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Three teams and one playoff spot which was decided on Sunday night with Gujarat Titans thumping win in Bangalore. The scenario was simple. Royal Challengers Bangalore needed a win, Mumbai Indians also needed a win provided RCB lost their match. For Rajasthan Royals, it was an outside chance, if RCB and MI both lost their…
Former Odisha cricketer Bhabatosh Paramanik passed away on Saturday at the age of 28-years. He had represented Odisha in various age group categories (U16, U19 & U23). The office-bearers of Odisha Cricket Association extended their condolences to his bereaved family.
Prashant Thakkar took a five-wicket haul as Sambalpur beat Rest of Odisha-C by five wickets in a 50-over match of Kalahandi Cup, played at MGM SOS Ground on Friday. Opting to bat, Rest of Odisha-C were bowled out for 108 in 28 overs with Thakkar doing the damage and Sayed Zaki chipping in with three…
Cuttack: Two U-19 players of Odisha Cricket Association have been picked for the Inter NCA tournament, to be held at Ahmedabad from May 28 to June 7. The players are Shreyansh Bhardwaj (Team B) and Aashirbad Swain (Team E). Pranab Prakash Das (president), Sanjay Behera (secretary) and all other office bearers of OCA have extended…
Former Odisha cricketer Dr Sanjay Satpathy passed away at the age of 76 on May 16. Dr Satpathy had represented Odisha in 23 first-class matches from 1965-66 to 1975-76. He was a doctor by profession. He is survived by his wife.
Cuttack: The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) successfully conducted the coaches’ refresher programme at the Barabati Stadium here on May 11 and 12. A total of 48 representatives participated in this programme. V Venkatram technical director of Odisha Cricket Academy imparted coaching knowledge during this programme. Subrat Kumar Behera, CEO of OCA was present and encouraged…
Cuttack: Four players of Odisha Cricket Association have been selected to play in the Inter National Cricket Academy Tournament for U19 (Girls) to be held at Rajkot from May 21-31. The players are – Priyankaree Muduli (Team A), Suchismita Panda (Team A), SB Lorence (Team F) and Tanmayee Behera (Team D). Pranab Prakash Das (president),…
The first phase of OCA’s talent hunt camp for spinners ended at the Railway Stadium in Bhadrak on Saturday. The camp held across different venues in the state, saw participation of 417 spinners. A total of 97 spinners turned up at the zonal venue Bhadrak which consisted of Kendrapara, Balasore, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Jajpur…
Dhenkanal prevailed in a low-scoring game of Kalahandi Cup (senior) inter-district cricket preliminary league as they beat Ganjam by 122 runs on Sunday. Opting to bat, Kanha Bhutia and Sunil Sahoo scored fifties as Dhenkanal managed to reach 220 in 47.4 overs. For Ganjam, Janmejoy Nayak and Laxmi Pal picked four and three wickets respectively….
Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir have been fined 100% of their match fee over verbal altercation after an IPL match on Monday, in which Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Lucknow Super Giants by 18 runs. Both were found to be in breach of article 2.21 of the IPL’s code of conduct. Meanwhile, LSG Naveen-ul-Haq has been…
