MCC to host Bhuyan memorial cricket from Jan 10
Bhubaneswar : Mukteswar Cricket Club is all set to organise NM Bhuyan Memorial All Odisha Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground here from January 10 to 20, informed MCC secretary Prasanta Mohapatra in a Press Meet here on Tuesday. Total 12 teams would be divided in two groups to play the knockout round 40 over matches. The champion would receive cash prize of `30,000 and the runners-up to be richer by `20,000. We would felicitate a junior cricketer and a women cricketer with cash award of `5,000 and `10,000 respectively on the concluding day, said vice-president Naba Ranjan Pattnaik. Among others, MCC vice-president Gurjit Singh Chouhan, joint secretary Ajit Kumar Biswal, treasure Goura Prasad Nanda, Asis Pratihari and Rajesh Kumar Sahu were present. Group-A teams: Mukteswar Cricket Club, Solar Cricket Club, Progressive Cricket Association, Rameswar Sporting, Paramount Sporting, Scan Sporting. Group-B teams: Juvenile Cricket Club, BCC, Rising Student, Pragati Sporting, Biswabharati Cricket Club .
PMG beat Secretariat in HoD Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar : A five wickets haul by Pawan Kumar Singh of Post Master General (PMG) guided the team to beat Secretariat by six wickets in the Heads of Department (HoD) Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. Pawan scalped five wickets by giving 27 runs and restricted Secretariat for 97 runs. In reply, Jaganath Sarangi of PMG smashed 40 runs and team reached the winning target in 11 overs by losing four wickets. Pawan of the winning team received the man of the match award. In another league match, batting first CESU scored 137 runs in 20 overs for the loss of nine wickets. In reply, AK Panigrahi of CESU bagged four wickets and bundle out Raj Bhawan for 81 runs in 15.1 overs. CESU edged out Raj Bhawan by 56 runs. Brief score: Secretariat 97/10 (Ratan Das 21, Padma Rout 20; Pawan Kumar Singh 5/27) lost to PMG100/4 in 11 overs (Jaganath Sarangi 40, Somaya Ranjan Basa 22; Padma Rout, Manoj Puhan 2 wkts each)by 6 wickets. CESU 137/9 in 20 overs (Jugal Singh 38, Pratap Das 23; Prasant Pradhan 4/20, Susant Pattnaik 3/17)beat Raj Bhawan 81/10 in 15.1 overs (AK Panigrahi 4/26) by 56 runs.
Rakesh wins SR School Chess title
Bhubaneswar : Rakesh Kumar Jena of Jajpur scored 8.5 points and emerged champion in the All Odisha SR School Chess Championship at East Coast Railway Institute in Cuttack on Monday. Rudraksh Parida and Sambit Panda both of Khurda scored 7.5 points each and finished second and tird respectively. The champion bagged the trophy along with cash prize of Rs 5,000 and the runners-up received Rs 3,000 each. Total 230 players including 48 girls and 57 international rated players from across 10 districts were participated in the three-day-long nine rounds tournament. East Coast Railway Institute additional-CMS, working president D Rama Rao distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, All Odisha Chess Association secretary Vivek Kumar Tibarewal, SR Chess Centre director Satya Ranjan Patnaik, chairman Subhasis Patnaik, veteran chess player Kamala Kanta Bisoi, liliyan Mohapatra, Navin Kandoi and PK Ghose were present.