KISS student Indrani Chhatria has been chosen the captain of Odisha Women’s U-19 cricket team. This is for the first time a student from the KISS got captainship of Odisha girls’ Cricket team.
Indrani will lead he team in Under-19 Women T-20 Tournaments. Another KISS student, Sonali Hembram, has also found a place in the Odisha team. The team will play their first league match on October 14 against Manipur. Other scheduled matches are: with Tripura on October 15, Mumbai on October 18, Delhi on October 20, Maharashtra on October 21 and Arunachal Pradesh on October 23.
The super league match will start on October 27 and final match will be held on November 4.
Congratulating both Indrani and Sonali, KIIT & KISS funder Dr Achyuta Samanta said it is matter of pride that two students of KISS have been selected in Odisha U-19 girls’ cricket team while one of them has become captain of the team. “It was my dream that students of KISS will play national and international games. Right ambience for sports and proper care in KISS are encouraging more and more students to be parts of different national and international sports and games and get success,” he added.