Anjali Singh shines in Inter-District Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Anjali Singh of Balasore smashed and unbeaten 210 runs and well supported by Tilattama Sahu and Sarorini Giri who contributed 125 and unbeaten 116 runs and powered the team to beat Ganjam by huge 531 runs in the OCA Inter District Women’s Cricket Tournament at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Tuesday.
In other matches of the day at different venues in Cuttack, KIIT,Khurda Dhenkanal and Rourkela beat Angul, Jagatsinghpur, Bargarh and Puri by nine, six wickets, one and 271 runs respectively.
Brief Score: Barabati StadiumI: Balasore 581/2 in 50 overs (Anjali Singh 210 n.o; Tilattama Sahu 125, Sarojini Giri 116 n.o;) beat Ganjam 50/10 in 23.5 overs (Padmabati Singh 2/17, Tilattama Sahu 2/14, Dalilata Sahu 2/14) by 531 runs.
Ravenshaw Ground-I: Angul 19/10 in 17.4 overs (laxmipriya Nayak 4/4, Saraswati Hembram 3/7) lost to KIIT 20/1 in 1.1 overs, by 9 wickets. Ravenshaw Ground-II: Jagatsinghpur 123/10 in 33.5 overs (Shrabani Srichandan Rai 3/21, Hiranyamayee Sahu 2/5, Siprarani Rout 2/20) lost to Dhenkanal 124/4 in 23.5 overs (Shrabani Srichandan Rai 45; Alina Bhoi 4/23) by 6 wickets. Bidanasi Ground : Khurda 72/10 in 21.1 overs (Radhika Sharma 8/23, louisa Das 2/13) beat Bargarh 71/10 in 22.1 overs (Rinashree Baliarsingh 4/24, Benzir Banu Begum 3/10,Puspanjali Pradhan 2/17) by 1 runs.
SCB Medical College Ground :Rourkela 338/5 in 50 overs (Suchitra Das 124 n.o; D.Janaki Reddy 63 n.o; Aparna Mohanty 2/61) beat Puri 67/10 in 25.1 overs (Subra Swain 33, D.Janaki Reddy 5/10, Suchitra Das 2/2) by 271 runs.
FAO to host Grassroots Coaching Course for Women
Bhubaneswar: Football Association of Odisha (FAO) would host three-day-long Grassroots Football Coaching Course exclusively for Women at Cuttack from April 10. For the first time the All India Football Federation will be conducting an Grassroots Coaching Course in India in order to nurture and develop women Football in our country. All intending candidates can contact the FAO office (Contact No- 0671-2301459) for further information and clarification.
Semifinalists spotted in Railway hockey
Bhubaneswar: Western Railway and Rail Coach Factory would meet Central Railway and South Central Railway in the three day long 73rd All India Railway Hockey Championship at Kalinga Stadium here on Wednesday. In the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Western Railway and Rail Coach Factory defeated Eastern Railway and West Central Railway by 7-3 and 8-5 goals respectively. In other matches of the day, Central Railway edged out Northern Railway by 1-0 goal and South Central Railway pipped host East Coast Railway by 3-2 goals. The league stage of this championship was held at Kapurthala, Punjab. The qualifying eight teams are participating in the three-day-long knockout stage. Central Railway, East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, Northern Railway, Rail Coach Factory/Kapurthala, South Central Railway, Western Railway and West Central Railway are the eight teams are playing in the knockout rounds. General Manager of East Coast Railway Rajiv Vishnoi inaugurated the meet in presence of ECoR Women Welfare president Salini Vishnoie, ECoR Sports Association president Siba Prasad Samantary and secretary PK Mohanty.
BBSR-B close to 1st innings lead in Kalahandi Cup
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar-B inch closer to register to get first innings lead against Bhubaneswar-A in the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-Districts Cricket Tournament at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack. BBSR-B added only six runs and lost last two wickets to their overnight score of 310 in the beginning of day two in their four-day-long match. In reply to BBSR-B’s 316 runs, Priyabrata Pradhan (55), Sumitosh Praharaj (55) and Palabendu Mishra (50) of BBSR-A contributed handsomely and team score reached 261 runs for the loss of eight wickets at day to stumps. Batting first, Abhay Mallick of BBSR-B smashed 84 runs and well supported by Gourav Mohapatra and Dibyajyoti Pradhan scored 54 and 50 runs respectively. Tukuna Sahoo and Niranjan Behera of BBSR-A scalped four wickets and manage to put little bit breaks to BBSR-B scoring. Brief Score: Nimpur Sports Club: BBSR-B 316/10 in 64.5 overs (Abhay Mallick 84, Gourav Mohapatra 54, Dibyajyoti Pradhan 50, Md. Azhar 48, Sandeep Sethy 33 n.o; Prabir Nayak 25; Tukuna Sahoo 4/40, Niranjan Behera 4/82) Vs BBSR-A 262/8 in 77 overs (Priyabrata Pradhan 55, Sumitosh Praharaj 55, Palabendu Mishra 50; Md.Azhar 3/38, Prabir Nayak 2/56)
Madhumita bags bronze in Asian Masters Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Madhumita Stapathy bagged bronze medal in the women 80 meter hurdles event of the Asian Masters Athletic Meet held at Thailand from March 6 to 8. Madhumita is an employ of Nalco and former national gold medalists in 400 meter hurdles event. The president and secretary of Odisha Masters Athletic Association have congratulated her.