5 get wild cards enter Speedstar practice camp
Bhubaneswar: Five players got entry through wild card for the GAIl – Indian Speedstar state trial commenced at Kalinga Stadium here on Thursday. As many as 113 qualified participants who will take part in the state selection race scheduled on Friday. The participants at the camp underwent brief training session by ace Indian athlete and Olympian Anuradha Biswal and Asian Games medalist Purnima Hembram who provided useful tips on stress management, right physical posturing at starting point to the budding athletes. Special sessions were also conducted on physiotherapy training, training on mental strength boosting, how to lead stress-free mental condition and overcoming nervousness as well as demonstration of correct racing postures. At initial stage of selection process, trials at district level were conducted under the guidance of coaches and selectors appointed by the committee and selection will be based on talent identification and criteria set by the committee. A total of 2696 children participated from different districts of Odisha like Angul, Jajpur, Ganjam, Cuttack, Khurda and Sundergarh. Out of these participants, 108 kids had qualified for the state level trials. Among others, G S Raju, State Sports Coordinator, Hiranya Mohanty, National Project Director, GAIl Raftaar, Rajesh Tripathy, State Coordinator, GAIl Raftaar and officials from National Yuva Co-operative Society were present at the practice camp.
KPl starts from today
Jajpur Road: The Korabandi Premier league (KPl) schedule to be held from April 1 at Korabandi Cricket ground near Ragadi jail under Korai block in Jajpur. As many as 16 reputed teams of Odisha will participate in the three-day tournament which will be concluded on April 3. All matches will be played under flood light. The tournament will be organized by ‘Friends Club’, Korabandi.
Cuttack-A inch closer to get innings lead
Bhubaneswar: Brilliant partnership of 150 runs between Bikash Pati and Niranjan Behera guided Cuttack-A to score 224 for two and inch closer to get first innings lead against Bhubaneswar-A in the semifinal matche of the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-District Cricket Tournament at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Thursday. Earlier, defending champions Bhubaneswar-A rode on a 110 run by Shantanu Mishra and a half-century by Prasant Bhoi to make a huge total but Cuttack bowlers came into action with Alok Sahoo scalping for wickets and Dhiraj Singh and Biplab Samantray bagging two wickets each restricted Bhubaneswar-A at 267. In another semifinal match, Bhubaneswar-B declared their innings at 392 for 7. In reply, Rourkela scored 35 for the loss of a wicket at day two stumps. Brief Score: At Barabati Stadium: BBSR-A 267/10 in 105.2 overs (Shantanu Mishra 110, Prasant Bhoi 55, Gourav Mohapatra 42, Basant Mohanty 23; Alok Sahu 4/84, Dhiraj Singh 2/52, Biplab Samantray 2/45) Vs Cuttack-A 224/2 in 72 overs (Rajesh Dhuper 24, Bikash Pati 74, Niranjan Behera 80, Biplab Samantray 34 n.o;) At Driems Ground: BBSR-B declared 392/7 in 120 overs (Debasish Samantray 75, Santosh Debakanta 77, Sandeep Pattnaik 117, Pratik Das 68; Amit Das 4/109, Nataraj Behera 2/75) Vs Rourkela 35/1 in 19 overs (Asish Mitra 17 n.o; Ashok Barik 13 n.o;).