BBSR-A need 162 runs for Kalahandi Cup title
Bhubaneswar: In a dramatic fashion Bhubaneswar-B scripted a one runs first innings lead against Bhubaneswar-A in the Kalahandi Cup Senior Inter-Districts Cricket Tournament at Nimpur Ground in Cuttack on Wednesday, but BBSR-A need 162 runs in the final day on Thursday to script victory with their remaining 10 wickets in hand. In replay to BBSR-B’s first innings score of 316 runs, BBSR-A added 53 runs to their overnight score and lost last two wickets and ended the first innings for 315 runs. In the second innings BBSR-A bounced back in style, Manoj Barik scalped four wickets by giving 45 runs, hismate Tukuna Sahu and Niranjan Behera bagged two wickets each and restricted BBSR-B’s second innings for 198 runs in 55 overs. In reply, chasing a target of 199 runs to script win, BBSR-A was scored 35 runs at day three stumps without losing a wicket.
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) and 198/10 in 55 overs (Sandeep Sethy 58, Soubhagya Mohanty 29; Manoj Barik 4/45, Tukuna Sahu 2/45, Niranjan Behera 2/60) Vs BBSR-A 315/10 in 93.2 overs (Priyabrata Pradhan 55, Sumitosh Praharaj 55, Palabendu Mishra 50, B Shiva 40 n.o; Md.Azhar 3/38, Prabir Nayak 2/56, Gourav Mohapatra 2/18, Aman Shastri 2/78) and 35/0 in 14 overs (Palabendu Mishra 24 n.o;).
Western to meet Coach Factory in Rly Hockey final
Bhubaneswar: Western Railway to meet Rail Coach Factory in the final match of the 73rd All India Railway Hockey Championship on Friday being held at Kalinga Stadium here, being organised by East Coast Railway. In the first semifinal match held on Wednesday, Malak Singh of Western Railway, Mumbai scored three goals in the 2nd,7th and 60th minutes respectively and powered the team to beat Central Railway, Mumbai by 6-3 goals. KH Chinglen Sana Singh of the winning team netted double goals in the 67th and 69th minutes respectively and hismate Jay Karan scored a goal in the 46th minute. Narad Bahadur, Ajaz Qureshi and Affan Yosuf of the Central railway netted a goal each in the 30th,38th and 50th minutes respectively. In the second semifinal, racing from the back Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala defeated South Central Railway, Secunderabad by 2-1 goals. South Central got the lead in the 32nd minute through the goal by the skipper Mayank James. Sandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh of the winning team netted a goal each in the 57th and 64th minutes respectively.