Star-XI win Exhibition T20 match
Bhubaneswar: Super Star-XI defeated Veteran-XI by four wickets in an exhibition T20 match held during first Puspalata Garabadu Memorial Veteran T20 Cricket Tournament here on Monday. Batting first, Veteran-XI scored 132 for 8 in 20 overs. Shesa Sekhar Garabadu contributed highest 32 runs. In reply, Shesa Sekhar scalped three wickets but could not stop Super Star-XI reaches the winning target. Paramount Sporting of Bhubaneswar will meet Biswa Bharati of Cuttack in quarterfinal match on Tuesday. Brief score: Veteran-XI 132/8 in 20 overs (Shesa Sekhar Garabadu 32, Manoj Mahaptra 25; Johan and Pramod Paikaray 2 wkt each) lost to Super Star-XI 133/6 in 18 overs (Manoj Das 23 n.o; Shesa Shekhar Garabadu 3 wkt) by 4 wickets.
United Club win Biju Pattnaik Football inaugural
Bhubaneswar: Rourkela United Club defeated Town Club of Gauwahati by 2-0 goals in the inaugural match of the 12th All India Biju Pattnaik Football Tournament at Ispat Stadium in Rourkela on Monday. After a barren first half, S Sharukh drew the first blood in the 50th minute. In the last minute of the match he netted another goal and ensure 2-0 victory. Bhuma Chetri, Thakur Murmu, Bijaya Kulsu and Rajesh Bhuyansa were conducted the match as referees. Yazdani Club-73 will take on Kolkata Athletic Association on Tuesday.
One minute silence observed by the organiser in memory of former footballer Sudam Sahu, Ratnakar Giri, Nina Pattnaik, Tapan Das and JR Das.
Manjuskanti Das of RSP inaugurated the meet in presence of OSAP 4th Battalion Commandant Khageswar Gauda. Among others, RSP Officers Employees union president Nirod Kishor Samantray, Bharati Mishra, Panchanana Gantayat, Minati Mohapatra and Bijay Kumar were present.
Rated players win in AITA-OTA Tennis
Bhubaneswar: Top rated players scripted victory in their respective singles matches in the inaugural day of the AITA-OTA 1l Men’s Tennis Tournament at Berhampur on Monday. As many as 32 players from across 14 State are participating in the singles event. Unseeded Satirtha Patnaik caused a upset by defeating seven seed Pradeep Deswal of Haryana 6-3,6-1. Higher Education Minister Pradeep Panigrahi inaugurated the meet in presence of Ganjam District Tennis Association members. Results: Men’s Singles; Ansu Ku Bhuyan [3] OD Bt Kabir Hans OD 6-0,6-1, Neeraj Choudhary WB Bt Shridhar S Narayan OD 6-0,6-0, Rohit Rampuria [8] WB Bt Darshan Srinivas KA 7-6(4),6-7(3),6-3, Abhilash Chandra Sahoo OD Bt Gaurav Rath OD 6-1,6-0, Jay Soni [6] GJ Bt Sany Sadan Kumar MH 6-0,6-0, Dushyant Verma MP Bt Akshansh Kumar WB 6-2,6-2, D Paagalav TN Bt Shukrit Guha WB 6-2,6-3, Abhishek Gaur [4]HR Bt Dhaval Jain MH 6-3,6-1, Avilash Mishra OD Bt Ajay Pruthvi TS 6-2,6-3, Rishabh Shah WB Bt Sahil Md Khan RJ 6-1,4-6,6-3, Abhinansu Borthakur [2] WB Bt Utkarsh Tiwari MP 6-2,6-2, Satirtha Patnaik OD Bt Pradeep Deswal [7] HR 6-3,6-1,Harshith Satakarni AP Bt Hursh Pandole MP 6-2,5-7,6-4,Raswant Ravi [5] TN Bt Asutosh Das OD 7-5,6-0.