Senior hockey players of India and Junior World Cup champions participated in an exhibition hockey match between the India-XI and the Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSPB) here at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan felicitated local sports icon athlete Anuradha Biswal, women footballer Sradhanjali Samantary, cueist Ashutosh Padhy and cricketers Siba Sundar Das and Debasish Mohanty. He also felicitated the world champion junior hockey team in presence of Chairman and Managing Director of GAIl (India) limited BC Tripathy and International Hockey Federation president Narinder Dhruv Batra.
like every hockey matches, the local spectators thronged the stadium with all expectations to cheer their favorite players.
While Indian captain PR Shreejesh, Sardar Singh, Rupinder Palsingh, Raghunath along with local star Dipsan Tirkey and Birendra lakra were in action, the crowds enjoyed every bit of match.