Five Odia women footballers, including former captain of Indian football team Shraddhnajli Samantray, narrowly escaped from a strong earthquake of 7.9 magnitude on Richter scale that rocked Nepal on Saturday. Sources said four players Janaki Murmu, Iva Panna, Banya Kabiraj and Shanti Murmu were in the 18-member under-14 girls national team to play in the AFC South-Central regional competition in Kathmandu. When the earthquake struck the hill city, the team was playing its match against Iran in a stadium. later, all the players were taken to a safer place and all are safe now.