Nishant shines in Inter-School Cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all-round performance of Nishant Baral of DAV School Unit-VIII, who scored an unbeaten half-century and scalped four wickets, powered the team to beat Ashwas School by six wickets in the Inter-School Cricket Tournament at Unit-II Girls High School Ground here on Sunday. In another matches, KISS and Kendriya Vidyalaya-II defeated St Joshep School and Ekamra Saraswati Sishu Mandir School by 101 runs and eight wickets respectively.
Brief Score: At Unit High School Ground: KISS 141/10 in 20.5 Overs (Tukuna Himirika 27, Digambar Pujari 24 ) beat St Joshep School 40/10 (Subash Mallick 2/1) by 101 runs. Ashwas School 121/9 in 22 overs (SR Mohanty 30, B Mohapatra 24; Nishant Baral 4/8) lost to DAV School Unit-VIII 122/4 (Nishant Baral 51 n.o;, SR Panigrahi 32) by 6 wickets. At BJB College ground: Ekamra Saraswati Sishu Mandir School 111/8 in 22 Overs ( Pratyush Das 23; Sarthak Kumar Nayak 2/33, Chittaranjan Tripathy 2/17) lost to Kendriya Vidyalaya-II 114/2 in 13.3 overs (Ranjat Kumar Das 33; Soumyajit Pradha 2/14) by 8 wickets. St Xaviers Kedargouri 180/8 in 22 overs (Ashis Nayak 57 n.o; Koushik Mohapatra 31; Sai Ankit Nanda 2/21, Manish Rana 2/36) beat Ruchika High School 93/10 in 21.4 overs ( Bikram Keshari Swain 25; Debi Mohapatra 2/8; Pratyush Mohapatra 2/16) by 87 runs.
Sanjeeban wins State Open Chess title
Bhubaneswar: Sanjeeban Nayak of Bhubaneswar scored 7.5 points by the end of eighth round and emerged champion in the State Open Chess Championship at Secretariat Recreation Club here on Sunday. Bira Kishore Behera, Manas Parida, Aditya Pattnaik and Natabara Das scored seven points each and finished 2nd, 3rd,4th and 5th respectively. Secretariat Recreation Club secretary Managovinda Dalei, Orissa State chess Association Presided Arati Bijoy Mohanty, Vice-president, Dr. Bimal Prasad Mohanty, secretary Smruti Ranjan Das, Joint Secretary Sitendu Rajguru, games directori Debasis Panigrahi , executive member Pravat kumar Nath were present in the closing ceremony.
IPS Officers association win football match
Bhubaneswar: IPS Officers Association defeated Veteran Football Players Association in a exhibition football match at Reserve Police Ground in Cuttack on Sunday. The officer’s association team lead by Directorate General of Police Praksash Mishar won the match by 2-1 goals.