Basant scalps 5 wkt, restricts J’khand for 221
Bhubaneswar : In the bowler friendly track, dependable medium pacer Basant Mohanty bagged five wickets and restricted Jharkhand for 221 runs in the first innings of the Ranji Trophy Cricket at
DRIEMS Ground in Tangi on Thursday. Winning the toss Odisha elected to bat first, Jharkhand lost their two wickets without opening the score board. Basant bagged five wickets including top three batsman.
He was well supported by Alok Sahoo who claimed two wickets.
S Tiwary and unbeaten B Thakur put bit resistance to Odisha bowlers and scored 67 and 61 runs respectively and helped the team to reach 221 runs in the first innings. In reply, Odisha scored 37 runs for the loss one wicket at day-one stumps.
Brief Score: Jharkhand 221/10 in 67.4 overs (RK Nemat 36, SS Tiwary 67, BD Thaker 61 n.o; VR Aaron 44; Basant Mohanty 5/60, Alok Sahoo 3/34) Vs Odisha 37/1 in 13 overs (Girija Rout 21) .
Pramila, Achutananda to join Weightlifting meet
Bhubaneswar : Girl lifter Pramila Kirsani and boy Achutananda Sahu would participate in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship to be held at Malaysia from November 24 to 30.
Pramila would participate in the 53kg weight category and Achutananda to take part in the 62kg weight event.
Weightlifting Federation of India vice-president Narayan Sahu got the invitation to officiate the meet as referee.
WB, MAH, UP, TN win in Women Football tourney
Bhubaneswar : West Bengal, Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh registered win in their respective league round matches in the Junior National Women Football Championship at different venues in Cuttack on Thursday.
The match between Bihar and Goa ended in 2-2 goals draw at Police Ground. In the league matches, West Bengal beat Chandigarh 5-0 goals, Maharashtra beat Mizoram 2-1goals (at Barabati Ground), Tamil Nadu beat Assam 5-0 goals, Uttar Pradesh beat Madhya Pradesh 5-0 goals (at SAI Ground).