Haryana gather lead against Odisha
Bhubaneswar: In a befitting replay to Govind Poddar’s ton, Rahul Dhawan of Haryana smashed 108 runs and helped the team to gather 80 runs first innings lead against Odisha in the second day of their four-day-long Zone-D league match in the Shafi Darashah Trophy All-India Cricket Tournament at Bangalore on Wednesday.
In reply Odisha’s 194 first innings score, Haryana added 206 runs for the loss of eight wickets to their overnight score of 68 runs. The all credit goes to Rahul Dhawan who smashed a ton and well supported by Jayant Yadev 71 runs and team ended their first innings for 274 runs in 86.5 overs. Odisha simmer Alok Mangaraj bagged highest four wickets, while, Deepak Behera and Jayant Behera bagged two wickets each. In the second innings, Odisha lost four wickets in 30 overs and scored 100 runs at day-two stumps. Earlier on Tuesday,being invited to bat first, Odisha lost early wickets in regular interval, but Govind stood rock solid and contributed 100 runs. Rahul Tewata and Ashish had done the maximum damage by calming four and three wickets respectively.
Brief score: Odisha 194/10 in 73 overs (Govind Podder 100, Subhrajoyti Mishra 24, Deepak Behera 23; Rahul Tewata 4 wickets, Ashish Hooda 3 wickets) and 100/4 in 30 overs (A Singh 28 n.o; Harshal Patel 2 wickets) Vs Haryana 274/10 in 86.5 overs ( Abhimanyu 32, Rahul Dhawan 108, Jayant Yadav 71; Alok Mangaraj 4/57, Deepak Behera 2/46, Jayanta Behera 2/57) .
Jay Bharat, Uday win in FAO 2nd Div league
Bhubaneswar: Jay Bharat Cultural Club and Uday Club defeated Managala Club and Anchalika Sports Association respectively in the super league round match of the FAO 2nd Division Football league at Bidanasi Ground in Cuttack on Wednesday. A double goals haul by Susant Sethy of Jay Bharat Club powered the team to beat Mangala Club by 2-0 goals. Susant netted the goals in the 12th and 38th minutes respectively. After the change of sides, both teams fought neck to neck but failed to convert into goal. In another match of the day, after the barren first half, Mahesh K Singh of Uday Club scored the all important goal in the 51st minute and team edged out Anchalika Sports Association by 1-0 goal.
Odisha State Muaythai squad announced
Bhubaneswar: All Odisha Muaythai Association on Tuesday named a 16-member squad for the National Muaythai Championship at Villupuram, Tamil Nadu from July 25 to 28. Odisha squad: Men: Anshuman Behera, Dhiren Mohanty, Pinku Nayak, Manoj Kumar Nayak, Bindusagar Pani, Abhisek Gupta, Gurendra Singh, Bishnu Mahanta, Subrat Kumar Sethi, Bholanath Choudhury, Krishna Bahadur, Chintan Chinmay Kumar, Pritam Pandey, Anip Kanwar, Coach: Anil Kumar Raul, Team leader: Bibhuti Bhusan Behera.