BBSR-A win U-16 Inter District Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar-A (BBSR) emerged champion by virtue of 1st innings lead against Cuttack-A in their three-day final match of the Sumit Bose Trophy Inter-District Under-16 Cricket Tournament at Bidanasi Ground at Cuttack on Sunday. The final ended in draw. Bhubaneswar-A took an overall lead of 359 runs by making 201 in the second innings against Cuttack-A. while CTC-A scored 126 for 8 in the second innings. BBSR-A received the trophy along with cash award of Rs10,000 while runner up team took home Rs5,000 along with trophy.
Odisha Cricket Association treasurer Satya Mohanty gave away the prizes in presence of OCA joint secretary Sanjib Kumar Dutta. Among others Bijay Kumar Dash of Rising Star Club, Birendra Kumar Behera Secretary, OGP Club, CP.Mohapatra, Daniel Rout, Anand Sahu were present. Brief Score: BBSR-A 213/10 in 75.3 overs (Ansuman Sinha 42, Suvam Satrujit 40, Suman Das 36, Manas Ranjan Nayak 29, M Prasant 25; Spandan Sabat 3/29, Gyana Ranjan Acharya 3/49, Debi Prasad Bhanja 2/26, Nitish Niranjan Samantaray 2/50) and 201/10 in 72 overs (Suman Das 67,; Anwesh Tripathy 33, Ansuman Sinha 34; Niranjan Samantaray 5/56) drew with Cuttack-A 55/10 in 33 overs (Saswat Mohanty 21; Ansuman Sinha 5/17) and 126/8 in 65 overs (Saswat Mohanty 37, Suvransu Mohanty 33; Bikash Naik 3/46, Sushil Barik 2/25, Ansuman Sinha 2/27)
Odisha to meet Manipur in Nat’l Sub-Jr Girls final
Bhubaneswar: Host Odisha will crosswords with ace rival Manipur in the Sub Junior National Football Championship for Girls 2015-16 at Barabati stadium in Cuttack on February 2. In the semifinals on Sunday, Odisha won the match by 2-1 goals. Haryana took the lead by a penalty scored by Tamnna at 15th minute. Odisha equalized the score in the 24th minute by a goal of Nikita Bishi and Banya Kabiraj netted the winning goal by a penalty at 83rd minute. Similarly, Manipur won the match by 2-1 goals. Manipur took the early lead at 17th minute by a goal of Priyanka Devi, however Pramila of Chandigarh equalized the score in the 37th minute. After the change of sides Thailand Devi scored the winning goal in the 59th minute.
xis to meet OPTCl in Secretariat Cup Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: Axis Bank will meet OPTCl in the final of the 17th Secretariat Cup Cricket Tournament at Kalinga Stadium here on February 7. In the semifinals on Sunday, Partha Sarathi Patnaik 49-ball 64 runs helped Axis Bank to set a reasonable 172 for 5 in 20 overs. Axis bowlers came into action Dhiren lenka scalped three wickets, while Gopa Ballav Mansingh and Manoranjan Biswal bagged two wickets each and restricted Joyti Groups 62 in 14 overs. Partha of the winning team received the man of the match award. A 90-run haul by Sumit Harichandan of OPTCl powered the team to beat SoA University by 41 runs. Batting first, OPTCl scored 179 for 4 in 20 overs. Sumit was well supported by Abhaya Mallick (32) and Pratap Sahu (27). In reply, SoA University fought tooth and nail but manage to score 138 for 7 in 20 overs and suffered defeat. Sumit of OPTCl bagged the man of the match award. Brief Score: Axis Bank 172 / 5 in 20 overs (Partha Sarathi Patnaik 64 (49), Ansuman Das 48) beat Jyoti Group 62 /10 in 14 overs (Dibya Panda 23; Dhiren lenka 3 wkts, Gopa Ballav Mansingh and Manoranjan Biswal 2 wkt each) by 110 runs. OPTCl 179 / 4 in 20 over (Sumit Harichandan 90 (51), Abhaya Mallick 32, Pratap Sahu 27, Bibhuti Paikray 2 wkts) beat SoA University 138/7 in 20 overs (Nihar Ranjan lenka 46 , Bibhuti Paikray 30,Soumitra Sethy 2 wkts) by 41 runs.
State Government Kabaddi team announced
Bhubaneswar: A-14-member State Government kabaddi team have been announced here on Sunday, the team will takepart in the All India Civil Services Kabaddi Tournament schedule to held at Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex in Rohtak, Haryana from February 16 to 18. Secretariat Employees Athletics Association will organize a four day coaching camp here from February 8 to 11. Kabaddi team: Hara Prasad Biswal, Mihir Ranjan Pattnaik, Suchitra Khatoi, Swarajya Keshari Mohanty, lingaraj Sahoo, Ramakrushna Behera, Chinmay Kumar Pradhan, Jayanta Kumar Ray, Prakash Chandra Rath, Pravat Kumar Patra, Jayanta Kumar Mohanty, Jnyana ranjan Panda, Upendra Pati (coach), Suresh Chandra sarangi (mnagaer).