Six members BGC team to join East Zone Final golf
Bhubaneswar : A six-member Bhubaneswar Golf Club (BGC) team has been selected from the Eastern Region qualifier of Toyota IGU National Club Challenge that teed off at the Bhubaneswar Golf Club here on Sunday to participate in the East Zone Toyota IGU National Club Challenge Golf atTollygunge Club in Kolkata from December 13. Satyajyoti Mohanty won in the 0-6 H’cap category scoring 29 points in the day. Around 100 golfers with handicaps of 24 and below participated in the meet. The winners in other categories were Ranjit Singh (29 points) in 7-10 H’cap category, Dalbir Singh (29 points) in 11-15 H’cap category, Anup Mohapatra (38 points) in 16-20 H’cap category and Geeta Biswas (31 points) in 21-24 h’cap category. Geeta Biswas, a first lady to seal a birth for the zonal finals said, “I’m very happy and proud of my effort. I managed to hit four pars and it was enough to grab opportunity to represent Bhubaneswar Golf Club in a pan India tournament. It was a very well conducted tournament”. The individual winner in each of the five handicap category is automatically selected to represent the club team while the 6th team member and captain of the team, who is nominated by the club, will be Devesh Sinha (14 H’cap) who scored 25 points.
3 points FOR ODISHA IN Ranji trophy drawn match
Bhubaneswar : Vidarbha produced a strong batting display in their first essay on the final day but Odisha walked away with three points due to their first innings lead in the drawn Group-A Ranji Trophy match on Sunday. On the basis of first innings lead Odisha bagged three points. With the prospect of a result already looking slim, Vidarbha resumed on the fourth morning on 199 for 3, with Faiz Fazal unbeaten on 124 and Hemang Badani on 32. Fazal, however, would not be able to add on to his overnight tally as he was removed off the first ball by Deepark Behera. A 46-run stand for the sixth wicket by Badani and Rashmi Parida was cut abruptly when Dhiraj Singh had Badani caught by Girjia Rout on 65. Wickets continued to fall in regular intervals as Vidarbha were finally dismissed for 382. Odisha did not bat again as the match ended on a stalemate.
Brief score: Odisha 453 for 6 dec (Niranjan Behera 131, Sahoo 114*, Podder 74, Deepak Behera 58*, Jungade 4-56) drew with Vidarbha 382 (Fazal 124, Badani 65, Parida 60, Mohanty 5-59) .
Reliance, Idco win in Secretariat Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar : Reliance and Idco edged out Smart Chip and GRIDCO by 63 runs and five wickets respectively in the 15th Secretariat Cup Cricket Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Sunday. Being invited to bat first, Priyatosh Parida of Reliance smashed 54 runs and the team total reached 144 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. In reply, Arun Mishra scalped three wickets and restricted Smart Chip for 81 runs in 19.4 overs. In another match of the day, Saroj Rout of Idco bagged four wickets and helped the team to beat GRIDCO by five wickets. Priyatosh Parida and Saroj Rout of both the winning team received the man of the match award. Md. Ainul Haque , lulu Mohapatra and Maruti Acharya were conducted the matches as umpires.
Brief score: Reliance 144/9 in 20 overs (Priyatosh Parida 54, Yjna Pandam 21 runs; Deepak Panda, Soumendu Das, Sripati Biswal 2 wkts each) beat Smart Chip 81/10 in 19.4 overs (Sripati Biswal 19; Arun Mishra 3 wkts, Deepak Maghi 2 wkt) by 63 runs. GRIDCO 58/10 in 17.1 overs (Sashikant Das 13; Saroj Rout 4/12) lost to IDCO 59/5 Biswaranjan Nayak 15; Smruti Ranjan Tripathy 2 wkts) by five wickets.
Junior National women football from Nov 22
Bhubaneswar : Football Association of Odisha (FAO) is all set to host Junior Girls National Football Championship to be held at three different venues in Cuttack from November 20 to December 5. Altogether 28 State teams would participate in the meet. The matches would be held at Barabati Stadium, Odisha Police Ground and Satyabrata Stadium. West Bengal,Manipur and Odisha are the strong title contender. FAO would announce the State team on Monday.