The day was April 18, 2008, maiden match of Indian Premier League and Kolkata Knight Riders’ Brendon McCullum slammed an unbeaten 158 off 73 balls against Royal Challengers Bangalore. Cut to today, the 15-year wait for a century is finally over as Venkatesh Iyer scored KKR’s second century in the history of IPL. Also read:…
Virat Kohli’s red-hot form continued as he slammed his third fifty of IPL 2023 and helped Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Delhi Capitals (DC) by 23 runs on Saturday. He got out after getting to his half-century and later said that he would have been happy to add 30-35 runs to take the team’s total…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha was awarded Global Planet Purpose Award for Drive for Results at the Planet Explore 2023-Transparency to Action Conference in Washington DC. Drive for Results Award is given to agencies who rapidly test, measure, and improve problem solving approach to drive more results. Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare department, Electronics & Information Technology department…
The good news for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is that Sri Lanka’s Wanindu Hasaranga has linked up with the IPL franchise ahead of the game against Delhi Capitals in the first match of Saturday double-header. On the eve of the match during a net session, RCB’s star batsman Virat Kohli and legspinner Hasaranga had a…
Bhubaneswar: The Centre for Ambedkar Studies observed 132nd Ambedkar Jayanti on Friday at the PG Council Hall, Utkal University. On the occasion, a WB-OHEPEE sponsored national seminar on “Babasaheb Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar on indigeneity and tribal rights in India” was organised. Prof Sabita Acharya, vice-chancellor of Utkal University was the chief guest. Prof Acharya…
An awareness drive on women’s health and hygiene called “A Dastak” was started by East Coast Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (ECoRWWO) headed by its president Divya Sharma. In order to educate the women of economically weaker sections, Sharma and members of ECoRWWO organised a programme and distributed sanitary napkins.
Coming into the IPL, Harry Brook had the halo of great talent around him but with poor returns from three outings, there were doubts. With success in Tests and T20Is, there were lot of expectations from the 24-year-old, especially the Sunrisers Hyderabad fans. After his three failures, he faced criticism on social media. But by…
Chasing a 229 target, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) did really well to take the run-chase deep and losing just by 23 runs to Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Eden Gardens on Friday. The main bowlers of KKR went for runs except for Sunil Narine who returned figures of 0-28 in 4 overs. “I feel the way…
Shubman Gill has already established his class in world cricket and former Ausssie legend Matthew Hayden feels the Indian opener will dominate the stage for the next decade. The hunger for big runs has seen the 23-year-old score two centuries in Tests, four in ODIs and one T20I hundred. In this year’s IPL, he already…
The matches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are fought fiercely but off the field there is also great camaraderie among the players. IPL being a massive T20 league involving 10 teams and now in its 16th edition, provides a platform to former greats too to be involved with the league. Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting,…
