Day-Night Tennis Ball Cricket from March 26
Bhubaneswar: In a motive to provide platform to the rural cricketers Raise Voice Youth Club will host two-day District level Tennis ball Cricket Tournament at Staya Vihar Cricket Ground here from March 26.
As on today 12 rural teams from Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Khudha and Puri gave their consent to participate in the knockout rounds.
The champion and the runner up teams will get trophy along with cash award of Rs15,000 and Rs7,000 respectively.
Rising enter MCl Cup Cricket semis
Bhubaneswar: A 94-balls 98 of Sujit lenka powered Rising Student to enter semifinals by defeating Sahid Sporting of Bhubaneswar by 10 runs in the MCl Cup NM Bhuyan Memorial All Odisha Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground here on Monday. Batting first, Rising Student scored 250 for 9 in 40 overs with Sujit scoring 98 adjudged as the man of the match. In reply, opener Anil Meher and Ranji player P Jaya Chandra contributed 63 and 50 runs respectively. But Rising bowlers came into action with State Ranji speed star Suryakant Pradhan and B Siva by pocketing three and two wickets respectively to restrict Saheed Sporting 240 for 9 in 40 overs.
Host Mukteswar Cricket Club will take on Paramount Sporting in the semifinal on Wednesday. Brief score: Rising Students 250/9 in 40 overs (Sujit lenka 98, Debapriya Pattnaik 31, Abhinesh Nayak 25; Rupak Jena 3/42, Sidhant Sagar 2/45) beat Sahid Sporting 240/9 in 40 overs (Anil Meher 63, Shreehari Malik 26, P Jaya Chandra 50, Surayakant Pradhan 3/32, B Siva 2/35) by 10 runs.
Odisha open chess from March 25
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Secretariat Recreation Club is all set to host 11th All Odisha Open Chess Championship at Secretariat Recreation Club here from March 25 to 27. The tournament is featuring total cash award of Rs33,000 will be distributed among the players occupying top 25 position. The top three finishers will receive Rs5000, Rs4,000 and Rs3,000 respectively. Further details players can contact Odisha Secretariat Recreation Club secretary Managovinda Dalai (9040519477) and chief arbiter Debasis Panigrahi (9938318787, 9438571659).