Inter-district women’s cricket league from April 5
Bhubaneswar : Rourkela, Bolangir, KIIT (group-I teams ), Cuttack Balasore, Bhadrak (group-II), Bhubaneswar, Bargarh, Khurda (group-III), Dhenkanal, Koraput and Jajpur (group-IV) are qualified for super league round matches of the Inter-district Women’s Cricket Tournament, would be start from Saturday at different grounds in Cuttack. In the league matches on Friday, Rourkela got walkover as Sonepur did not report. In other matches, Khurda, Jajpur and Bhadrak defeated Malkangir, Gajapati and Nayagarh by seven, nine and nine wickets respectively. Brief score: At Ravenshaw Ground-I: Malkangiri 67/10 in 25.4 overs (Susmita Jaysingh 3/22, Sasmita Sahu 2/2) lost to Khurda 68/3 in 19.4 overs (Benzir Benu Begum 25 n.o;) by 7 wickets. At Ravenshaw Ground-II: Gajapati 40/10 in 14.3 overs (Anjali Das 3/6, Poonam Nayak 2/1, Nargis Parwin 2/8) lost to Jajpur 43/1 in 4.1 overs (Poonam Nayak 37 n.o;) by 9 wickets. At Bidanadi Ground: Nayagarh 80/10 in 34.3 overs (Minati Tudu 3/22, Sasmita
Odisha beat Jharkhand in East Zone T20 cricket
Bhubaneswar : After the defeat in the last match against Assam by 34 runs, Odisha bounced back in style by registering a four runs victory against Jharkhand in the East Zone T20 Cricket at Kolkata on Friday. With the win Odisha scripted their second win in their three outings. In the low scoring match, batting first, Odisha scored 119 runs in 20 overs by losing eight wickets. Sarfaraz Ashraf of Jharkhand scalped five wickets by giving 25 runs and restricted Odisha in low total
In reply, Paresh Patel bagged three wickets and restricted Jharkhand innings in 115 runs in 20 overs by losing nine wickets. Brief score: Odisha 119/8 in 20 overs (Nataraj Behera 23, A Sarangi 22; Sarfaraz Ashraf 5/25) beat Jharkhand 115/9 in 20 overs (V Singh 40, Kumar Deobrath 39; Paresh Patel 3/22) by 4 runs.
Birendra lakra selected in senior Hockey team
Bhubaneswar : Hockey India on Friday announced the 21-member squad in which Odisha’s lone defender Birendra lakra got selected in the Senior Men Hockey Squad for the Europe Tour to play five build-up games in The Hague, Netherlands from April 9 to 19 . This tour is in preparations for the FIH Men’s World Cup 2014, scheduled to be held at The Hague, Netherlands from May 31 to June 15. Hockey India Selectors BP Govinda, Syed Ali and Dr R P Singh along with Roelant Oltmans, Director High Performance and Terry Walsh, Chief Coach Men Team selected the list of 21 players on the basis of selection trials conducted at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. The team will be captained by midfielder Sardar Singh with defender Rupinder Pal Singh supporting as Vice-Captain. The squad will depart for The Netherlands on April 9 to play five build-up games including two against The Netherlands, one against Belgium and two games against Dutch National Club teams. The camp of senior men team is currently underway at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi which started from 9 March 2014 and will continue till their departure on 9 April 2014.
OCA to host 2 IPl matches
Bhubaneswar : After discussions with the authorities in India, the BCCI is pleased to announce that a total of thirty-six regular season matches, plus the four playoffs of the Indian Premier league, will be played in India, starting from May 2 onwards. The Barabati stadium in Cuttack will host two Indian Premier league (IPl) T 20 cricket matches in the first week of May, informed secretary of the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) Asirbad Behera. As per the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the first match would be played between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings on May 7 while the second match would be played between Punjab Warriors and Kolkata Knight Riders on May 11, Behera added.