In Pool C match Odisha beat Chhattisgarh 10-1.
The first goal came in the 12th minute of the match for Odisha. The whole team pitched in with goals to make the win possible. Abinasi Mukti Surin and Bimla Barwa both completed their hat-tricks in win for Hockey Odisha.
In Pool D clash saw Hockey Gangpur – Odisha at their attacking best with a 14-1 win over Hockey Andhra Pradesh. Hockey Gangpur – Odisha dominated the whole match with Jiwan Kishori Toppo scoring four goals in the win.
Shaunak lift Mercedes Golf Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Shaunak Parikh emerged victorious at the Mercedes Trophy qualifier at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club here on Friday. Shaunak will now move on to the 16th Mercedes Trophy national finals to be held at Oxford Golf and Country Club, Pune in March. More than 100 people attended the event and got an opportunity to enjoy the game and an array of products.
The whole milieu was a visual treat for the friends and families of the customers and the golfing aficionados. After eight competitive legs held at Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Jaipur and the ninth leg of the event sees Shaunak as champion. The Mumbai leg in January, kick-started the MercedesTrophy globally. India will witness 25 days of competitive amateur golfing action in 12 cities engaging more than 2500 golfers, making it larger than ever before. With the culmination of the 3 stops of the Mercedes Trophy at Jaipur, Bhubaneswar and Chandigarh in February, 25 out of the 40 spots for the National Final will be booked.
In order to introduce beginners to the game, Mercedes-Benz also hosted a golf clinic at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club.
Delhi bags National Jr Baseball titles
Bhubaneswar: Delhi bagged both girls and boys title by defeating Chhattisgarh girls and boys team respectively in the five-day 26th Junior National Baseball Championship, which concluded at Kalinga stadium here on Friday, being organised by Baseball Association of Odisha (BAO) under the auspices of Amateur Baseball Federation of India (BFI). Delhi boys edged out Chhattisgarh 6-0 runs and third place claimed by host Odisha. Similarly, Delhi girls overcome Chhattisgarh 12-1 runs while Odisha finished third. Delhi girls Neha and Amanpreet received the best pitcher and fielder award respectively.
Similarly, Ektta and Kinjal of Chhattisgarh won best batter and all-rounder prizes respectively while Neha of Odisha got best catcher prizes. Delhi boys Sakeel and Kuldeep won the best pitcher and fielder prize respectively. Similarly, Subham and Surendra of Chhaittisgarh adjudged as best catcher and all-rounder respectively while Amarendra of host team got best batter prize. Director cum DG of Police, Vigillance Dr RP Sharma gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of OCA secretary Asirbad Behera.
Among others, BFA executive director PC Bhardwaj, BAO working president Pankaj lochan Mohanty, Prabodh Mohanty and AK Khuntia were present.