Semifinalists spotted in Nalco Cup Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh and Cuttack would meet Angul and Rourkela respectively in the semifinal matches of the Nalco Cup inter-district Hockey Tournament in Cuttack on Friday. In the quarterfinal matches on Thursday, Sundargarh beat Ganjam by 5-0, Cuttack defeated Baragarh 8-0 and Rourkela pipped Khurda by 2-1 goals.
Results: Cuttack (JP Minze 10 mint, Prasan Tirkey (14th,18th,27th), B K Swarnakar 31st, Angel Minz 52nd, T Kujur 55th) bt Baragarha 8-0 goals. Sundargarh (J Toppo 15th, Arden Barla 16th, Prakash Barla 19th, Joseph Toppo 43rd, Self goal by Ganjam in the 22nd minute) bt Ganjam 5-0. Rourkela (Dilip Toppo 36th, Alsom lakra 69th) bt Khurda (A Dung Dung 53rd ) by 2-1 goals.
Trident-A beat KIT in Inter-College Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: In the inugural day, Trident-A and B teams barged into the semifinals of the 4th Summer Inter-College Cricket Tournament at Scan Ground here on Thursday. In the quarterfinal matches, Trident-B edged out KIT by two wickets and Trident-A got the walk-over against Centurion University. Batting first, Sumit Singh and Manoj Pothal of KIT scored 31 and 30 runs respectively and team total reached 106 runs in 14.2 overs by losing eight wickets. In reply, Preeti Sankar scored highest 25 runs and helped the Trident-B to reached the winning target in 14.2 overs by losing eight wickets. Preeti Sankar of the winning team received the man of the match award. In the quarterfinal match on Friday, Gandhi Engineering College and GITA would meet TITE and Synergy Engineering College. Brief Score: KIT 106/8 in 15 overs (Sumit Singh 31, Manoj Pothal 30; Rizwan Khan 2/16) lost to Trident-B 110/8 in 14.2 overs (Preeti Shankar 25, Jyotisman Mishra 21; Sumit 2/7, Mahaprasad 2/9) by 2 wickets.
KISS to cross swards with DAV in Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: KISS School, Bhubaneswar would cross swords with DAV Public School, CDA in the final match of the 9th PVR Murthy Inter-School Cricket Tournament at Engineering (BOSE) Ground in Cuttack on Saturday. In the semifinal match on Thursday, Ram Chandra Murmu of KISS smashed 66 runs, opener Biswajit Bhuyan contributed 49 runs and the team total reached 197 runs in 25 overs for the loss of five wickets. In reply, Gyana Ranjan Sahoo scored 50 runs but Pradeep Nayak and Bikram Sahoo claimed three wickets each and restricted Cambridge innings for 126 runs in 23.4 overs. Ram Chandra of the wining team bagged the man of the match award.
Brief Score: KISS 197/5 in 25 overs (Biswajit Bhuyan 49, Ram Chandra Murmu 66; Gyana Ranjan Sahoo 2/33) beat Cambridge School 126/10 in 23.4 overs (Sarthak Subhadarshan 29, Gyana Ranjan Sahoo 50;linku Singh 3/14, Pradeep Nayak 3/29, Bikram Sahoo 3/17) by 71 runs.