Punjab gather huge lead against Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A five-wickets haul by Arjun Kumar of Punjab restricted Odisha for 214 runs in 84.3 overs and gathered 136 runs first innings lead and added another 61 runs without losing any wickets at day two stumps of the 3rd All India Under-19 Dhruve Trophy at Dhruve Pandove Cricket Stadium in Patiala on Wednesday. In reply to Punjab’s massive 350 first innings score, Odisha added 196 runs for the loss of eight wickets to their overnight score 18 runs and completed the innings at 214 runs. Earlier on Tuesday, winning the toss, Odisha elected to bat first, opener Prabjot Singh and Anmolpreet Singh gathered 178 runs partnership for the first wicket before Prabjot departed with individual score of 82 runs. After that Anmolpreet kept the momentum going and scored 119 runs and Punjab scored 350 runs. The most successful Odisha bowler Hari Sankar Pati scalped four wickets by giving 57 runs. Other two bowlers, Debabrata Pradhan and Raj Kishan Patel bagged three wickets each. Brief Score: Punjab 350/10 in 90.3 overs (Prabjot Singh 82, Anmolpreet Singh 119, Harsaroop Singh 34, Arjun Kumar 42 n.o; Debabrata Pradhan 3/81, Raj Kishan Patel 3/85, Hari Sankar Pati 4/57) and 61/0 in 16 overs (Prabjot Singh 39 n.o;) Vs Odisha 214/10 in 84.3 overs (Subhransu Senapati 48, Ranjit Singh 39, Priyatosh Parmanik 25, Suvendu Samal 25 n.o; Arjun Kumar 5/62, Karan Kaila 2/56, Sukhwinder Singh 2/53) at day two stumps.
Not playing for rating or titles: Debashis Das
Bhubaneswar: I am not playing tournament for rating or to get titles. I want to remember by the chess fraternity in my name not by the ranking, said Odisha’s top rated chess player International Master Debashis Das. In my life I have never played matches for draw. I believe in winning the board. In my last tournament if I have played for the draw might have got the GM Elo rating (2500). My goal is to reach 2650 rating points and people should remember in my name, added Debashis. I am confident that in my coming National B Chess Tournament in October 12 onwards at Bhopal would get the three points to reach the Elo rating, further added Debashis. Odisha State Chess Association felicitated Debashis Das here on Wednesday and wished him good luck for the future. ODCA secretary Vivek Tibarewal, Manoj Panigrahi, Subhashis Pattanik and SR Patnaik were present.
Cuttack bags Women Football title
Bhubaneswar: Star striker Sasmita Ekka of Cuttack netted double goals and powered the team to beat Bhubaneswar-B team by 3-0 goals and emerged champion of the Senior Women Inter-District Football Championship for PC Behera Trophy, which concluded at Titilagarh on Wednesday. Sakina Nisa of the champion team draw the first blood in the 15 minutes and her-mate Sasmita double the led in the 18th minute. After the change of sides, once again Sasmta scored goal in the 61st minute. The champion team bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 25,000 and the runners-up team richer by Rs 15,000. The officials who conducted the final match were Subrat Purohit, Abdul Mujid, Sanjit Mohanty and Bholanath Mahakul as referees. Minister of Sports and Youth Services Ramesh Chandra Majhi distributed the prizes in presence of MP Bolangir Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo, football association of Odisha vice-president Bijay Das, Ramesh Chandra Mallick, joint secretary Bikram K Mohapatra , Sangeeta Sharma , Bolangir District Athletic Association secretary Hari Narayan Pujari , working president Srikara Mishra and former national women football team captain Sradhanjali Samantray.
Birla Tyers enters Club football final
Bhubaneswar: Birla Tyers of Balasore entered the final by defeating Sports Hostel Cuttack by 7-6 goals via through tie-breaker in the Inter District Club Championship-2013(Kalinga Cup Qualifying Round) at Baripada in Mayurbhanj on Wednesday. The semifinal match ended in 2-2 goals draw in the regulation time. The goal scorer for Birla Tyers were Nilaya Ghosal and Salkhu Hemram scored goal each in the 34th and 58th minute. Similarly, the goal scorer for Sports Hostel was Surendra Soren who scored double goals in the 14th and 56th minute. In the penalty kick Birla Tyers (Balasore) won the match by 5-4. The officials who conducted the match were Sudip Kumar Das, Bhanu Bauri, Sujit Patra, Prasant Kumar Pal and Jugal Chandra Das (match commissioner).