Municipal College lift Padmanav Cup title
Bhubaneswar : Rourkela Municipal College emerged champion of the inter-college Padmanav Cup T20 Cricket Tournament by defeating Ispat College by 33 runs in a sensational final match at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela on Friday. The week long tournament was being organised by Rourkela Sports Association. Winning the toss Municipal College decided to bat first and scored 157 runs with top score of 77 runs from 46 balls by Ashok Barik. Chasing 158 runs Ispat College scored 124 runs in 20 overs by losing nine wickets. While winning team was awarded with champions trophy along with cash prize of Rs 10,000 and the runners up team was awarded with runners trophy with Rs 6,000 cash. Similarly while Ashok Barik was adjudged as man of the final, Ranjit Singh of Municipal Collage was adjudged as Player of the tournament, Ashok Barik as best batsman and Kaushik Das was adjudged as best bowler.
Odisha bags 7 medal in National Rowing meet
Bhubaneswar : Odisha bagged three gold, two silver, two bronze and adjudged as over-all second in the 33rd Senior National Rowing Championship held at Pune in Maharashtra from February 2 to 8. The gold medal winners are Alam lakra, Pratima Puhan, Asmita Kujur, Manisha Kispota in the coxless four 2000 meter women category, similarly in the coxless four 500 meter women event, Alam lakra, Pricila Buxla, Asmita Kujur, Manisha Kispota won another gold for the State and in the 500 meter double squall, Pratima Puhan, Asmita Kujur fetched a gold medal. Meena Madhury Toppo and Pramila Prava Minz bagged silver medal in the coxless pair 500 meter women events, similarly, Asmita Kujur and Pratima Puahan won silver medal in the coxless pair 2000 meter. However, Monika Devi won double bronze medal in the single squall 2000 and 500 meter event. A-11-member Odisha squad including three men were participated. The team was accompanied by coach Jose Jacab, Martin Kujur and Mustaq Bux as manager.
Kolkata to meet J&K in Callaghan Cup Div-II final
Bhubaneswar : Kolkata Police would meet Jammu & Kashmir in the cup final of the 7th Callaghan Cup Div-II Rugby Tournament at East Coast Railway Stadium here on Sunday. Similarly in the plate final, host Bhubaneswar to cross swords with strong contender CRPF. For the third place, another Odisha team KISS would meet Tamil Nadu. In the semifinal matches on Saturday, Kolkata Police edged out Tamil Nadu by 23-10 and Jammu and Kashmir defeated KISS by 14-10. Both the winning team entered the cup final. In the plate semifinal match, CRPF pipped Bihar by 50-3 and barged into the plate final.
Kalinga lancers to face Up Wizards on Feb 9
Bhubaneswar : In their next home game Uttar Pradesh Wizards will take on Kalinga lancers at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in lucknow on Sunday. Kalinga lancers in their game against the Ranchi Rhinos on Friday showed great strength and at one point were leading the match two goals to one which in a way stunned many but they could not finish the game with a win. The learning for them from the match was clear that they have to finish well and the message to Uttar Pradesh Wizards is also clear – it’s a team which is growing in form and showing its true self, hence should not be taken lightly. It will interesting to see if UP wizards can control the opponent on Sunday and whether Terry Walsh coached Kalinga lancers can finally show that they are here to win. Out of the total five matches played by Kalinga lancers, they have won only one game and are placed at fifth position in the points table. Speaking on the match, Kalinga lancers Head Coach Terry Walsh said “while yes the game against Ranchi was not satisfactory but the team is growing better with each match. During the first quarter the team did not play well but the rest of the quarters the boys picked up on their game. Our team is as strong as any other team in the league, just that we need to improve certain aspects of our game.”