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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…
Siba Prasad Tripathy, a member of Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has been appointed manager of women’s India A team for ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup 2023. The tournament starts June 13 where India have been placed in Group A alongside Hong Kong, Thailand and Pakistan. The office-bearers of OCA congratulated Tripathy on his appointment.
Adarsh Kumar scored 114 off 101 balls as Deogarh beat Boudh by 231 runs in the OCA U-16 inter-district cricket tournament. Opting to bat, Deogarh scored 342 in 49.4 overs. For Boudh, Satya Mirdha and Om Pradhan picked three and two wickets respectively. The Boudh team while chasing the huge total faltered and were bowled…
The Super League matches of Kalahandi Cup will start from May 24 till June 4, with all the matches scheduled to be played in Cuttack. The Super League stage will have 10 teams divided into two groups. Group A: ECORSA, Cuttack-A, Sambalpur, Rest of Odisha-A, Rest of Odisha-C Group B: Bhubaneswar-A, Jharsuguda, Dhenkanal, Rest of…
The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) has picked coaches for the men’s and women’s wings of Odisha Cricket Academy. The coaches will be deputed to various age group Odisha teams which will be participating in BCCI domestic tournaments. Men’s Wing: Abakash Khatua, Deepak Mangaraj, Suresh Kumar, Natraj Behera, Basant Mohanty, Kuldeep Sharma, Rashmi Ranjan Das, Sovan…
Cuttack: In a low scoring game of Kalahandi Cup, Rest of Odisha-D beat Rest of Odisha-B by five wickets at Sunshine ground here on Sunday. Opting to bat, Rest of Odisha-B were bowled out for 164 in 41.3 overs, with Jamala Mohapatra picking three wickets and Ankitkar Jaiswal two. Subham Naik (55) and Devendra S…
