Barabati IPl matches likely to houseful
Bhubaneswar: The tickets for the IPl matches between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on May 7, is all most sold maximum 20 percentage of tickets are available, said Odisha Cricket Association secretary Asirbad Behera in a Press Meet in Cuttack on Friday. Kings XI Punjab adopted Barabati as their new home ground, will play against Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPl-7 at Barabati Stadium on May 7 and 11 respectively. I am expecting a huge crowd in Barabti in both the matches. The capacity of the stadium was 45,000 thousand but it has reduced to 41,500. The placement of electronics score board, placement of huge lCD and stage for some entertainment activity compel us to reduce the capacity, added Behera. In the morning OCA, Kings-XI Punjab officials had a meeting with the Commissionerate Police here. The coordinate approaches from the organizer will help us to provide better security arrangement, said Commissioner of Police RP Sharma. We will provide full prove security to the players and spectators. The franchise owners Shahrukh Khan and Preity Zinta and many overseas players will came to our State so we are putting our all effort to ensure top grade security from the arrival to departure, added Sharma .
Mahesh tops AITA boys U-12 ranking
Bhubaneswar: Ace Base Tennis Academy inmate Odisha’s top seed Mahesh Mahapatra bagged the top place in the AITA under-12 boys ranking as on the list of 14th April.
Mahesh gathered total 361.25 points and closely followed by V Javia of Gujarat with 355.75 ranking points. Mahesha received 205 and 216 ranking points in singles and doubles event respectively. Recently Mahesh bagged both single and doubles title in the AITA Super Series Tennis Championship at Hyderabad. The promising Mahesh will grow further and will bring many laurels for the State. It is a costly affair for a player to gather huge amount of money to participate in the national level tournament. I am hopeful that some corporate will come forward to support the noble cause, said Mahesha’s father.
Odisha beat Karnataka in women football
Bhubaneswar: Odisha continued it’s winning streak by defeating Karnataka 8-0 goals in their third match in the20th Senior Women’s National Football Championship at Assam on Friday.
Menaka Mallik opened the account for Odisha at 7th minute ,in 17th minute Sinulata Sahoo made it 2-0. Star striker Sakina Nisha nailed the third goal in the 23rd minute. In the second half at 53 minutes skipper Subhaprava Rout made it 4-0 . Again Menaka Mallik made it 5-0 for the State at 63 mins .Aratai Anima Khadia and Subhaprava Rout netted agoal each in the 65th and 82nd minutes respectively. In the last finally Pyari Xaxa at 90 mins made it 8-0. Our players are in top gear I am expecting a thumping win against Gujarat on Sunday, said coach Sradhanjali Samantary.
Odisha bags bronze in CBSE Women Football
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha women team got a rousing welcome here on Friday after their arrival by bagging bronze medal in the National CBSE Women Football Championship, which concluded at Pune in Maharashtra on Wednesday. Odisha edged out Madhya Pradesh by 6-0 goals and bagged the third place. Earlier in the semifinal Odisha lost to Tamil Nadu by 5-3 goals via through penalty kicks. The champion title claimed by Haryana by eliminating Tamil Nadu. In the league round, Odisha defeated Andhra Pradesh 5-0, Pondicherry 1-0 and Uttar Pradesh 4-0 goals respectively. Odisha team: Bishnu Priya Mahanta, Mamata Patra, Purnima Rout, Sunita Pradhan, Ranjita Pradhan, Purnima Kujur, Susmita Tirkey, Twinkil Gigal, Kapura Besra, Itishree Sardar and Joshna Raita.