Paramount enter MCl Cup Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: A century haul by Avaya Mallik guided Paramount Sporting to enter the semifinal by defeating Biswabharati of Cuttack by 84 runs in the MCl Cup NM Bhuyan Memorial All Odisha Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground here on Saturday. Batting first, Paramount opener Avaya Mallik and lalit Mohan Ojha scored 112 and 30 runs respectively and team total reached 233 for 7 in 40 overs. Paramount bowlers came into action with Kartik Biswal pocketing five wickets by giving 32 runs, Hitesh Nayak and Minal Parida bagged two wickets each and bundle out Biswabharati 149 in 28.3 overs. Opener Avaya bagged man of the match award. Host Mukteswar Cricket Club will take on Scan Sporting both Bhubaneswar team on Sunday.
Brief score: Paramount Sporting 233/7 in 40 overs (Avaya Mallik 112, lalit Mohan Ojha 30, Sourav Kumar Gaouda 28; Prasant Sahoo 2/33, Debabrata Pradhan 2/36) beat Biswabharati 149/10 in overs 28.3 overs (Prasant Sahoo 27, Sanjeeb Sahoo 39, Prakash Parida 21; Kartik Biswal 5/32, Hitesh Nayak 2/15, Minal Parida 2/20) by 84 runs.
Trident win Red Bull Campus Cricket qualifier
Bhubaneswar: Trident Academy of Technology defeated Temple-city Institute of Technology and Engineering by 54 runs in the final of the Red Bull Campus Cricket city qualifiers here on Saturday. Setting a target of 134 runs, Trident Academy of Technology bowled TempleCity Institute of Technology & Engineering for 79runs, winning the 20 over match by 54 runs, to become the city champions of Bhubaneshwar.
Guiding his team to victory by scoring 59 runs and taking a wicket, Jyoti Burdhanwas declared Man of the Match in the final. Trident Academy of Technology will now represent Bhubaneshwar and face off against 5 other cities in the Zonal finals of the East zone. Top two teams from each zone will then compete in the National finals, where the teams will play in the knock-out rounds of quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals respectively. The National winner will then represent India in the Red Bull Campus Cricket World Series Championship 2016.
Debarchal shines in Inter-Dist Club Football
Bhubaneswar: A four goal haul by Debarchal Bag powered Home Guard Sporting of Bolangir to win over labour Sporting Club of Kendrapada 8-2 goals in the Inter District Club Championship-2015-16(Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Kundukela Jubilee Field on Saturday. Debarchal netted goal in the 19th ,23rd ,36th and 47th minutes. His team mate Umesh Bhoi scored three goals in the 27th ,31st and 40th minutes and Premraj Pradhan scored a goal in 57th minute. Kush Babar and Narendra Sona of Kendrapada scored a goal each in the 75th and 82nd minutes respectively. Another match in the same venue between United Club of Bhadrak and East Coast Railway of Sambalpur ended in goalless draw. United Club won the match 4-3 vie through penalty kicks. The match between Gemstar-XI Mayurbhanj and Kadalipali Athletic Association of Bargarh ended in 2-2 goal draw at Sundargarh Stadium. Gemstar defeated RSBD in the tie-breaker by 3-1 goals. In the second match in the same venue, Home Guard (Angul) was declared as the winner of the match as R.S.B.D (Deogarh) gave walk over.