Cuttack-A take lead in Kalahandi Cup cricket
Bhubaneswar: A five-wicket haul by Dhiraj Singh guided Cuttack-A to took 122 runs first innings lead against Balasore in the group-A league match and restricted Balasore second innings score 33 for 2 at day one stumps of the Kalahandi Cup Cricket Tournament at Sunshine Ground in Cuttack on Thursday. Dhiraj was well supported by Alok Sahoo who bagged three wickets bundle out Balasore for 50 in 25 overs. In reply, Sheshdeep Patra smashed 63 and Cuttack-A declared at 172 for 8 and scripted a 122 run lead. Sunshine Ground: Balasore 50/10 in 25 overs (Dhiraj Singh 5/4, Alok Sahoo 3/20) and 33/2 in 16.5 overs (Dibyasakti Chakraborty 23 n.o; Dhiraj Singh 2/11) Vs Cuttack-A declared 172/8 in 44 overs (Sheshdeep Patra 63, Niranjan Behera 39; Sarbeswar Mohanty 4/32). Ravenshaw Ground-I: Jharsuguda 162/10 in 50 overs (Kamlesh Sharma 49; Prashant Thakkar 5/52, Debabrat Pradhan 2/24, Sayed Zaki 2/37) Vs Sambalpur 94/8 in 38 overs (Rajkishan Patel 4/13, Kamlesh Sharma 4/40). BOSE Ground: Khurda 193/10 in 64.5 overs (Rakesh Ku Pattnaik 82, Jagan Kumar Barik 24; Deepesh Kumar 3/34, Pardesi Nishad 3/47, Bikhyat Biswal 2/23) Vs Bargarh 95/0 in 25 overs (Bikash Pradhan 50 n.o; Debendra S Kunwar 40 n.o;). Ravenshaw Ground-II: Jajpur 266/10 in 77.1 overs (Abhilash Routray 53, Sibabrata Bhoi 46, Subhrajeet Singh 46, Swagat Nayak 43; Hari Shankar Pati 4/76, Suraj Singh 3/76) Vs Sundargarh 48/2 in 10.1 overs (T Sunil Dora 25).
Nimpur Ground: Puri 164/10 in 54.5 overs (Rishikesh Das 72; Rakesh Mohapatra 4/29, Basant Mohanty 2/20, Amitav Rout 2/41) Vs BBSR-A 131/4 in 33 overs (Kartik Biswal 67 n.o; Abhinab Ghosh 33; Suman Mishra 3/26). SCB Medical Ground: Balangir 235/10 in 64.3 overs (Babulu Sethi 82, Rahul Sahoo 52, Ayushkant Panda 31, Manas Sahani 27; Jayanta Behera 5/48, Priyatosh Parmanik 2/62) Vs ECORSA 134/3 in 25 overs (Sujit lenka 65, Sameer Mohanty 53 n.o; Anshuman Mishra 2/34).
Srabani, Dutee to participate in Asian Indoor meet
Bhubaneswar : A 17-member Indian Athletics team including two Odia women athletes left on Wednesday to participate in the 7th Asian Indoor Championships to be held at the Aspire Academy Sports complex, Al Henaizbiah St, Doha from February 19-21, aiming to improve their medal tally and with an eye on clinching qualification berths for the 2016 Olympics. SAG medalists Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand will participate in women 60 meter race. India won just one gold medal from four participants in the previous edition which was held in Hangzhou, China. This time, the Indian athletes will be competing in a total of 12 events, including six events in the men (800m, 3000m, high jump, long jump, triple jump and shot put) and six events in women (60m, 60mH, 1500m, high jump, long jump and shot put).