Entertainer emerge Basketball league Champ
Bhubaneswar: Club the Entertainer of Cuttack emerged champion of the Kalinga Stadium Basketball league by defeating Bhubaneswar Athletic Association by 77-51 points at Kalinga Stadium here on Tuesday. In the losing semifinalists match, Mothers Public School edged out Sports Hostel of Bhubaneswar by 52-46 and finished third. Altogether 12 teams participated in the four-day-long meet. Former Indian basketball coach Arupananda Routray distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony. Among others, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, Ashok Mohanty and Aurobinda Mitra were present.
Secretariat, Nalco win in HoD Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar: The all-round performance of Padma Charan Rout of Secretariat who scored 36 runs and scalped two wickets and powered the team to beat Idco by 13 runs in the league round match of the Heads of Department (HoD) Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium on Tuesday. Padma of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. In another match of the day, A-60-runs haul by Sachitananda Biswal of Nalco guided the team to edge out lIC by 24 runs. Sachitananda received the man of the match award.
Brief score: Secretariat 156/7 in 20 overs (Manoj Puhan 44, Padma Charan Rout 36; Gadadhar Mohananda 2/20) beat Idco 143/8 in 20 overs (Mahesh Das 34,Manas Mohanty 32, Padma Charan Rout 2/21) by 13 runs. Nalco 190/6 in 20 overs (Sachitananda Biswal 60, Harakrushna Nath 47; S Pani 2/25) beat lIC 166/9 in 20 overs (Partha Biswal 39, Narendra Das 29; Chakadola Sikha 3/12) by 24 runs.
Shaheed Sporting win in NBM Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Rashmi Ranjan Parida of Shaheed Sporting smashed 73 runs and helped the team to beat Biswabharati Cricket Club by huge 188 runs in the league round match of the Narendra Mohan Bhuyan Memorial All-Odisha Cricket Tournament here at BJB College Ground on Tuesday. Being invited to bat first, Saheed Sporting scored 291 runs in 40 overs by losing nine wickets. Apart from Rashmi , Shree Hari (47), Rakesh Patnaik (43) and Rakesh Gochayat (40) contributed substantially. In reply, Manoj Barik and Sourav Khan bagged four and three wickets respectively and restricted Biswabharati for 103 runs in 27.4 overs. Rashmi of the winning team received the man of the match award. In the league match on Wednesday, Rameswar Sporting would meet Scan Sporting.
Brief score: Saheed Sporting 291/9 in 40 overs( Rashmi Ranjan Parida 73 (5x4, 3x6), Shree Hari 47 (6x4 1x6), Rakesh Patnaik 43 (5x4, 1x6), Rakesh Gochayat 40 (3x4,2x6) ; Satyajit Beura 3/55, Partha Samal 2/37, Sanujit Samal 2/46) beat Biswabharati Cricket Club 103/10 in 27.4 overs ( RR Das 34(4x4,2x6), Preetam Singh 21(1x4, 1x6) ; Manoj Barik 4/22, Sourav Khan 3/10) by 188 runs.
Kishore wins Srikrushna football inaugural
Bhubaneswar: Kishore Club of Bhubaneswar defeated RK Football Academy of Kanapur by 2-0 goals in the inaugural match of the 9th Srikrushna Biswal Memorial Football Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Tuesday. After the barren first-half, Prasant Nayak draw the first blood in the 49th minute and his-mate Naran Murmu nailed the winning goal in the 59th minute. Prasant of the winning team received the man of the match award. Siba sankar Panda, Somanath barik, Pradipta nayak and Chandrakanta Barik conducted the match as referees. In the group-B match on Wednesday, Sports Hostel Cuttack would meet Friends and Friends Club of Bhubaneswar. Odia film star Akasha Das Nayak gave away the man of the match award in presence of Mahiri dancer Roma Dasmohaoatra, Olympian Anuradha Biswal, social worker Dilip Srichandan, Pratha Biswal, Bhagyadhar jagadev, Ashok Mohanty, Arabinda Mitra and Sourjya Ranjan Parija.