Aircel, SoA win in Secretariat Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Aircel and SoA University defeated Bharti Infratel and Vodafone by six wickets and 25 runs respectively and entered the quarterfinal rounds of the 16th Secretariat Cup Cricket Tournament at Indira Maidan here on Saturday, being organized by Odisha Secretariat Cricket Association. Amit Das of Aircel and Priyam Mallick of SoA University bagged the man of the match award. In the quarterfinal match on Sunday, Axis Bank and OPTCl would meet SoA University and CESU respectively. Brief score: Aircel 99/10 in 18 overs (Amit Das 34 ; Prasanta Samantaray 3 wkts, Subrat Swain 2 wkts) beat Bharti Infratel 74 /10 in 17.2 over (Sudhansu Pati 37 runs, Soumya Sahu 3 wkts, Amit Das, Prakash Sarangi, Mukesh Pradhan 2 wkts each) by 25 runs. Vodafone – 93/10 in 19.1 over (Monoranjan Mohanty 21; Bibhuti Paikray 3 wkts, Priyam Mallick & Pritish Sahu 2 wkt each) lost to SOA University 96/4 in 15 over (Priyam Mallick 49 n.o; Rajesh Paikray 30 n.o; Manoranjan Mohapatra 2 wkts) by 6 wickets.
192 member’s contingent for National Games
Bhubaneswar: Odisha contingent of 192 members including 34 officials and four contingent officials will be participating in the ensuing 35th National Games at Kerala from February 1 to 14 under the banner of Odisha Olympic Association. Total 17 teams of the State will participate in National Games. Odisha players would take part in the aquatics (swimming), athletics, boxing, archery, football (Women), gymnastic, hockey (both men and women), kayaking & canoeing, rowing, rugby 7’s (both men and women), shooting, kho kho (both men and women), weightlifting and yachting events. Adhip Das, Dibakar Mohanty, Rabi Nayak and Prabodha Kumar Mohanty are the four contingent officials. The first batch of contingent would leave Cuttack on January 28. A get together is arranged for all participants, coaches, managers and secretaries of District and State Associations with Odisha Olympic Association members on January 27 at Meeting Hall (Horse Gate) of Odisha Olympic Association at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.