Rising to meet MCC in MCl Cup Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: Defending champion Rising Student of Cuttack will take on host Mukteswar Cricket Club (MCC) in the final of the MCl Cup NM Bhuyan Memorial All Odisha Cricket Tournament at BJB College Ground here on Sunday. In the semifinal on Friday, the combine batting effort of Rising Students batsmen Sujit lenka (87), Biplab Samantray (69), Abhisek Yadav (50) and Aravinda Singh (63) help the team to put a massive 302 for 7 in 40 overs. In reply, bowlers came into action early with Dhiraj Singh and Alok Sahu pocketing three and two wickets respectively bundle out Pragati sporting at 129 in 28.5 overs and Rising Students entered the final by scripting a huge 173 run victory. Brief Score: Rising Student 302/7 (Sujit lenka 87, Biplab Samantray 69, Abhisek Yadav 50, Aravinda Singh 63; Sukanta Hati 2/51, Manas Mohapatra 2/51) beat Pragati Sporting 129/10 in 28.5 overs (Tukuna Sahu 23, Rajat Das23, Piyush Acharya 37 n.o; Dhiraj Singh 3/28, Alok Sahoo 2/22) by 173 runs.
Semifinalists spotted in Audit East Zone Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Accountant General (AG) West Bengal and Karnataka will take on Rajasthan and Allahabad respectively in the semifinals of the Inter Zonal Indian Audit and Accounts Department Hockey Tournament at Kalinga Stadium Hockey complex here on Saturday.
As many as eight teams being divided in two groups were played league round matches from March 16 to 18. West Bengal and Rajasthan were captured the top two place of the Pool-A points table, similarly, Allahabad and Karnataka placed in top two berth of Pool-B point tables. The final will be held on Sunday.
Bhagyadhar Trophy Football from tomorrow
Bhubaneswar: Sports and Games Organisation (SGO) in association with City Club is all set to host 2nd Bhagyadhar Trophy State level Football Tournament at SGO ground from March 20 to 27.
In a bid to provide platform for the young payers of the state to participate in various tournaments the organiser is confident such meet will boost the players. As many as eight teams being divided in two different groups will participate in the knockout format. In the inaugural match Yazdani Club-73 will take on Reserve Bank of India. The champion will receive trophy along with cash prize of Rs 20,000 and the runner up to get Rs 10,000, informed organizing committee chairman SR Parija. Among others, Ashok Mohanty, SGO president Bhagyadhar Jagadeb, secretary Umesh Chandra Baliarsingh and City Club secretary Pradipta Kumar Routray were present. Group-A: Yazdani Club-73, Reserve Bank Of India, Odisha Police, East Coast Railway. Group-B : Kishore Club, Home Guard, Sai Hostel. AG Odisha.
8 from Odisha to join world Shukokai meet
Bhubaneswar: Eight-member team from Odisha will participate in the World Shukokai Karate invitational Training and Championship at Osaka in Japan from March 20 to 27. The karatekas will trained under the tenth das Haruyushi Yamada, informed Shukokai Karate India chief Hari Prasad Pattnaik in a press meet here on Friday. Team: Sandeep Mohanty, Jayadeb Pattnaik, Rajib Singh, Umakant Senapati, Debabrata samadar, Kusal Hitesh Bhatt, Aswini Kumar Behera, Subrat Das.