BHUBANESWAR beats Baragarh in Inter-dist cricket
Bhubaneswar: Prangyan Paramita Mohanty of Bhubaneswar (BBSR) smashed an unbeaten 108 runs and powered the team to beat Baragarh by huge 139 runs in the super league round match of the Inter-District Women’s Cricket Tournament at Ravenshaw Ground-II in Cuttack on Saturday. Batting first, Prangya scored unbeaten 108 runs and BBSR total reached 189 runs in 35 overs by losing two wickets. In reply, Bably Verma scalped five wickets by giving 10 runs and bundle out Bargarh for 53 runs in 24.2 overs. In the other super league matches of the day, Cuttack, Bolangir and Dhenkanal beat Balasore, Rourkela and Koraput by 97, 139 runs and seven wickets respectively in different grounds in Cuttack. Brief Score: At Ravenshaw Ground-I: Cuttack 189/7 in 35 overs (Padmini Barik 50, Suvalaxmi Rout 35, BM Swaha Nayak 21; Sarojini Giri 2/29, Anjali Singh 2/33) beat Balasore 92/6 in 35 overs (Sarojini Giri 27 n.o, Madhusmita Behera 3/19, CH Arati 2/6) by 97 runs. At Ravenshaw Ground-II: Bhubaneswar 192/2 in 35 overs (Pragyan Paramita Mohanty 108 n.o; Priyanka Priyadarsini Sahoo 22 n.o;) beat Bargarh 53/10 in 24.2 overs (Bably Verma 5/10, Prakruti Kanungo 3/15) by 139 runs. At Nimpur Ground: Rourkela 87/10 in 26.3 overs (Bandana Priyadarsini Hanuman 3/10, Rasanara Parwin 3/10, Rajeswari Nag 3/21) lost to Bolangir 88/0 in 13.3 overs (Sarita Meherm 37 n.o; Madhuri Meheta 29 n.o;) by 10 wickets. At SCB Medical Ground: Koraput 66/10 in 34 overs (Jyoti Nayak 3/6, Kalyani Nayak 2/9, Rajashree Swain 2/6) lost to Dhenkanal 67/3 in 22.3 overs (Rajashree Swain 28 n.o; Ritu Singh 2/20) by 7 wickets.
WB beats Odisha in East Zone T20 Cricket
Bhubaneswar: In a low scoring match West Bengal edged out Odisha by nine runs in the East Zone T20 Cricket Tournament at Kolkata on Saturday. Batting first, West Bengal scored 121 runs in 20 overs by losing seven wickets. Vivek Singh scored highest 38 runs. In reply, Gobind Podder contributed 39 runs but Odisha failed to reach the winning target. All credit goes to Bengal’s discipline bowling line-up, P Chakrabarty, S Sanyal, A Gani and A Nandi bagged two wickets each. Brief Score: West Bengal 121/7 in 20 overs (Vivek Singh 38, A Nandi 29 n.o; Biplab Samantary 2/18, J Behera 2/23) beat Odisha 112/9 in 20 overs (Gobind Podder 39; P Chakrabarty 2/26,S Sanyal 2/14, A Gani 2/26, A Nandi 2/7) by 9 runs.
Odisha barge into National Jr Hockey final
Bhubaneswar: Odisha barged into the final by defeating Sports Authority of India by 6-0 goals in the semifinal of the 4th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2014 (Division A) at Chennai on Saturday. For the final match on Sunday while Punjab is all set to retain its title, Hockey Odisha is eyeing to settle scores with Punjab, as last year too both teams had met in the finals where Hockey Odisha lost to Punjab 2-1. This year it is yet to be seen who outwits the other to take the title home. The semi-final match between Hockey Odisha and Sports Authority of India, Hockey Odhisha immediately went on the attack by scoring in the 9th minute when Joseph Toppo scored though a field goal. They put the opponent in the backfoot when they immediately scored the 2nd goal in the 11th minute which came from Felix Baa’s stick. In the 24th minute Hockey Odisha scored its 3rd goal through Nilam Sanjeep Xess. Going into the second half the team was leading 3 goals to 0. Hockey Odisha added another 3 goals in a matter of 6 minutes which came in the 52nd, 54th and 56th minute taking them to a convincing win and on a high to the finals
Hockey Odisha 6 Joseph Toppo (9 min), Felix Baa (11 min), Nilam Sanjeep Xess (24 min), Teophil Kujur (52 min), Prasan Tirkey (54, 56 min) Vs Sports Authority of India 0.