ECoR to host CK Nayadu Tropy
BHUBANESWAR: The East Coast Railway (ECoR) would host three matches of Col CK Nayadu Tropy (U-23) at the Railway Cricket Ground here in the city. The matches would be organised from October 10 to 27. The Indian Railways vs Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) match would be held from October 10 to 13. Match between the Indian Railways and Delhi would be played from October 17 to 20, whereas match between the Indian Railways and Punjab would be held from October 24 to 27. All the matches would be played under the aegis of the East Coast Railway Sports Association.
Rain spoils Odisha-J’khand match in Mankad trophy
Bhubaneswar: Rain played the spoil spot as the match between Odisha and Jharkhand match ended in drew and both the shared two points each in the Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-19 One-day limited Overs Zonal league at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Dhanbad on Thursday. Batting first, Jharkhand opener Vivek Kumar (62) and Shresht Sagar (109 n.o;) stitched 96 run partnerships and created a platform for massive total. Jharkhand scored 273 for 8 in 50 overs after that due to heavy shower a single over could not bowl in Odisha innings. From three matches Odisha gathered eight points.
Brief score: Jharkhand 273/8 in 50 overs (Shresht Sagar 109 n.o; Vivek Kumar 62, Anukul Ray 26; Ayaskant Sahu 2/53, Pritam Jena 2/45) Vs Odisha.
Jaga enter the GK football quarterfinals
Bhubaneswar: Jaga United was the seventh team to enter the quarterfinal round of the 13th Gati Krushna Memorial Football league, defeating Mukteswar Sporting by 1-0 goal at Unit-1 High School Ground here on Thursday. After the barren first half, Naika Hansdah scored the all-important goal in the 60th minute. The officials who conducted the match were Pradeep Nayak, Ashribad Kanungo, Susanta Kumar Mishra and Manoranjan Khuntia and match commissioner Mano Ranjan Mohanty. In the last pre-quarterfinal match on Friday, Ardor Sporting will face Sunderpada Football Club.
Prashant, Sumeet score ton in Ranji Trophy
Bhubaneswar: Centuries from Prashant Chopra and Sumeet Verma dragged Himachal Pradesh out of a tricky situation against Andhra Pradesh and lifted them to 318 for 7 in the inaugural day of the group-C Ranji Trophy match at the KIIT Stadium here on Thursday.
Verma joined the opener Chopra with Himachal 103 for 5, and the two put on 89 for the sixth wicket before Chopra fell for 117 off 152 balls, having scored 80 of his runs in boundaries.
Verma then batted through to stumps to finish not out on 116 off 156, having struck 12 fours and three sixes. By then, he had put on 105 for the seventh wicket with debutant Mayank Dagar (42, 75b, 5x4, 1x6), who was dismissed 8.1 overs before stumps. For Andhra, medium-pacers D Siva Kumar and CV Stephen took two wickets each. Brief Score: Himachal Pradesh 318/7 in 80 overs (Prashant Chopra 117, Sumeet Verma 116 n.o; Mayank Dagar 42; Duvvarapu Siva Kumar 2/51, Cheepurapalli Stephen 2/56) Vs Andhra Pradesh.