3 Odisha girls bag medals in Asian Jr rowing meet
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s three junior girls Sanjukta Dung Dung, Manjula Xess and Ashmita Kujur once again proved their supremacy by bagging three silver medals in the 19th Asian Junior Rowing Championship held at Samarkand, Uzbekistan from October 11 to 16. Sanjukta Dung Dung and Manjula Xess bagged silver medal in the coxless pair event. Similarly, Ashmita Kujur along with Nafisa Sadiq, Rena Kumari and Tarunikha Pratar grabbed silver medal in the coxless four event. “Our three inmates had participated in meet and I am happy that all of them bagged medals in the international event. It is not first time Odisha’s junior girls dominated the show and bring laurels for our country”, said coach Jose Jacob.
OCA announces State Ranji team
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Cricket Association selection committee has been announced 15 member squad on Wednesday for the Ranji trophy inaugural match against Punjab to be held at Mohali on October 27. Hyderabad Sunrises fame all-rounder Biplab Samantary would lead the team. Odisha placed along with Delhi, Jharkhand, Haryana, Mumbai, Punjab, Vidarbha and Gujarat in the group-A. Probable team list: 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.
Swagatika to lead Odisha in East Zone U-19 tourney
Bhubaneswar: Swagatika Rath would lead the State Under-19 women team for the forthcoming BCCI U-19 East Zone One-Day league scheduled to be held at Guwahati in Assam from October 25 to 31. The 16 member team would report coach Rashmita Mohanty in OCA Academy in Cuttack on Friday. Team list: Swagatika Rath (captain), Sushree Dibyadarshini Pradhan, Padmini Barik, Pragyan Paramita Mohanty, Srabani Srichandan Ray (wk), Anjali Singh, Siprarani Rout, Indrani Chattria, Sumitra Sahoo (wk), Sasmita Mahalik, Banalata Mallick, Rajashree Swain, Harapriya Ojha, Silpa Swain, BM Swaha Nayak, Bandana Hanuman, Bidhan Chandra Rout (manager), Rasmita Mohanty (coach), Sheetal Mohanty (physio), Itishree Pattnaik (trainer).