Sai-XI, Bhuban Club win in Jadupur T20 Cricket
Bhubaneswar: Riding on a 59 run haul by Bhabani Mohnaty guided Sai-XI Kumarabasta win overs Blue Rock Star Janla by 66 runs and adjudged as the man of the match in the 2nd Jadupur Premier T20 Cricket league at Jadupur in the city outskirt on Tuesday.
Batting first, Sai-XI Kumarbasta 221 in 20 overs with Bhabani Mohanty and Mrutunjay Mansingh contributing 59 and 54 runs respectively. Bibek Sahu was the most successful bowler for Blue Rock picking five wickets.
In reply, Manoj Barik and Soumendra Dash of Sai-XI pocketed three and two wickets respectively and restricted Blue Rock for 155 and the team scripted a 66 run s win.
In another match on Monday, batting first, Bhuban Cricket Club bowled out 142 in 20 overs with Mohan Sahoo scored 53. Debapriya Pattnaik and Swadhin Paikaray were scalped three wickets each.
In reply, Rajesh Khan smashed 51 runs and powered Eagle Sporting to reach the target in 18.1 overs for the loss of six wickets, Rajesh of the winning team bagged the man of the match award.
Brief score: Sai-XI Kumarabasta 221/10 in 20 overs (Bhabani Mohanty 59, Mrutunjay Mansingh 54; Bibek Sahu 5 wkt) beat Blue Rock Star Janla 155/10 (Bibek Sahu 37, IS Giri 34; Manoj Barik 3 wkt, Soumendra Dash 2 wkt) by 66 runs.
Sarthak, Soumayaranjan win Cuttack chess
Bhubaneswar: Top seeded Sarthak Debata and FM Soumayaranjan Mishra emerged champions in junior and senior categories by scoring 7.5 and 6.5 points respectively in the Cuttack District Chess Championship , which concluded at East Coast Railway Indoor Hall in Cuttack on Monday.
Sarthak registered seven win and a drew in the eighth round tournament. With the champion trophy he gained 22 fide rating points. Swapnil Priyadarshi , Ankita Sahoo and P Sairupa were finished 2nd,3rd and 4th by scoring seven points each.
Soumayaranjan scripted five win and three draw to claim the top prize. Ansuman samal and Ashirwad Swain scored 6.5 points and finished second and third respectively. Altogether 243 players including 71 rated players were participated in the three day meet and featured total cash award of Rs 22,500.
All Odisha Chess Association president Sekhar Chandra Sahu gave away the prizes as the chief guest of the closing ceremony in presence of Kumuda Chandra Gouda, Ashutosh Sethi, CDCA president Asit Kumar Mukherjee, secretary Ranjan Mohanty.Bhuban Cricket Club 142/10 in 20 overs (Mohan Sahoo 53, Debapriya Pattnaik 3/24, Swadhin Paikray 3/32) lost to Eagle Sporting 143/6 in 18.1 overs (Rajesh Khan 51, Alok Das 39; Bikash Rout 2/22, lokaranjan Routray 2/28) by 4 wickets.