Gangpur beat Karnataka in Nat’l Women Hockey
Bhubaneswar: Riding on braces from Janhabi Pradhan and Captain Rinki Kujur helped Hockey Gangpur Odisha edged out Hockey Karnataka by 4-3 goals in the Pool-A league match of the 7th Senior National Women Div-A Hockey Championship at Rohtak in Haryana on Friday.
In a topsy turvy game, which featured seven goals, Janhabi of Gangpur dominated the first half by scoring double goals in the 22nd and 27th minutes. After the change of sides, Gangpur skipper Rinki was displayed tremendous stick work by nailing back to back two goals in the 51st and 52nd minutes and sealed the victory for the three points.
Binayak enters Aurobinda Cricket final
Bhubaneswar: The brilliant 112-ball 112 runs by Binayak Mohanty gone to vain as Town Club suffered defeat from host Paramount A by eight wickets and entered the final of the Aurobinda Memorial All Odisha Cricket Under-15 Tournament at Paramount Ground here on Friday.
Batting first, Town Club bowled out 177 in 39.4 overs with Binayak contributed 112 runs, apart from him no other batsman were able to reach double digit score. In reply, unbeaten 137 run third wicket partnership between Sai Subham (67) and Manitej Mohanty (80) scripted a eight wicket victory for Paramount A in 36.4 overs. Manitej of the winning team bagged the man of the match award. The 2nd semi final will played between Paramount Sportings B and Juvenile Cuttack on Monday.l. Brief score: Town Club 177/10 in 39.4 overs (Binayak Mohanty 112; Asutosh Nayak 2/20, Ritesh Priyaranjan 2/27, Spandan Mohanty 2/57) lost to Paramount A 178/2 in 36.4 overs (Sai Subham 67 n.o; Manitej Mohanty 80 n.o;) by 8 wickets.