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Former India pacer Debasis Mohanty has been selected for NCA’s high performance bowling internship programme to be held at Bengaluru from June 20. Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office-bearers of OCA have wished him well.
The group matches of OCA inter-district women cricket tournament begins June 19 at different venues in Cuttack. The tournament to be played as T20 format comprising of 31 teams have been divided into six groups. Due to the prevailing heatwave in the state, the matches will have 7:30 am and 2:30 pm starts.
Cuttack: All-round show by Rama Behera helped Odisha Lions beat Odisha Pumas by three wickets in a T20 match of Odisha Cricket League 2023, played at DRIEMS cricket ground here on Thursday. Opting to bat, the Pumas put up 168 for 5 in 20 overs with Swastik Samal scoring 58 off 48 balls, while Rakesh…
Odisha’s Shantanu Mishra has been selected to be part of East Zone team for the upcoming Duleep Trophy from June 28 to 16 July. Another Odisha player Suryakant Pradhan has been named standby in East Zone team. Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office-bearers of OCA have extended their best wishes…
Cuttack: Govinda Poddar century went in vain as Odisha Cheetahs beat Odisha Jaguars by three wickets in a Odisha Cricket League match here on Monday. Opting to bat, the Jaguars scored 188 for 5 in 20 overs with Poddar slamming 120 not out off 54 balls. For the Cheetahs, Harshit Rathod and Subham Nayak picked…
Cuttack: The Odisha T20 Cricket League (OCL) 2023 was inaugurated at DRIEMS ground here on Monday. Venkatpathy Raju, former India spinner was the chief guest while Pramod Chandra Rath (chairman, DRIEMS Group), Dhiren Palai (member, OCA) and Rakesh Mohanty (Apex Council Member, OCA) also attended the opening ceremony.
Cuttack: Swayambhu Palai hit an unbeaten double ton as Bhadrak thrashed Rayagada by 263 runs in a OCA U-16 inter-district cricket tournament at Sunshine ground here on Friday. Opting to bat, Palai did the bulk of the scoring by slamming 207 off 135 balls as Bhadrak reached 346 for 8. In reply, Rayagada were bowled…
Three brilliant half-centuries and a five-wicket haul helped BBSR-A beat Sambalpur by 248 runs in the OCA U-16 inter-district tournament. Opting to bat, BBSR-A scored 292 for 6 in 50 overs, with Tirthankar Sahoo (73), Swagat Mishra (67) and Sidhartha S (61) scoring fifties. In reply, Sambalpur’s run-chase never took off as they were boled…
Cuttack: Saideep Mohapatra scored a century and Rama Behera picked a six-wicket haul as Cuttack-A beat Rest of Odisha-D by 173 runs in the final of Kalahandi Cup at Ravenshaw ground here on Thursday. The match being two-day format, Cuttack-A after being put in to bat scored 361 for 7 in 70 overs, with Saideep…
Odisha’s Tanmayee Behera has been selected by All India Women’s Selection Committee to be part of the NCA high performance camp for U-19 (girls) to be held at Alur (Bangalore) from June 12 to July 12. Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office- bearers of OCA have wished her well for…
