KISS bags Inter-School Cricket title
Bhubaneswar: Subash Chandra Mallick of KISS scalped four wickets and guided the team to beat Xavier School of Khandagiri by 17 runs in the final and emerged champion of the 12th Bhubaneswar Inter School Cricket Tournament 2013, which was concluded at Unit-II Girls High School Ground here on October 11, being organised by Veterans Cricket Association of Odisha (VCAO) in collaboration with Bhubaneswar Athletic Association (BAA). Being invited to bat first, KISS scored 163 runs in 30 overs for the loss of eight wickets. In reply, Xavier scored 146 runs in 28.1 overs. Kiss bagged the Ashok Tripathy memorial champion trophy along with cash prize of Rs 7,000 and the runners up team received Bharat Pani Memorial runners-up trophy with cash prize of Rs 5,000. Subash Chandra Mallick and Digamber Pujari of champion team received man of the final and man of series award respectively. Pratyush Purohit of St Joseph High School won the upcoming player of the year award and Ruchika Public School got the best discipline school award. BAA president Suresh Chandra Routary, VCAO president Sk Mustaqu Alli, working president Bikram Mohanty, Santanu Satapathy, Bala Bhadra Patnaik, Biren Das, Ashok Patnaik, Biswaranjan Nayak and Ananga Prasad Patnaik were present. Brief Score: KISS 163/8 in 30 overs (Digamber Pujari 43, Ramchandra Murmu 32, Deula Singh Pradhan 31; Anwesh Rath 2wkt, Sarnash Mishra2wkt) bt Xavier 146/10 in 28.1 overs (Hritik Ray 34, Subham Pani 22, Subash Chandra Mallick 4 wkts, Dillip Chattar 3 wkts) by 17 runs.
Basant, Biplab likely to lead State Ranji team
Bhubaneswar: Biplab Samantary , Basant Mohanty, Natarj Behera, Girija Rout, Niranjan Behera, Govinda Poddar, Abhilash Mallick, Haladhar Das, Deepak Behera, Alok Mangaraj, Dhiraj Singh, Subhrajit Sahu (wicket keeper), Santosh Jena, Arvinda Singh and Bikash Pati are the Odisha cricketers are expected to get chance in the State team for Ranji Trophy 2014, which begins from October 27. Hyderabad Sunrises fame all-rounder Biplab Samantaray and national-A team member Basanta Mohanty may get the chance to lead the team. Odisha placed along with Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana, Mumbai, Punjab, Vidarbha and Gujarat in the group-A. In the inaugural match Odisha would meet Punjab at Mohali on October 27.
WI to play warm-up match at Barabati
Bhubaneswar: Odisha cricketers and sports lovers would get a chance to witness the warm-up match between West Indies and Uttar Pradesh at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack from October 31 to November 2, told Odisha Cricket Association President Ranjib Biswal over telephone .
West Indies would play two test and three one-day matches in the series. The test series will be a memorable one as cricket legendry Sachin Tendulkar would say good bay to all form of match. On October 26 the State sports lovers would enjoy the India and Australia day and night match, for which the preparation work is already in the last stage. In the warm-up match, 2005-06 season ranji champion Uttar Pradesh to play the three-day match.