State basketball team leave for National meet
Bhubaneswar : State men and women basketball teams left on Tuesday for the fourth coming 64th Senior National Men and Women Basketball Tournament at Delhi from February 26 to March 5. Men team: Ashok Kumar Nayak, Sashikanta Mohanty, Asish Ranjan Behera, lagnajit Barik, P Suresh Kumar, G lakra, Kartik Behera, Firoz Barua, Vijness V, Sarat Chandra Mahaptra (manager). Women team: Satya Sovan Patnaik, Rajashree Sahu, Sushree Sangita Rout, Urbashi Mallick, S Sahu, AA Patnaik, S Begum, Subhangi Sahu, Gitanjali Patnaik (Manager).
Jadavpur storm into SPl T20 semis
Bhubaneswar : Jadavpur University notched up their second consecutive victory in Group-D brushing aside Andhra University by eight wickets to qualify for the semifinals of the inter-university 5th SOA Premier league (SPl) cricket championship being played at the SOA University Stadium here on Tuesday. Andhra, who won the toss and chose to bat, were bowled out for 157 in 19.4 overs and Jadavpur chased down the target scoring 161 for 2 in 15.4 overs for a comfortable win. The Andhra total was built around G.Saleh’s 38 (24 b, 4x4, 2x6) and Yellaji’s 25. Paceman Anurag Khan (3/34) and off spinner Sukalyan Roy (3/13) shared the spoils. Jadavpur had defeated OUAT by 128 runs on Monday. In a Group-A tie played earlier, Avinab Sagar hit a whirlwind 109 off 58 balls propelling Gitam University to a 66 run victory over Delhi Technological University (DTU). In a match played under lights, SOAU scored 218 for 7 in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. For SOAU, Avinash Bhuyan (56 off 39 balls, 5x4, 3x6) and Sarthak Das (53 off 23 balls, 10x4, 2x6) were the main contributors while Palash (3/45) was the most successful bowler for DTU. DTU, however, could manage to make 165 for seven in the allotted overs as contributions by Aastik Chawla ((42, 33 b, 7x4) and Karan Narang (33, 23 b, 4x4, 1x6) were not enough. Kundan Prajapati (3/23) and Sk. Mazhar (2/24) helped SOAU restrict the opponents. Brief score: Andhra University 157 in 19.4 overs (G.Saleh 38, Yellaji 25, Sukalyan 3/13, Anurag Khan 3/34) lost to Jadavpur University 161/2 in 15.4 overs (Nabendu Ghose 86, Parikshi Dhal 40) by 8 wickets Gitam University 212/9 in 20 overs (Avinab Sagar 109, K.Narang 5/43) beat Delhi Technological University 146 in 19.4 overs (Avinab Jain 62, Yashwant Jasti 3/29) by 66 runs SOA University 218/7 in 20 overs (Avinash Bhuyan 56, Sarthak Das 53, Palash 3/45) beat Delhi Technological University 165/7 in 20 overs (Aastik Chawla 42, Karan Narang 33, Kundan Prajapati 3/23, Sk. Mazhar 2/24) by 53 runs (This match was played on Monday night) .
Home Guard enter Tata-Utkalika Football semis
Bhubaneswar : Home Guard of Cuttack barged into the semifinal of the Tata Utkalika Cup Football Tournament at Unit-6 High School Ground here on Tuesday by defeating East Coast Railway. Purna Chandra Samal of the winning team netted the first goal in the 15th minute. After the change of sides, Adil Khan doubles the lead in the 57th minute. Puran received the man of the match award. In the quarterfinal match of Wednesday, Kishor Club of Bhubaneswar would meet Odisha Police of Cuttack.
Khurda emerge champion in State weightlifting
Bhubaneswar : Khurda women team bagged five gold and two silver medals and emerged overall champion in the State Weightlifting Championship at Berahampur on Tuesday. Jhili Dalabehera in 48kg event (lifted 129kg), Pramila Kirsani in 53kg event (163kg), in 58kg Swarupa Purty (166kg), in 63 kg Kiran Kumari Digal (147kg) and in 69kg Rosani Tandi (125 kg) were bagged gold medals. Jhuni Mandal and Subhasmita Mohanty won silver medal each by lifting 110 and 123 kg in the 53kg and 63kg women events respectively. Coach Padmini Mohanty, manager Chandra Shekhar Sahu, Khurda District Weightlifting Association president Chittaranjan Swain and secretary Janaki Ballabh Mishra were accompany the team as official.