6 wkts for Mithun, Odisha restricted on 226
Bhubaneswar: A six-wicket haul by Abhimanyu Mithun of Karnataka helped the team to bundle the hosts out for a meager 226 before themselves finishing day one on 22 for no loss in their Group A Ranji Trophy match at DRIEMS Ground, Tangi on Thursday. Abhilash Mallick (98) was the lone batsman to make significant contribution, besides putting on important partnerships with the tailenders, even as Odisha crumbled in face of the disciplined bowling by Karnataka. While Mithun finished with impressive figures of six for 52, Abrar Kazi (2/38) chipped in with two, and Sreenath Aravind (1/54) and HS Sharath (1/58) took wicket apiece. Put in to bat, Odisha could never manage to settle down and kept losing wickets at regular intervals to be reeling at 66 for seven at one stage.But just when it seemed that Odisha's innings would fold for less than 100 runs, Mallick came to the team's rescue. He played with a lot of responsibility, besides putting on two important 50-plus partnerships with the tailenders. Single-handedly Mallick bailed the team out of trouble as he scored a brilliant 98 off 122 balls, laced with 16 fours and a six. He spent 158 minutes in the middle. He also put on a 54-run stand for the eighth wicket with Alok Sahoo (14), followed by another crucial 52 runs with Basant Mohanty (19 not out) for the ninth wicket.Mohanty then coupled with last man, Suryakant Pradhan (34) to put on 54 runs together for the 10th wicket and ensure the team cross the 200-run mark. At stumps, Karnataka openers Robin Uthappa (6 not out) and Mayank Agarwal (11 not out) were at the crease.
Brief scores: Odisha 226/10 in 71.1 overs (Abhilash Mallick 98, Suryakant Pradhan 34; Abhimanyu Mithun 6/52) Vs Karnataka 22/0 in 4 overs (Mayank Agarwal batting 11).
Odisha beat Nagaland in Junior Football
Bhubaneswar: In a nail-biting quarterfinal league round match, Odisha girls edged out Nagaland by 2-1 goals in the Junior National Girls Football Championship at Barabati Stadium i9n Cuttack on Thursday. Jabamani Tudu of Odisha draw the first blood in the 12th minute, but Nagaland leveled the score through the goal by Ruth Rengma in the 42nd minute. After the change of sides, Sinulata Sahoo nailed the winning goal in the 61 minutes. In another match of the day, dominating Manipur defeated Kerala by 3-0 goals at Police Ground. The goal scorer for Manipur was Ksh Margarti Devi (36th minute), N Ratanabala Devi (41st) and Dangmei Grace (49th). In the league round matches on Friday, Bihar and Meghalaya would meet Tamilnadu and Maharashtra at Police Ground and Barabati Stadium in Cuttack respectively.
silver medal for Renubala in Police meet
Bhubaneswar: Renubala Mahanta bagged silver medal in the 62nd All India Police Athletic Meet, which is continuing at lucknow in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Renubala won the silver medal in the women long jump event by jumping 5.65 meter. Altogether 32 units are participating in the five-day-long meet, which will be concluded on November 30. Odisha contingent comprises of 15 athlete and five officials.
Panpose Sports Hostel inmates in national team
Bhubaneswar: Two Odia youth and inmates of Panposh Sports Hostel of Rourkela have been selected in the national squad for Junior Men Hockey World Cup to be played at New Delhi from December 6 to15. Defender Amit Rohidas and goalkeepar Susant Tirkey, both inmates of Panposh Sports Hostel here have been included in the eighteen member squad. Amit and Susant both regularly play for junior national team. Amit Rohidas have also been named as vice-captain of the team. India have got place in group 'C' in which Holland, Korea and Canada have also been placed for this prestigious tournament. On December 6, India will play against Holland, India will take on Canada on December 7 and against Korea on December 10 in the final league match. “We are elated after getting the news that Amit and Susant have got place in 18-member team. Both the players are extremely talented and they deserved their selection for the world cup squad. We are also very happy that Amit have been named as deputy.” said Panposh Sports Hostel In-charge AK Bihari.