Khurda win cricket for disabled youths
Bhubaneswar: Aashraya in association with Dibyang Cricket Association-Odisha organized a day-long cricket tournament for the disabled youths of the State at Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.
Khurda emerged champion by defeating Bhadrak by 10 wickets. Batting first, Bhadrak scored 50 in 9.5 overs with Khurda bowlers Balaram Bastia and Balram Panda scalped two wickets each. In reply, Udit Harpal smashed 31 runs and guided Khurda to reach winning target in 5.4 overs without losing a wicket. Udit Harpal , Paresh Behera, Balaram Panda and Sushant Mallick bagged man of the final, best batsman, bowler and fielder awards respectively. The teams are formed by different village level players who had a dream and believed that we can also play cricket. A 14-member State team has been finalized for the east zone cricket tournament to be organized by All Indian Cricket Association for Physically Challenged in November. East zone representative Biduyt Kumar Dey gave away the prizes in presence of RK Das, Bipin Bihari Nayak, Naba Kishor Behera, Gopi Mohan Pattnaik, Tanuja Mohanty and Jitendra Satapathy.
Semifinalists spotted in Prahalad Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Juvenile Club and Paramount Club will take on Rising Star and host Saheed Sporting respectively in the semifinal of the Prahalad Biswal Memorial U-16 Cricket Tournament at Saheed Sporting Ground here. In the last semifinal match on Tuesday, an all-round performance by Ayusraj Choudhary who scored 50 and scalped five wickets and powered Paramount Club to entered the final by defeating Biswabharati Club by 109 runs. Batting first, Ayusraj Choudhary (50), Manjeet Mohanty (56) and Farhat Khan (60) helped Paramount to set a healthy 229 for 7 in 40 overs. In reply, Ayusraj scalped five wickets for 14 to bundle out Biswabharati to 120 in 29 overs and Ayusraj adjudged as the man of the match. Brief Score: Paramount Club 229/7 in 40 overs (Ayusraj Choudhary 50, Manjeet Mohanty 56, Farhat Khan 60; Subasish Behera 3/30, Subasish Sahoo 2/41, Sanat Sahoo 2/38) beat Biswabharati Club 120/10 in 29 overs (Amit Kumar Dash 55, Ayushraj Choudhary 5/14) by 109 runs.
Gangpur win back to back win in Nat’l Div-B Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Gangpur Odisha defeated Telangana by 15-1 to notch back to back win in the group-C league round match of the 6th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship 2016 (Div -B) in Bengaluru in Karnataka on Tuesday. Namarata Bara netted four goals while her teammates Rojita Kujur and Jiwan Kishori Toppo netted three goals each. However, Rinki Kujur scored two goals while Janhabi Pradhan, Premanjali Toppo and Jyoti Chhatri netted a goal each.
Results: Hockey Gangpur 15 (Namrata Bara 3rd,34th,37th,57th, Rojita Kujur 5th,9th,11th, Jiwan Kishori Toppo 7th,39th,44th, Rinki Kujur 26th,27th,Janhabi Pradhan 51st, Premanjali Toppo 58th, Jyoti Chhatri 27) Vs Telangana 1 (21st minute) by 15-1.