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The Cricket Advisory Committee of Odisha Cricket Association has selected the members of the selection Committee (Junior & Senior). Pravanjan Mullick has been appointed chairman of the senior selection committee while Amiya Ray will head the junior selection committee. Bikash Pati will resign from his position as selector because currently he is the coach of…
Kalahandi Cup 2022-23 has been scheduled to start from April 9 at different venues in Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Khurdha. The 37 districts have been divided into three groups as Diamond, Gold and Silver based on their ratings/NRR of last season Kalahandi Cup. Each group is again divided into two tiers Diamond A & Diamond B,…
A T20 Cricket League will be held for both men and women, it was decided at Odisha Cricket Association’s (OCA) apex council meeting on Saturday. Starting this year, OCA will institute a “Lifetime Achievement” award, wherein the awardee will receive Rs 5 lakh. For this year, the award will be given to Prashant Mohapatra. Pankaj…
Ashok Dandsena of Odisha Police created a new state record in 5000 mtr by clocking a time of 14min:49.4sec at the 68th Odisha State Athletics Meet 2022. The old record was 15min:05.2 sec in the name of TK Tirkey, which was created in the year 1980. A new meet record was created by Omkar Prasad…
Odisha registered their second consecutive win in the league stage of CK Nayudu Trophy, by beating Hyderabad by 132 runs on Saturday. On day four, Hyderabad’s second innings folded for 167, with Tarini SA picking a five-wicket haul. Put in to bat at St. Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground in Trivandrum, Odisha scored 345 in their…
Bhubaneswar: The 68th State Athletics (senior and junior) Championship started at KIIT and KISS Athletics Stadium here on Friday and will conclude on April 11. Around 1400 athletes from all over the State will take part in the championship. The morning events start at 6.30 am till 11.30 am while the events in the evening…
Hyderabad were 65 for 2 and trailed Odisha by 235 runs at the end of third day’s play in a CK Nayudu Trophy league match on Thursday. Put in to bat at St. Xavier’s KCA Cricket Ground in Trivandrum, Odisha scored 345 in their first innings with Aashirwad Swain making 69 and Debasish Samantray 68….
Odisha were 307 for 7 at stumps on day one of its final league game against Hyderabad in CK Nayudu Trophy on Tuesday. Put in to bat first, Aashirwad Swain top-scored for Odisha with a 121-ball 69, with important contributions from Debasish Samantray (68), Kartik Biswal (49), Anil Parida (46). For Hyderabad, G. Aniketh Reddy…
The Annual Athletic Meet of Cuttack District Athletic Association (CDAA) held from April 2 to April 3 at Satybrata Stadium here saw 1100 athletes from Cuttack district taking part in the two-day event. The Cuttack district team will be selected for the 68th State Athletic Championship, which will be held at KIIT Stadium in Bhubaneswar…
On the occasion of Utkala Diwas, Cuttack District Athletics Association (CDAA) organised Ganadauda in different categories. The run which was flagged off by Asirbad Behera, hony. general secretary of CDAA, started from Barabati Fort Gate and finished at Club House Gate of Barabati Stadium. The gold medal winners in different categories were, Akash Singh (men),…
