Odisha get 3 pts from drawn U-23 match
Bhubaneswar: Odisha gained three points by taking a first-innings lead of 304 runs against Goa in their four-day Col C K Nayudu Trophy U-23 Plate Group-A match, which ended in draw at Gandhi Stadium in Balangir on Thursdayy. Resuming their second innings at the overnight score of 27 for no loss and requiring 278 runs to avoid innings defeat, Goa were 239 for four at the close of play on the final day. The visitors escaped defeat thanks to a half-century each by opener Infancio and middle-order batsman Srinivas Fadte. Abhijit Ghana was most successful Odisha bowler, taking two wickets for 52 runs. With this match, Odisha completed their Plate Group-A engagements and finished fifth with five points from as many matches. They drew three games and lost the remaining three. Uttar Pradesh emerged toppers in this group with 26 points. Brief Score: Odisha 561/8 declared in 154.5 (Debasish Samantray 27, Shantanu Mishra 149 n.o; Agniva Sarkar 32, Devendra Kunwar 199, Shantanu Mishra 160, Pratik Das 100) drew with Goa 257/10 in 102.5 overs (Prathamesh Gawas 80, Srinivas Fadte 66, Infancio36 n.o; Debabrata Pradhan 2/82, Jamala B Mohapatra 3/49, Debasish Samantray 2/5) and 239/4 in 88 overs (Infancio 55, Srinivas Fadte 62 n.o;Abhijit Ghana 2/52).
Manisha bags silver in Nat’l Jr Athletic meet
Bhubaneswar: Manisha Merel of Odisha bagged the first medal for the State, she grabbed silver medal in the girls under-16 long jump event in the five-day 32nd National Junior Athletic Championship -2016, which kicks started at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore in Tamilnadu on Thursday. Manisha jumped 5.42 metre for the silver medal while Kerala girl Ancy Sojan and Prabhavathi P S secured gold and bronze medal with jump of 5.58 mtr and 5.38 mtr respectively. Odisha squad consists of 18-member which included nine athletes to be concluded on November 14. Hari Behera boy’s under-20 group finished 10th position in Shot put event and lakhan Murmu did not qualify for final due to all three qualifying jumps gone disqualify.
Rutuparna, Harleen bag Tennis runner up title
Bhubaneswar: Third seeded Odisha’s Rutuparna Choudhary and her partner Harleen Kaoul suffered defeat from top seeded ClTA trainee Prinkle Singh and Kaavya Sawhney duo by 5-7, 2-6 in the girls doubles final and claimed the runner up title of the Super Series Tennis Tournament at ClTA Tennis Stadium in Chandigarh on Thursday. In girls U-16 singles semi finals top seed Prinkle Singh of ClTA defeated Rutupama Chaudhary of Odisha in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. In the 2nd semi final Kavya Sawhney defeated Smriti Singh 6-4, 6-3. Prinkle will face Kavya in the final. Girls Doubles Final: Kaavya Sawhney and Prinkle Singh[1] bt. Rutuparna Choudhary and Harleen Kaur[3] 7-5 6-2. Girls Singles Semis: Prinkle Singh[1] bt. Rutuparna Choudhary[4] 6-4 6-2
Oxford, lSC win in Ganjam Inter-Club Cricket
Bhubaneswar: A 50-ball 73 run haul by Ganesh Kumar Hota guided Oxford to win over JCC by 36 runs in the league round match of the Inter Club Cricket Tournament at Berhampur Stadium on Thursday.
Batting first Oxford scored 177 for 3 in 20 overs with Ganesh and Tapas Patro contributed 73 and 55 runs respectively. In reply, JCC lost wickets in regular intervals, while Suraj Kumar Pattnaik and Satyajeet Behera pocketed three and two wickets respectively and restricted JCC 141 for 7. In another match, batting first, leads Sporting Club (lSC) set target 114 for BCC to script win. lSC bowlers Anit Rao and Susabh Panda came into action early by picking three wickets each bundle out BCC 88 in 19.3 overs and lSC scripted a 26 run victory.
Brief Score: leads Sporting Club 114/10 in 20 overs (Sidharth Xaxa 29, Surya Narayan Gauda 26, Debasish Dash 22; Samir Sahu 3/10, Guru Sankar Nayak 2/22) beat BCC 88/10 in 19.3 overs (Debasis Pradhan 34, Samir Sahu 18; Anit Rao 3/7, Susabh Panda 3/11) by 26 runs. Oxford 177/3 in 20 overs (Ganesh Kumar Hotta 73, Tapas Patro 55, G Naveen 25) beat JCC 141/7 in 20 overs (Akshya Mala 48, Ranjan sahu 25; Suraj Kumar Pattnaik 3/29, Satyajeet Behera 2/22) by 36 runs.