MPS, DAV win in Inter-school cricket
Bhubaneswar: Mothers Public School (MPS) and DAV Chandrashekharpur edged out VSS Nagar High School and Prabhujee English Medium School respectively by 5 wickets each in the league round matches of the 13th Inter-School Cricket Tournament at different grounds here on Tuesday. Priyam Das and Soumyajit of DAV Cs Pur scalped three wickets each at restricted Prabhujee English Medium School for 93 runs in 22.3 overs at Unit-II Girls High School Ground. In reply, Priyam scored 26 runs and well supported by Sushant Kumar Parida contributed unbeaten 28 runs and DAV reached the winning target in 16.5 overs by losing five wickets. Priyam of the winning team bagged the man of the match award.
In another match of the day, Mothers Public School defeated VSS Nagar by five wickets and Jagan Mohapatra of the winning team received the man of the match award. Brief score: at BJB College Ground; VSS Nagar 104/7 in 20 Overs (Jagan Mohapatra 21; Chirag Rokan Das 3/20, Bighnesh Mishra 1/6) lost to Mothers Public School 107/5 in 15.4 Overs (Anil Kumar Sethi 23, Sobhan Khuntia 18; Biswajit Das 2/12) by 5 wickets. At Unit-II Girls High School Ground: Prabhujee English Medium School 93/10 in 22.3 overs (Subham Satrujit 32; Soumyajit 3/16, Priyam Das 3/22) lost to DAV Chandrashekharpur 94/5 in 16.5 overs (Sushant Kumar Parida 28 n.o; Priyam Das 26) by 5 wickets.
Semifinalists spotted in Talent Series Tennis
Bhubaneswar: Semifinalists lined up in the AITA- Odisha Open Under-16 Talent Series (TS7) Tennis Tournament 2014 here on Tuesday.Top seed girls Anushka Burman of West Bengal and top seed local boys Avilash Mishra defeated Koyal Misha of Odisha and Ritik Mohapatra of Odisha respectively and entered the semifinals.
Results: Quarterfinals girls: Anushka Burman [1] (WB) bt Koyal Mishra (OR)6-3,3-0(Retd.hurt), Alisha Samal [4] (OR) bt Komal Vishakha (OR) 6-4,6-4, Anaam Almas (OR) bt K Bhargavi [3] (OR) 5-7,6-3,6-2, Rutuparna Choudhury [2] (OR) bt Ameek Kiran Batth (OR) 6-1,6-1 Quarterfinals boys; Avilash Mishra [1] (OR) bt Ritik Mohapatra [7] (OR) 6-3,6-1, Aditya Satpathy [5] (OR) bt Amrutjay Mohanty [4] (OR) 7-6(0),6-3, Dhananjai Govind [3] WB bt Pratyush Mohanty (OR) 6-4,7-5, Nishant Mohanty [2] (OR) bt Kumar Anurag Saran [6] (OR) 6-0,6-1.