Zonal Cricket Academy Camp at KIIT
Bhubaneswar: Under-19 boys’ camp of East Zone Cricket Academy (ZCA) was inaugurated at the KIIT Cricket Stadium here from April 22.
The camp, organized by BCCI and conducted by the NCA faculty, will continue till May 21. As many as 25 players have joined the camp from Odisha, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur and Tripura. International cricketers like Debasish Mohanty, Saradindu Mukherjee from Kolkata and Noel David have also joined as coaches. Six players from Odisha, including Biswajit Bhuyan from KIIT, are participating in the camp, which aims to promote the under 19 players of India. BCCI has selected KIIT Stadium for the camp because of its superior infrastructure and overall facilities.
Hockey Odisha eves win Nat’l Div-A inaugural
Bhubaneswar: Hockey Odisha women team started their campaign with a winning note in the inaugural match of the Pool-B league match of the 6th Senior Women’s National Championship (A Division) Tournament at Bangalore in Karnataka on Monday. The first match from Pool B saw Hockey Odisha see of Hockey Jharkhand 1-0, Elin lakhra of Odisha netted the winning goal in the 49th minute. Odisha placed in pool-B along with Jharkhand, Bhopal and Madhya Pradesh. Odisha will take on Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday.
12 teams join Inter-State Cricket meet
Rayagada: As many as 12 teams from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhatisgarh and Odisha are participating in the Inter State Cricket Tournament-2016 was inaugurated at Jaykaypur in Rayagada on Sunday which was organized by JK Sports Club under the leadership of its secretary Dipak Samal to be concluded on May 1. Inaugural match was played between ABC, Vizag and lalbagh, Jagdalpur. lalbagh won the match by 32 runs. Sagar Sharma of the winning team bagged the man of the match award presented by H N Mohapatra. District Collector Jagannatha Mohanty graced this occasion as chief guest and inaugurated the tournament. Among others, P K Suri, Executive vice-president (works), Bharat Agrawal vice-president (Commercial), N K Jain, DGM(Admn) were also present.