12 teams qualify for U-14 cricket super-league
Bhubaneswar: Sundargarh, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur registered victory in their last group league round matches on Wednesday and joined Cuttack-A, Bhubaneswar-A, Rourkela, Bhubaneswar-B, Balasore, Cuttack-B, Angul in the super league round of the OCA U-14 Inter-District Cricket Tournament to be held at different grounds in Cuttack on Thursday. Though Khurda defeated Sonepur by 68 runs and the team failed to qualify for the super-league round. In other matches of the day, Sundargarh, Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur edged out Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri and Paradip by 79 runs, five wickets, seven wickets, 201 runs and 69 runs respectively. Altogether 12 teams will be divided in four groups to play the 40 overs one-day super league round matches. The top team of each group will qualify for the semifinals.
Brief Score
At Ravenshaw Ground-1: Sundargarh 148/9 in 40 overs (Suraj Mishra 33 n.o; Sampad Padhi 4/22, Bipul Panigrahi 2/37) beat Nuapada 69/10 in 23.4 overs (Suraj Mishra 5/28, Anil Singh 2/19) by 79 runs.
At Ravenshaw Ground-2: Kalahandi 59/10 in 23.1 overs (Arshad Khan 7/4, Omm Prakash Swain 2/24) lost to Jagatsinghpur 60/5 in 21.5 overs (Abhisek Barik 13) by 5 wickets.
At Nimpur Ground: Nabarangpur 139/10 in 34.5 overs (Sukresh Heera 42, Ananga Udaya Bhuyan 30; Pradeep Das 3/18, Surya Mahapatra 3/34) lost to Bhadrak 140/3 in 31.1 overs (Subham Biswal 49 n.o; Dibyansu Ranjan Nayak 2/15) by 7 wickets.
At Bidanasi Ground: Jharsuguda 251/10 in 39.1 overs (Kumar Shraban Singh 68, Baibhav Jaiswal 40, Md.Saha Arman 39; Arun Behera 3/37, Jaga Madkami 3/52, Aman Pati 2/38) beat Malkangiri 50/10 in 11.5 overs (Md Saha Arman 4/12, Aman Prasad 2/9, Dayanidhi Kishan 2/17) by 201 runs.
At SCB Medical College Ground: Khurda 137/10 in 35.3 overs (Premajyoti Majhi 33; Bikash Pradhan 4/12, Dasarathi Sethi 2/26, Soumya Ranjan Pudha 2/29) beat Sonepur 69/10 in 17.4 overs (Biswas Sahu 3/14, Premajyoti Majhi 3/27, Amit Swain 2/11) by 68 runs.
At Sunshine Ground: Sambalpur 213/10 in 39.3 overs (Roshan Prasad 45, Banty Sahu 36, Ayush Nayak 24, Sanket Das 24; Gourav Rout 4/41, Anil Nayak 3/41, Debadatta Nayak 2/20) beat Paradeep 144/10 in 31.2 overs (Gourav Rout 59; Sanket Das 3/38, Roshan Prasad 2/31, Mohit Agarwal 2/16) by 69 runs.
Rushikulya beat Konark in OPl-II
Bhubaneswar: Rushikulya skipper Paresh Patel set an example for the team with his brilliant all-round performance and guided the team to beat Konark by 20 runs in the group-B league match in the Odisha Premier league-II at VSS Stadium in Sambalpur on Wednesday. Batting first Rushikulya scored 166 runs for the loss of eight wickets in 20 overs. Paresh scored 31 runs and was well supported by Pallabandhu Mishra and lagnajit Samal who contributed 42 and 26 runs respectively. In reply, despite the good opening partnership between Tukuna Sahu (37) and Tanamay Mohanty (38), who stitched 68 runs the side could not make it till the end. The magnificent bowling of Paresh Patel and Prayas s Thakur who claimed three wickets each, restricted Konark innings for 146 runs in 19.4 overs.
Brief Score
Rushikulya 166/8 in 20 overs (Pallabandhu Mishra 42, lagnajit Samal 26, Paresh Patel 31; Sanjit Samal 3/37) beat Konark 146/10 in 19.4 overs (Tukuna Sahu 37, Tanmay Mohanty 38; Paresh Patel 3/31, Prayas S Thakur 3/21) by 20 runs.
four selected to join National Rugby Camp
Bhubaneswar: Surendra Jena, Ranjan Sahu, Muna Hemram are the three Odisha rugby players who got selected for the national selection camp to be held at Gymkhana Stadium in Mumbai from May 13 to 27. Apart from these three players another Odia player Bikash Jena will also join the camp and Manash Jena as the assistant coach. The camp has been schedule for the selection of national team to participate in the HSBC Asian 5 Nations Division-II Tournament to be held at Kuala lumpur in Malaysia from June 4 to 8. “The selected squad will undergo further training and play a warm-up game en-route to Kuala lumpur, Malaysia. However, all players need to report in the camp on May 12, players attending the camp are expected to be physically fit and injury free”, said State Rugby Association secretary Upendra Mohanty. India along with Singapore, Malaysia and Iran will be participating in the meet. India will face Singapore in the inaugural match.