Jhili bags gold in Nat’l Sub-Jr Weightlifting
Bhubaneswar: Jhili Dalabehera bagged over-all gold medal in the women 48Kg category of the National Sub-Junior Weightlifting Championship at Patna on Monday. Jhili claimed gold medal by lifting 60 kg in snatch, clean and jerk 79 kg and total of 139 kg. She also won bronze and gold in the snatch and clean and jerk events respectively, informed Odisha Weightlifting Association vice-president Chitta Ranjan Swain.
Dosinga Panchayat wins Adani-DPCl Cricket Tourney
Dhamra: The two-day-long annual cricket tournament for Panchayat teams was organised by Dhamra Port, which concluded at the Kaninali Cricket Ground in Dosinga panchayat on Monday. Dosinga Panchayat team became the winner by defeating Jagula Panchayat team by three wickets. Batting first, Jagula team scored 47 runs by losing 9 wickets in the 10 over match. The Dosinga team achieved the target in ninth over of the match. Special land Acquisition Officer, Dhamra Port project, Bhadrak District Kartiknath Mandal presented the winner and runner’s up trophies to the teams. An all-rounder of Dosinga team Rajesh Maity became the ‘man of the series’ and a bowler of Jagula team Tanmay Jyoti became the ‘best bowler’ of the tournament. As many as eight periphery panchayats teams Dosinga, Jagula, Dhamra, Bansada, Kaithakhola, Panchutikri, Karanjamal and Karanapalli participated in the cricket tournament. In the beginning of the tournament, a friendly match was played between DPCl and Community-XI cricket teams in which the Community-XI team defeated DPCl by six runs.
Axis enter HoD Cup cricket final
Bhubaneswar: An all-round performance by Arya Debasish Bhatt guided Axis Bank to entered the final by defeating defending champion Neelachal Hospital by three wickets in the HoD Cup Cricket Tournament held at Kalinga Stadium here on Monday. Arya who scalped three wickets and smashed an unbeaten 21-ball 25 claimed the man of the match award. Winning the toss Axis elected to field first, Axis bowlers Arya and Swagat Routray bagged three and two wickets respectively and Neelachal scored 144 for 8 in 20 overs. In reply, Rakesh Pattnaik contributed highest 43 runs and keenly supported by Arya with his unbeaten innings Axis reached the winning target by losing seven wickets. Brief score: Neelachal Hospital 144/8 in 20 overs (Partha Sarathi Pattnaik 44; Arya Debasish Bhatt 3/24, Swagat Routray 2/20) lost Axis Bank 148/7 in 20 overs (Rakesh Pattnaik 43, Arya Debasish Bhatt 25 n.o; Dhiren lenka 3/25) by 3 wickets.