MCl Inter Directorate Cricket tourney begins
Burla: The 3rd Inter Directorate Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament was inaugurated by Mahanadi Coal Field (MCl) CMD AN Sahay in the presence of CVO Deepak Srivastav and DT (PP) JP Singh on February 28 at the Anand Vihar Grounds in Burla. Altogether six teams would participate in the league round matches, the finals to be held on the March 8. The first day witnessed close a match between the Director Finance XI team and the Director Personnel XI team with the latter coming out as winner. In another match, defending champion, the CVO XI easily overpowered the Director Technical (P&P) XI while DT(O) XI defeated CMD XI. The matches played from 4 pm and continuing under lights have created immense enthusiasm among all employees of MCl Headquarters.
Utkal outplay SOA to enter SPl Final
Bhubaneswar : Utkal University registered a 50 run victory over hosts SOA University to enter the final of the 6th SOA Premier league (SPl) cricket championship on Sunday night. In the semifinal, Utkal hit up 171 in the allotted 20 overs after being asked to bat first and then bowled out SOA for 121 in 18.5 overs. Utkal now await the winner of the second semifinal to be played between KIIT University and Ravenshaw University on Wednesday. Aided by a 22-ball 40 by Om Bikash (6x4, 2x6) and Abhinab Ghosh (37, 4x4, 2x6), the winners piled up 171 before being bowled out in the final over. Mazher Ahmed was the most successful SOA bowler claiming three wickets for 28. Priyanath Sanyasi (34, 5x4, 1x6) and Rajesh (31, 3x4, 1x6) could help SOA muster 121 falling short of the target. Rakesh Mohapatra (3/16) and Nilu Prdhan (3/24) were the successful Utkal bowlers.
Brief Scores: Utkal University 171 in 20 overs (Om Bikash 40, A. Ghosh 37, M.Ahmed 3/28) beat SOA University 121 in 18.5 overs (P.Sanyasi 34, Rajesh 31, R.Mohapatra 3/16, N.Pradhan 3/24) by 50 runs.
5 Odisha eves to join National U-14 camp
Bhubaneswar: All India Football Federation (AIFF) has been selected five Odisha players for the forthcoming National Football Coaching Cum Selection Camp for U-14 Girls at Gandhinagar in Gujarat from March 4.
Namita Panna, Anjali Barua (both Sundargarh), Shanti Murmu, Banya Kabiraj (both Sports Hostel, Bhubaneswar) and Janaki Murmu (KISS, Bhubaneswar) are the five Odisha players got selected for the camp.
Former Odisha team coach Sradhanjali Samnatray has been appointed as assistant coach by All India Football Federation for this National U-14 girls football team.
Semifinalists lined up in Kalahandi Cup Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar-B and Baragarh would meet Cuttack-B and Bhubaneswar-A in the four-day long semifinals at Ravenshaw and Barabati Stadium in Cuttack respectively in the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter District Cricket Tournament from March 4. In the two-day long super league round matches on Monday, Bhubaneswar-A pipped Sundargarh by an innings and 49 runs, with the win BBSR-A gathered six points. The other matches of the day, BBSR-B, Cuttack-B and Cuttack-A between Rourkela, Puri and Sambalpur ended in draw. BBSR-B, Cuttack-B and Cuttack-A were registered first innings lead in their respective match and bagged three points.
Brief Score: Barabati Stadium: BBSR-B 217/10 in 70.1 overs (Prasant Bhoi 128, Krushna Mohanty 28; Santosh Maharana 4/71, Abdul Khalique 3/24, Ashok Barik 2/37) and 123/4 in 48 overs (Soubhagya Mohanty 61 n.o; Sandeep Sethy 31; Santosh Maharana 2/36) draw Rourkela 127/10 in 41.4 overs ( Ansuman Gope 27, Ashok Barik-21, Gopal Ram 21; Krushna Mohanty 2/23, Aman Sashtri 2/34, Amitav Rout 3/23), BBSR-B: 3 points, Rourkela -1 point. SCB Medical College Ground : BBSR-A 345/10 in 74.4 overs (Prateek Das 157, Jyoti Bardhan Mohanty 65, Pryabrata Pradhan 51; Suraj Singh 4/78, Hari Shankar Pati 2/73, Sanjay Das 2/82) beat Sundargarh 105/10 in 24.1 overs ( Waltar Tappo 45; Manoj Barik 3/41, Tukuna Sahoo 6/27) and Sundargarh 191/10 in 29 overs ( Abhinab Mishra 64 n.o; Bhupen Mahananda 50, Sanjay Das 33; Manoj Barik 5/86, Tukuna Sahu 2/37, Sukanta Das 2/54) by an innings and 49 runs. BBSR-A: 6 points, Sundargarh-0 point DRIEMS Ground: Cuttack-B 394/9 in 90 overs (Srijay Mohanty 94, Santosh Sethy 67, Subhransu Samal 48 n.o; Prateek Anurag Das 32, Bibhudatta Panda 28, Santosh Rout 28, Debapriya Patnaik 24; lalu Mohanty 7/105) drawn Puri 160/9 in 38.1 overs ( Deepak Majhi 77; Manas Muduli 4/44, Debapriya Patnaik 4/62) and 126/4 in 34 overs ( Bibhudatta Panda 60 n.o; Sd.Moinuddin 32; lalu Mohanty 2/45, Dinesh Sahu 2/64), Cuttack-B: 3 points, Puri- 1 point. Cuttack-A 231/10 in 48.4 overs (Biplab Samantray 130 n.o; Haladhara Das 26; Abinash Nanda 4/37, Sushanta Panda 3/3, Debabrata Pradhan 2/73;) draw Sambalpur 130/10 in 52.4 overs (Sumit Padhy 31; Biplab Samantray-5/33, Deepak Behera 3/26) being followed on Sambalpur 209/7 in 65 overs ( Sayed Jaki 90 n.o; Abas Bisi 43, Soumendra Das 4/73), Cuttack-A: 3 points, Sambalpur: 1point.