PMG win Idco Cup Cricket Tournament
Bhubaneswar: Post Master General (PMG) emerged champion of the 3rd Idco Cup Cricket Tournament, defeating host Idco by 51 runs here on Wednesday. A 54-ball 62 run by Avilash Routray helped PMG to set a moderate 166 for 5 in 20 overs with Biswaya Das bagged two wickets.
In reply, PMG bowlers dominated the day with Krishna Mohanty and lingaraj Sahoo scalping three wickets each to restrict Idco at 115 in 17.4 overs. Avilash of the champion team bagged the man of the final award. Brief Score: PMG 166/5 in 20 overs (Avilash Routray 62, Hrudananda Behera 21; Bishmaya Das 2/36) beat IDCO 115/10 in 17.4 overs (Prasant Baral 34, Sidhanta Ray 31; Krushna Mohanty 3/12, lingaraj Sahoo 3/27) by 51 runs.
Aparajita participates in World Amateur Chess
Bhubaneswar: Aparajita Gochhikar of puri has represented India in World Amateur Chess Championship 2016 at Halkidiki, Greece from April 18 to 28. This is the rating category World Championship and Aparajita is the only selected participant of the State representing India.
As many as 160 participants from different countries of the World (Argentina, Brazil, Germany,Russia, France, Portugal, Mongolia, Greece, Swizerland, Scotland, Kuwit, India, USA, Phillipines, Kazgistan, Iran, Ukraine,Finland, Vietnam ) are participating in the meet in three different categories. Total 12 players of India are participating in the tournament out of which five players are the official participants.