RSP to host SPCB Inter Steel Plant Hockey meet
Rourkela: Rourkela Steel Plant is going to organise two sporting tournaments from November 3, namely the SPCB Inter Steel Plant Hockey Championship and the RSP Open School Football Tournament.
The SPCB Inter Steel Plant Hockey Championship will be inaugurated on Tuesday at the Biju Pattnaik Hockey Stadium. Six teams from Bhilai Steel Plant(BSP), Durgapur Steel Plant(DSP), RINl, TATA Steel, JSPl and the host Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) will be in the fray in the Tournament that will conclude on November 7. The first match will be played between BSP and JSPl. On 4th there will be three matches. The first match will be between RSP and Tata while the 2nd match will be between RINl and JSPl and the 3rd match will be between RSP and DSP. On 5th one match will be played between Tata Steel and DSP while another one will be played between BSP and RINl. The semifinals will be held on 6th November, while the final match will be played on 7th November.
Semifinalists spotted in Gati Krushna Football
Bhubaneswar: Oriental Warriors, Neel Kamal, MS Eleven and Bir Birsa Club enter the semifinals of the 12th Gati Krushna Memorial Div-II Football league at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Monday. In the semifinal match, Oriental Warriors would meet Neel Kamal Football Club on Tuesday and MS Eleven would meet Bir Birsa on Wednesday.
In the last quarterfinal match on Monday, Nimai Hembram of MS Eleven netted double goals and powered the team to beat Regional Football Club by 2-0 goals. Nimai draw the first blood in the 45th minutes. After the change of sides, Nimai nailed the final goal in the 67th minutes.
Chandrakanta Barik, Susanta Mishra, Sekhawat Khan and Pradipta Nayak were conducted the quarterfinal match as referees. In the semifinal match, Oriental Warriors would meet Neel Kamal Football Club on Tuesday.
Basant Mohanty third Odia claims hattrick
Bhubaneswar: Basant Mohanty was the third Odisha bowler, who claimed hattrick in the Ranji Trophy tournament. Basant bagged hattrick against Delhi at Kiit University Ground here on Monday. Mohanty scaled six wickets in the second innings and total of nine wickets in the match and the match ended in draw and Delhi bagged three points on the basis of first innings lead. In the row of hattrick, Mohanty got the wicket of Puneet Bisht in the first bowel of 29th overs at the Delhi score of 186 runs. In the second bowel Mohanty bowled out Suboth Bhati and claimed the wicket of Pulkit Narang by leg before wicket (lbw) on the third bowl and Mohanty created history. Similarly, other two Odisha players, right arm medium pacer Sourajit Mohapatra got the hattrick against Tripura in the year 1987-88 at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Odisha won the match by an innings and 151 runs. Other Odia, Ajya Barik right arm medium pacer of Odisha bagged the hattrick against Assam at Permit Ground in Balasor in the year 2002 and the team won the match by 429 runs. Four other players who were claimed hattrick against Odisha. Prabir Kumar Sen of West Bengal got the hattrick against Odisha at Barabati Stadium in the year 1954, and West Bengal won the match by an innings and 145 runs. Anil Kumble of Karnataka got a hattrick against Odisha at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela in the year 1998 and the team won the match by an innings and 123 runs.
Damodaran Kesavapillai Devanand of Tamil Nadu recorded hattrick against Odisha at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai in the year 1999 and the team won the match by an innings and 41 runs.
Vikram Rajvir Singh raight arm medium fast bowler of Punjab scalped hattrick against Odisha at Mohali in the year 2007-08 and the team won the match by seven wickets.
Delhi, Odisha match draw in Ranji Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Both Odisha and Delhi suffered batting collapses as 18 wickets fell on the final day of their Ranji Trophi Group A match, which ended in a draw, at Kiit University Ground here on Monday. On the morning of the final day even the first innings of Odisha was not complete as the hosts resumed at 195 for four. However, quick wickets spiced up the day, preventing it from becoming a drab affair. It was Delhi paceman Pradeep Sangwan, who wreaked havoc by scalping five batsmen. He removed both overnight batsmen Anurag Sarangi and Pratik Das in his successive overs. He then accounted for Suryakant Pradhan (7) Deepak Behera (11) and Dhiraj Singh as Odisha lost the last six wickets for just 22 runs. Sangwan ended up with career-best figures of seven for 38. Delhi began their second innings in solid fashion with each of the three top-order batsmen scoring half-century. They were comfortably placed at 159 for three but ended up losing next six wickets for just 34 runs. Skipper Gautam Gambhir was dismissed first by Shiraj Singh while the other opener Dhruv Shorey (62) was run out. Nitish Rana also batted well for his 52 but mayhem followed after his dismissal. After Rana’s dismissal as fourth wicket, Delhi added only 23 runs to their total, declaring the innings at 193 for nine. Basant Mohanty was the most successful bowler with six for 39. Set a target of 288 runs, Odisha ended the day at 88 for three in 38 overs and the match was drawn. Delhi gathered three points from the match. Brief Score: Brief Score: Delhi 311/10 in 136.1 overs ((Dhruv Shorey 42, Gautam Gambhir 41, Milind Kumar 59, N Rana 37, PJ Sangwan 30, P Narag 41; Surayakant Pradhan 4/119, Basant Mohanty 3/80, Deepak Behera 3/46) and 193/9 declare in 31.3 overs (Dhruv Shorey 62, Gautam Gambhir 54, N Rana 52; Basant Mohanty 6/39, Dhiraj singh 2/62) Vs Odisha 217/10 in 75.5 overs (Nataraj Behera 62, Anurag Sarangi 76; PJ Sangwan 7/38) and 88/3 in 38 overs (Natraj Behera 35, Rajesh Dhupar 26; P Narag 2/29).
OPGC Conducts sports camp for local youth
Jharsuguda:-Director (Operation) of Odisha Power Generation Corporation ltd. Alok Mukherjee Inaugurated a eight day long sports camp on Sunday at Rajiv Gandhi ground of IB Thermal Power Station.
The camp was organised to promot sports in the local area. The camp shall go on till November 8 for which experienced football and volleyball coaches from Barabati Stadium have been mobilised through Football Association of Odisha (FAO) and Odisha Volleyball Association (OVA).
Football and volleyball players from seven youth clubs and high schools of periphery area participated in the training camp. The youth clubs which participated are Maa Samaleswari Youth Club, Kushraloi, Jai Maa Durga football club, Baliamunda, Maa Samaleswari Yubak Sangh, Bhutia, Adhapara Football Club, Binapani Yubak Sangh, Banharpali and youth club from Dezybandh and Ainlapali. Teams from R. K. Panchayat High School, Kumarbandh, Remenda High School and J.l High School, Adhapara also participated in the camp. This apart, The District Administration of Jharsuguda has nominated 31 volleyball players from various areas of lakhanpur block out of which 12 are selected in this camp who will get coached to represent the district in the upcoming State volleyball tournament. Inspector of Physical Education of Jharsuguda district Sanjukta Sahoo represented the district administration to oversee the selection process. Other talented volleyball and football trainees shall be selected by the respective coaches as per selection criteria from the above mentioned high schools and youth clubs. Tusharkanta Ghosh from Volleyball Association of Odisha and Suvendu Panda from Football Association of Odisha are the coaches for this camp.