BSNl wins in E-league cricket
Bhubaneswar: Defending champions BSNl beat E-league Organisers XI (ElO-XI) comprehensively by 10 wickets in the second playoff held on Sunday at IMMT Cricket Ground to join OPTCl and Bhubaneswar Colts as the other semi-finalists of E-league.
OPTCl will face off against Bhubaneswar Colts in the semifinals, where as BSNl will face the winner of the last play-off between TCS and Odisha Veterans. The last playoff is scheduled to be held next weekend along with the first semifinal between OPTCl and Colts.
Winning the toss, ElO-XI scored 93 runs in 26.5 overs. Tukuna Sahu of BSNl scalped five wickets and restricted ElO-XI in small total. In reply, Bikash Pati of BSNl smashed unbeaten 72 runs and guided the team to reach the winning target in 10.4 overs without losing a wicket. Tukuna Sahu of the winning team bagged the man of the match award.
Brief Score: ElOXI 93 all out in 26.5 overs (Smrutikanta Das 31, Tukuna Sahu 5/27, Niranjan Behera 3/19) lost to BSNl 94/0 in 10.4 overs (Bikash Pati 72 n.o;, Priyabrata Pradhan 22 n.o;)by 10 wickets.
All India Chandan Cup from March 22
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Veer Mahasangha (OVM) is all set to host 2nd All India Chandan Cup Women Football Tournament at Baramunda Ground from March 22 to 29, informed OVM president Prakash Srichandan in a Press Meet here on Sunday.
Altogether eight teams including four Odisha teams would participate in the eight day long tournament to be organised by OVM in association with Baramunda Yuva Parisad and City Club. The champion team would receive Rs 15,000 and the runner up to get Rs 10,000, said OVM director Dillip Srichandan. In the inaugural match, West Bengal would meet Cuttack.
Among others, Bhubaneswar Athletic Association secretary SR Parija, vice-president Naba Ranjan Patnaik, Ashok Mohanty, Arabinda Mitra, Md Sahid Jabar, Nita Ambani Football Academy coach Nanda Kishor Patnaik, corporater Sujit Swain, Naba Kishor Behera, City Club secretary Pradip Routary, Baramunda Yuva Parisad Sports organiser Dasarathi Praharaj, Pravat Pradhan, Bapuji Club president Abdul Ibrahim Khan and Jalil Khan were present.
Group-A: West Bengal, Cuttack, Bihar, East Coast Railway.
Group-B: Kendrapada, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Sundargarh.
Chand Club wins One-day football tourney
Bhubaneswar: Chand Club of Cuttack emerged champion by defeating O)disha Police in the final of the one-day long football tournament held at Pyarimohan Academy School Ground in Cuttack on Sunday, being organised by Barabati Sporting Club.
Cuttack Pradesh Committee President Md Mukim inaugurated the meet. Odisha Police, Azad Hind Club, Jay Durga Club, AG Odisha, Maa Mangala Club, Chand Club, Yazdani Club-73 and Bidanasi Club are the selected eight teams participated in the meet. The champion team received Rs 10,000. Odisha Olympic Association secretary Asirbad Behera distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Deba Singh.