ECORSA barges into Kalahandi Cup final
Bhubaneswar : Sourav Saigal of the East Coast Railway Sports Association (ECORSA) bagged four wickets in the second innings and powered the team to beat Cuttack-B by a innings and 46 runs in the second day of their four-day-long semifinal match of the Kalahandi Cup Inter-district Senior Cricket Tournament at Bidanasi Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Winning the match ECORSA entered the final.
Chasing a small first innings target of 123 runs set by Cuttack-B on Wednesday, ECORSA added only 29 runs for the loss of last two wickets to their overnight score of 195 runs.
Trailing with 101 runs Cuttack-B started the second innings and bundle out for 55 runs in 28.2 overs.
In another match, Niranjan Behera smashed an unbeaten 170 runs and guided the Cuttack-A team to score 424 runs for the loss of three wickets in the inaugural day of the four-day-long Kalahandi Cup Inter-district Senior Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw Ground in Cuttack on Wednesday. Earlier in the day-one, batting first, Niranjan Behera of Cuttack-A contributed unbeaten 170 runs and well supported by Biplab Samantary and Bikash Pati who scored 92 and 80 runs respectively and scored 424 runs for the loss of three wickets.
Niranjan smashed huge 279 runs and Bikash Pati contributed 104 runs and team total reached 667 runs in 152.1 overs. In reply, Bhubaneswar-A scored 29 runs for the loss of three wickets in 18 days at day two stumps.
Brief score: At Ravenshaw Ground: Cuttack-B 123/10 in 32.5 overs (Santosh Jena 47, Rasmi Ranjan Rout 31 n.o; Alok Sahoo 3/21, Sourav Saigal 3/41, lagnajit Samal 2/20) and 55/10 in 28.2 overs (Sourav Saigal 4/2, Alok Chandra Sahoo 3/16, Alok Mongaraj 3/26) lost to ECORSA 224/10 in 64 overs (Natraj Behera 44, Sujit lenka 61, Subit Biswal 26, Sameer Mohanty 26; Santosh Jena 5/45, Sanujit Samal 3/46) by 46 runs. At Bidanasi Ground: Cuttack-A 667/10 in 152.1 overs (Niranjan Behera 279, Bikash Pati 104, Biplab Samantray 92, Aravinda Kumar Singh 86, Girija Rout 28; Basanta Mohanty 2/60, Sukanta Das 2/113, Priyatosh Paramanik 3/88) Vs Bhubaneswar-A 29/3 in 18 overs ( Deepak Behera 2/10).
Rising Star beat Bidanasi in Football league
Bhubaneswar : In a one-sided group-B league match on Thursday, Rising Star Club edged out Bidanasi Club by 2-0 goals in the
FAO 1st Division Football league held at Barabati Stadium
in Cuttack. Ashok Rao of the winning team draw
the first blood in the 29th minute.
After the lemon breaks, Raj Kishor Jani doubled the lead in the 57th minute and Rising Star maintained the lead till the end and team registered a convincing 2-0 win against Bidanasi.
Durga Madhab Naik, Bhanu Bauri, PK Pal and BN Mohakul were the referees conducted the match. In the group-A league match on Friday, Rising Student Club would meet Mangala Club.
State Youth (U-25) Chess meet from June 15
Bhubaneswar : Ganjam District Chess Association is all set to host Odisha State Youth (U-25) Chess Championship at DAV School, Gandhinager in Berahampur on June 15 and 16, informed All Odisha Chess Association secretary Vivek Tibarewal.
Top two finishers in each group (boys and girls) of the six round meet will represent the State in the National Youth Chess Championship to be held later this year. Details about the State championship can be gathered from GDCA secretary KK Sarma (Mobile: 9437204225).