Utkal win SOA Premier league title
Bhubaneswar: A hurricane 59-balls 97 by Abhinab Ghosh helped Utkal University lift the SOA Premier league (SPl) T-20 title defeating hosts SOA University-A by 56 runs in the final played at the SOA University stadium on Friday night. Winning the toss, Utkal chose to bat first and piled up a huge 212 for four in the allotted 20 overs with Ghosh blasting the SOA-A bowlers to all parts of the ground. He was adjudged the player of the final. SOA did make a spirited effort to reach the target with Siddharth Patnaik hitting an explosive 35-ball 75, but could finish at 156 for six at the end of the 20 overs. Coming out to bat after the fall of the first wicket, Ghosh lighted up the night blasting 13 fours and five sixes. Patnaik, who raised SOA hopes, hit seven boundaries and six sixes. Om Bikash, who was prolific in batting for Utkal in the earlier matches, captured one wicket conceding 12 runs. For SOA-A, Dinesh Patra and Sk. Mazhar Ahmed claimed two and one wicket respectively. Off-spinner Mazhar Ahmed was adjudged the player of the tournament and also the best bowler while Ranji trophy player Pratik Das (Utkal) was chosen the best batsman. Biswajeet Mohapatra (SOA-A) and Gyanjyoti Rai (Utkal) were chosen the best fielder and best wicket keeper of the tournament respectively. Odisha Ranji Trophy medium pacer Basant Mohanty was the chief guest on the occasion and handed over the prizes. The University’s Dean (Students Welfare) Prof. Sankarsan Nanda, Associate Dean of Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) Raj Kumar Hota and Associate Dean (Students’ Welfare) Jyoti Ranjan Das were present. Utkal had defeated last year’s winners Ravenshaw University by 53 runs in the first semifinal while SOA University-A had beaten SOA University-B by 7 wickets to make the final. The winners were presented the first prize of Rs. 1 lakh and a trophy while the runner-up got `50,000 and a trophy. The player of the tournament was presented `10,000. Brief scores: Utkal University 212/4 in 20 overs (Abhinab Ghosh 97, Dinesh Patra 2 wickets) beat SOA University-A 156/6 (Siddharth Patnaik 75) by 56 runs.
Stewart win in PVR Murthy Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A five wickets haul by Swagen Subham Pani and unbeaten 63 runs by Sidharth Jain guided New Stewart Public School o victory over DAV Public School Gandarpur by 46 runs in the 11th PVR Murthy Inter School Cricket Tournament at BOSE Ground in Cuttack on Saturday. Batting first, Sidharth and Sk Abu Tawheed of Stewart scored 63 and 48 runs respectively and Stewart total reached 177 for 4 in 25 overs. In reply, DAV lost wickets in regular intervals with Stewart bowlers Swagan scalping five wickets to bundle out DAV for 131 in 23.1 overs. Odisha Police High School will take on DPS Kalinga on Sunday. Brief Score: New Stewart Public School 177/4 in 25 overs (Sidharth Jain 63 n.o; Sk Abu Tawheed 48) beat DAV Public School 131/10 in 23.1 overs (Satya Sanjay Pasayat 62; Swagan Subham Pani 5/30, Spandan Sabat 2/28) by 46 runs.
School, College Open Chess begins
Bhubaneswar: The 1st State School and College Open Chess Championship jointly organised by Trident Group of Institutions, Bhubaneswar and Orissa State Chess Association(OSCA) kicks started at Trident College, here on Saturday. As many as 96 players from 15 schools and colleges are participating in the two-day Swiss Tournament. In the Schools’ section, Saibatanu Mishra (Mothers Public School), Anshuman Nanda (St. Joseph’s High School), Jagadish Ghadai(DAV Public School, Kalinga Ngr) and Abhinandan Panda (DAV Public School, Cspur) are the four players are leading with 4 points each . They are closely followed by Chiranjib Dibyajyoti (MBS Public School) with 3.5 points. In the Colleges’ section, Haraprasad Chatterjee and Sachin Pathy are jointly leading with three points each. Debasis Panigrahi is chief arbiter conducting the meet and assisted by Prafulla Kumar Samal, Jayadev Pradhan and Sanjay Kumar Barik. The tournament was formally inaugurated by Pratap Kumar Rath, Sports Officer, Trident Group of Institutions, Bhubaneswar in the presence of Biswaranjan Nanda, Administrative Officer, Trident Group of Institutions, Bhubaneswar and Debasis Panigrahi, Games Director, OSCA.
Sutahat beat Tulasipur in U-14 Football
Bhubaneswar: Bikash Nayak of Sutahat scored a hattrick and the team edged out Tulasipur Football Club by 3-0 goals in the 1st Cuttack City U-14 Boys Football Championship at Cricket Academy in Cuttack on Saturday. BIkash scored in the 31st,39th and 41st minutes. In another match of the day, Khannagar and Nima Sahi Football Club ended in 3-3 goals drew in the stipulated time. Ganesh Sethy, Sunil Sethy and Babul Rout of Khannagar scored a goal each 13th, 17th and 25th minutes respectively while Abdul Naim, Sarik Raheman and Sachindra Malik of Nima sahi netted a goal each in the 20th,22nd and 30th minutes respectively.